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AN ORDINANCE declaring the policy and purpose of the
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to extend to all eligible
employees and officials of said District who are not excluded by
law, whether employed in connection with a governmental or pro-
prietary function of said District, the benefits of the system of
Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance as authorized by the
Social Security Act Amendments of 1950 and by Laws 1951, pp. 796,
ff. as amended by Laws 1953, pp. 659, ff.; V.A.M.S. 105.300 - -
105.460 of the State of Missouri and amendments thereof, together
with all applicable rules and regulations relative thereto,
authorizing the Executive Director and the Secretary-Treasurer to
prepare, execute and submit to the Division of Budget and
Comptroller of the State of Missouri, as State Agency, a plan and
agreement for extending said benefits to said employees and
officials and authorizing and directing the Executive Director and
the Secretary-Treasurer to execute agreements and modifications
and amendments thereof with said State Agency, providing for the
extension of said benefits to said employees and officials as set
forth in said plan; providing for deductions from the wages of the
employees and officials of said District to whom said benefits are
extended, to be made and paid over as provided by the applicable
State and Federal laws and regulations; providing for the
appropriation and payment by said District of employers'
contributions as provided by the applicable State and Federal laws
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and regulations; providing that said District shall keep such
records and make such reports as may be required by applicable
State and Federal laws and regulations, designating the Secretary-
Treasurer of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District as the
official required to make reports, and keep records on behalf of
the District, and containing an emergency clause.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
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Section One. It is hereby declared to be the policy
and purpose of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to
extend, at the earliest date, to all eligible employees and
officials of said District who are not excluded by law, and
whether employed in connection with a governmental or proprietary
function of said District, the benefits of the system of Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, as authorized by the Social
Security Act Amendments of 1950, and Laws 1951, pp. 796, ff. as
amended by Laws 1953, pp. 659, ff.; V.A.M.S. 105.300-105.460 of
the State of Missouri and amendments thereto, as the same may be
now and hereafter in effect.
Section Two. The Executive Director and Secretary-
Treasurer of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District are hereby
authorized and directed, on behalf of the Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District, to prepare, execute and submit to the Division of
Budget and Comptroller of the State of Missouri, as State Agency
of the State of Missouri, a plan and agreement for extending said
benefits to said eligible employees and officials of the
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, in the form prepared by the
State Agency and hereby approved and adopted by the Board of
Trustees of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, which plan
and agreement are to become effective upon approval thereof by the
State Agency, and the said Executive Director and Secretary-
Treasurer are further authorized and directed to execute
agreements and modifications and amendments thereof with said
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State Agency, providing for the extension of said benefits to said
employees and officials as set forth in said plan and agreement,
as provided for in Section One hereof, said plan and agreement to
provide that said extension of benefits is to be effective on July
1, 1954.
Section Three. Commencing on the first day of the
month following the date of the approval of the plan and agreement
of this District by the State Agency, there shall be deducted from
the wages of all employees and officials of the Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District, to whom the benefits of said system of
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance are extended, by virtue of
the plan and agreement hereinbefore provided for, the amount of
each employees' and officials' contributions, as determined by the
applicable State and Federal laws and by said plan and agreement,
the aggregate amount of said deductions to be paid into the
Contributions Fund created by Laws 1951, pp. 796, ff. as amended
by Laws 1953, pp.659, ff.; V.A.M.S. 105.300 - 105.460 of the State
of Missouri; provided, however, that from the wages paid to each
of said employees and officials during the months from and after
July 1, 1954, until the first day of the month following the date
of the approval of the plan; and after the benefits of said system
have been extended to such employees and officials, there shall be
deducted a sum equal to the amount which would have been due and
payable from such of said employees and officials had said
extension of benefits been provided and effective on July 1, 1954.
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Section Four. Commencing on the first day of the month
following the date of the approval of the plan and agreement of
this District by the State Agency, there is hereby authorized to
be appropriated from the funds of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District, and there is and shall be, appropriated the sum or sums
of money necessary to pay the contributions of the Metropolitan
St. Louis Sewer District, which shall be due and payable by virtue
of the extension of the benefits of the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance System to the eligible employees and officials
of said District, said sum or sums of money to be paid into the
Contributions Fund created by Laws 1951, pp. 796, ff. as amended
by Laws 1953, pp. 659, ff.; V.A.M.S. 105.300 - 105.460 of the
State of Missouri; provided, however, that in making the first
payment to said Contributions Fund after the benefits of said
system have been extended to such employees and officials, said
first payment shall include a sum equal to the amount which would
have been due and payable had said extension of benefits been
provided and effective on July 1, 1954. The fund from which said
appropriation is made will, at all times, be sufficient to pay the
contributions of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District by this
Section directed to be paid to said Contributions Fund.
Section Five. The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District, from and after the approval of the plan and agreement of
this District by the State Agency, shall fully comply with, and
shall keep such records, make such reports and provide such
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methods of administration of said plan and agreement as may be
required by all applicable State and Federal laws, rules and
regulations, now and hereafter in effect with respect to the
extension of the benefits of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance System to the employees and officials of this District.
For the purpose of administering said plan and agreement, the
Secretary-Treasurer of this District shall be the official who
shall make all required reports, keep all records, and be
responsible for the administration of said plan and agreement on
behalf of the District, and any and all notices and communications
from the State Agency to the District with respect to said plan
and agreement shall be addressed to "Secretary-Treasurer,
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Room 201 Mississippi Valley
Building, St. Louis 1, Missouri."
Section Six. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Section Seven. The passage of this ordinance being
deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace and
welfare of the employees and officials of the Metropolitan St.
Louis Sewer District, it is hereby declared to be an emergency
measure and shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
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The foregoing Ordinance was adopted November 15, 1954.