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SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN BERRY
ORDINANCE NO. / '� J '; <?
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING ARTICLE VI,
OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, SECTION 6.4 OF THE CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON PERTAINING TO FIREMEN'S PENSION FUND.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Article VI (Administrative Organization and Personnel System) of the
Charter of the City of Jefferson shall be amended to read as follows:
"Section 6.4. Firemen's Pension Fund.
(a) Funcl. "There Shall be a llnld which Stlall be under the excluSivc
n11111agCllletlt and Control of a 110,1111 of trllStCes known as the
"Firemen's Pension Fund of the City of'.lefferson, Missouri." 'fhC
• llurhoSC of the Illlld shall be to provide Ilension benclits to members
of the Fire DClN11't1llC1lt and their cleperldents. Nothing in this
charter shall be construed as prohibiting the City Council from
creating, more than one method for provide pension benefits to
firefighters so long; as no vested rights are abridged without the
consent of the employee or retiree.
Section 2. The amendment as set forth in Section 1 shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, for their approval, at the election to be
held on the 5`11 day of April, 2005, at the places designated by the Election Authority for
said election and the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:
PROPOSITION
Shall the Charter ol'the City ul'.1cl'16-smi be anlendeci by the repealing: of'Section
6.4(a) Fil-CI11C11'S Pension Fund, and the enacting; of new Section 6.4(a) Firemen's
pension Fund, in lieu thercol'to expand explanation ofthcc.Council's ability to create
more than one method flor providing pension benefits to lirclighters as provided in
Ordinance No. 13832 passed and 1►pI I'ovecl by the ('ity COU11 it on.lanuary 18, 2005.
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11'you arc in 1 1VOI 01'tI1C clucstic►nti, place all 'A" in the hox opposite "Yes"
11'you are opposed to the yucstions, place an "X" in the hox ol)positc "No".
S. ection 3. The Mayor and City Clerk shall prepare and execute the form of the
Notice of said Election and shall transmit the same to the Election Authority for the City of
Jefferson, Missouri and request said election be conducted by law.
Section 4. If a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election shall vote in
favor of the approval of this ordinance, then the same shall be binding in full force and
effect from and after such approval or May 1, 2005 whichever is later.
Section 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision,
as such holdings shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion thereof.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be.in full force and effect from and after the date
of its passage and approval.
Passed: Approved:_. _.
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