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Amending the Ordinance of March 1, 1963, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the Board of Pensions and Retirement to enter into an agreement or agreements to administer employee retirement benefits for the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, Passenger Services Improvement Corporation, Food Distribution Center, and the Philadelphia Parking Authority, under certain terms and conditions," as amended, to provide for revised reimbursement rates, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

The enacted ordinance revises how certain quasi-public agencies reimburse Philadelphia for employee retirement benefits administered by the City Board of Pensions and Retirement. The agencies generally must pay the actuarially determined normal cost of benefits, while the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation uses a different required rate; agencies must also cover any unfunded liability tied to their employees if they leave the retirement plan.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
April 18, 2013
Sponsors
Darrell L. ClarkeCurtis Jones, Jr.
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Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. The Ordinance of March 1, 1963, entitled “An Ordinance authorizing the Board of Pensions and Retirement to enter into an agreement or agreements to administer employee retirement benefits for the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, Passenger Services Improvement Corporation, Food Distribution Center, and the Philadelphia Parking Authority, under certain terms and conditions,” as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 3. The agreements to be entered into by the Board of Pensions and Retirement and the quasi-public agencies shall provide, in substance, as follows:

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(d) Each agency shall reimburse the City the total normal cost of the benefits provided at rates most recently established by the actuary of the Board of Pension and Retirement of the City, based upon the actuarial experience of the applicable Plans of the retirement system of the City;

except that the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (“PHDC”) shall reimburse the City at a rate equal to the minimum municipal obligation, as if PHDC were a municipality subject to the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act, Act 205 of 1984, as amended; and each agency shall agree that, upon termination for any reason of its participation in the Plan, the agency shall thereupon reimburse the City for any unfunded liability attributable to its employees and former employees, as determined by the Board's actuary.

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SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be effective with respect to any agreements or amendments to agreements with any quasi-public agency, as that term is used in the Ordinance of March 1, 1963, as amended, entered into after this Ordinance becomes law; and, at the option of the parties to any such agreement or amendment to agreement, the provisions of this Ordinance may be made retroactive to July 1, 2012.

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Explanation:

[Brackets] indicate matter deleted.

Italics

indicate new matter added.

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    Signed

  2. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on next week`s second reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

    Pass
  3. Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Hearing notices sent

    Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Reported favorably, rule suspension requested

    Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Hearing held

  4. Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Cancellation of Scheduled Public Hearing

    Council actionCommittee on Labor and Civil Service

    Hearing notices sent

  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced (By Request) and Referred

    Pass