(a) Effective December 26, 1984, the full amount of the statutorily required contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio shall be withheld from the gross pay of each person within any of the classes established in subsection (b) hereof and shall be "picked up" (assumed and paid to the Public Employees Retirement System) by the City. This "pick-up" by the City is, and shall be designated as public employee contributions, and shall be in lieu of contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System by each person within any of the classes established in subsection (b) hereof. No person subject to this "pick-up" shall have the option of choosing to receive the statutorily required contribution to the Public Employees Retirement System directly instead of having it "picked up" by the City or being excluded from the "pick-up".
The City shall, in reporting and making remittance to the Public Employees Retirement System, report that the public employee's contribution for each person subject to this "pick-up" has been made as provided by statute.
(b) The "pick-up" by the City provided for in this section shall apply to all persons in the following classes:
(1) The Mayor;
(2) Council; and
(3) All employees of the City who are contributing members, or elect to be contributing members, of the Public Employees Retirement System.
(c) For the purpose of this section, an employee shall not include:
(1) A student whose employment will not exceed 1,500 hours in any calendar year;
(2) Any new employee who is not a member of the Public Employees Retirement System at the time of his or her employment and whose employment will not exceed twenty hours per week; or
(3) A temporary employee whose employment will not exceed three calendar months.
(d) The gross wage or salary of any person subject to the "pick-up" provided by this section shall not change as a result of this "pick-up".
(e) The Finance Director is hereby authorized and directed to implement this section to effect the "pick-up" of the statutorily required contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System for those persons within the classes established in subsection (b) hereof so as to enable them to obtain resulting Federal and State tax deferments and other benefits. (Ord. 84-23. Passed 12-3-84.)