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The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Public Employees Retirement Code to require a minimum monthly retirement benefit of $1,000 for certain members, including eligible Police and Fire employee members with at least 20 years of credited service. It also sets the same minimum for certain members who retire because of a service-connected disability, before adjustments, benefit distributions, or court-ordered divisions.

Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending Section 22-301, entitled "Service Retirement Benefits," and Section 22-401, entitled "Service-Connected Disability Retirement Benefits," to add new subsections requiring a specified minimum monthly benefit amount for certain retired Police employee members, under certain terms and conditions.