§ 22-198. Membership.

The membership of the retirement system shall consist of the following:

(1)

Any person who is appointed as an employee on or after October 1, 1970, shall become a member of the retirement system as a condition of his employment. Such members shall be identified as division A members of the retirement system. No person shall be allowed to be a member or make contributions to this pension system if the member is receiving benefit payments from any other retirement system sponsored wholly or in part by the City.

(2)

Any employee in the service of the fire department as of October 1, 1970, may become a member of the retirement system, if such person shall file with the board a notice of such person's election to be covered in the membership of the retirement system and if such person shall elect to be covered by federal social security. The election shall be filed on or before a date to be established by the board, which date shall be established to conform to the requirements of securing social security coverage. Such members shall be identified as division B members of the retirement system.

(3)

All members of the supplemental retirement system shall also be covered by federal old-age and survivors' insurance.

(4)

Any employee in the service of the City as of the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived who was a member of the employees' retirement system due to ineligibility for membership in the firefighter's pension fund based upon attained age at time of appointment as a firefighter may become a member of the supplemental firefighter's retirement system, if such person shall file with the board a notice of such person's election to be covered in the membership of the retirement system. The election shall be filed on or before a date to be established by the board.

(5)

The Fire Chief has the option to participate in the retirement system or in the City's defined contribution plan. Such decision by the Fire Chief must be made within 60 days of the initial date of employment as Fire Chief.

(Code 1973, § 22-98; Code 1992, § 22-188; Ord. No. 140-H, § 2, 11-24-2014)