(a) Effective December 21, 1988, the full amount of the statutorily required contributions to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund shall be withheld from the gross pay of each person within the class established in subsection (b) hereof and shall be "picked-up" (assumed and paid to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund) 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 Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund by each person within the class 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 Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund 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 Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund, 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 full-time police and fire personnel who are members of the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund.
(c) 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."
(d) The Finance Director is hereby authorized and directed to implement this section to effect the "pick-up" of the statutorily required contributions to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund for those persons described in subsection (b) hereof so as to enable them to obtain the resulting Federal and State tax deferments and other benefits.
(Ord. 88-13. Passed 5-16-88.)