Baltimore City Council
File #: 10-0519    Version: 0 Name: Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - Benefits
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 6/7/2010 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 6/22/2010
Enactment #: 10-306
Title: Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - Benefits FOR the purpose of modifying certain Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System interest rate assumptions; changing the definition of "average final compensation" for all System members who do not meet certain conditions; clarifying the definition of "earnable compensation;" making the Director of Finance an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees of the System; allowing the Director of Finance to authorize a designated representative to act in his or her stead at board meetings; adding 1 additional Board of Trustees appointee, appointed from a list of recommended candidates submitted by the President of the City Council, to the existing 2 City resident mayoral appointees; establishing new qualifications for the mayoral appointees; exempting the Board of Trustees from the City Charter provision requiring minority party representation on City boards; changing the age and service requirements for the normal service retirement ...
Sponsors: City Council President (Administration), Helen L. Holton, William H. Cole, IV, James B. Kraft, Sharon Green Middleton, Robert Curran, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, Carl Stokes
Indexes: Benefits, Fire & Police Retirement Systems, Retirement
Attachments: 1. Finance - 10-0519.pdf, 2. F&P Retirement -10-0519 - Agency Report.PDF, 3. F&P Retirement - 10-0519 -Average VB Increases Determined as of June 30 2009.pdf, 4. F&P Retirement - 10-0519 -Comparison Chart.doc, 5. F&P Ret.-10-0519-Mercer Cost Impact of Proposed Changes.pdf, 6. F&P Ret. - 10-0519 - Variable Benefits History.pdf, 7. 10-0519 - 1st Reader.pdf, 8. Law - 10-0519.pdf, 9. 10-0519 - 3rd Reader.pdf, 10. 10-0519 - Enrolled 3rd Reader.pdf, 11. Finance (GBC Pension Report)- 10-0519.pdf, 12. Finance (PFM Final Report) - 10-0519.PDF, 13. Finance (Testimony) 10-0519.PDF, 14. Finance (PFM Group Presentation) 10-0519.PDF, 15. Finance (AON Presentation) 10-0519.PDF, 16. Union Proposal.PDF, 17. Materials placed by Councilwoman Holton into the City Council record for CC10-0519 prior to final consideration of the bill.pdf
EXPLANATION: CAPITALS indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
title
Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System - Benefits

FOR the purpose of modifying certain Fire and Police Employees’ Retirement System interest rate assumptions; changing the definition of "average final compensation" for all System members who do not meet certain conditions; clarifying the definition of "earnable compensation;" making the Director of Finance an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees of the System; allowing the Director of Finance to authorize a designated representative to act in his or her stead at board meetings; adding 1 additional Board of Trustees appointee, appointed from a list of recommended candidates submitted by the President of the City Council, to the existing 2 City resident mayoral appointees; establishing new qualifications for the mayoral appointees; exempting the Board of Trustees from the City Charter provision requiring minority party representation on City boards; changing the age and service requirements for the normal service retirement benefit for all System members who do not meet certain conditions; establishing a new early service retirement benefit for System members who do not qualify for normal service retirement; increasing the percentage of compensation contributable by System members; amending provisions ...

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