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HomeMy Public PortalAbout13288ORDINANCE NO. 13288 AN ORDINANCE, amending Ordinance No. 13181 to modify The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District Pension Plan as requested by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to vesting in the event of Plan termination. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT: Section One. Ordinance No. 13181 is hereby modified as described below without, however altering or extinguishing the legal relationships established by such Ordinance. Section Two. The Pension Plan, providing for the pensioning and other retirement benefits of employees of The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District and the spouses and minor children of deceased employees, and providing for the payment of public funds for such purpose, is hereby amended. Section Three. Section 4.1(a) of Ordinance No. 13181 is hereby repealed in its entirety and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: (a) The annual retirement benefit payable to a Member who retires on his Normal Retirement Date on or after January 1, 2000 and prior to: (i) August 1, 2004; or (ii) with respect to union members, the later of August 1, 2004 or the date their union ratifies a Memorandum of Understanding with respect to this Plan modification, shall be equal to the sum of (1) and (2) where: (1) means one and forty-five hundredths percent (1.45%) of Final Average Earnings times the period in years and completed twelfths of his Credited Service, and (2) means forty hundredths of one percent (.40%) of his Final Average Earnings which are in excess of the Covered Earnings times the period in years and completed twelfths of his Credited Service, not to exceed thirty-five (35) years. Section Four. Section 4.1(a) of Ordinance No. 13181 is hereby repealed in its entirety and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: (b) The annual retirement benefit payable to a Member who retires on his Normal Retirement Date on or after: (i) August 1, 2004; or (ii) with respect to union members, the later of August 1, 2004 or the date their union ratifies a Memorandum of Understanding with respect to this Plan modification, shall be equal to the sum of (1) and (2) where: (1) means one and seventy hundredths percent (1.70%) of Final Average Earnings times the period in years and completed twelfths of his Credited Service, and (2) means forty hundredths of one percent (.40%) of his Final Average Earnings which are in excess of the Covered Earnings times the period in years and completed twelfths of his Credited Service, not to exceed thirty-five (35) years. Section Five. Section 10.1 of Ordinance No. 13181 is hereby repealed in its entirety and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: “10.1 The District reserves the right at any time and from time to time through action of its Board of Trustees to amend in whole or in part any and all provisions of the Plan and to terminate the Plan. The right is subject to the condition that no part of the assets of the Plan, shall, by reason of any amendment or termination be used for or diverted to purposes other than the exclusive benefit of the Members and their Beneficiaries under the Plan, unless and until all liabilities of the Plan have been satisfied, in which case any remaining assets shall revert to the District. Upon termination or complete discontinuance of contributions under the Plan, the rights of all Members to benefits accrued to the date of such termination or discontinuance shall be nonforfeitable, to the extent then funded.” The foregoing Ordinance was adopted August 11, 2011.