EXPLANATION
This amendment to Ordinance No. 2713-2013, Management Compensation Plan, as amended, is necessary to correct an error related to pension pick-up for part-time employees. This language is consistent for all part-time employees in all employee groups.
Emergency action is recommended in order to allow for expedient implementation.
TITLE
To amend Ordinance No. 2713-2013, Management Compensation Plan, as amended, by amending Section 4(D), Employee's Contribution to O.P.E.R.S.; and to declare an emergency.
BODY
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Ordinance No. 2713-2013, Management Compensation Plan, as amended, in order to correct an error related to pension pick-up for part-time employees; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to amend the Management Compensation Plan by amending Section 4(D) in order to consistently apply the pension pickup provisions for part-time employees, thereby preserving the public peace, health, safety, and welfare; Now Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That Ordinance No. 2713-2013, Management Compensation Plan, as amended, be amended by amending Section 4(D) as follows:
(D) Employee’s Contribution to O.P.E.R.S. For full-time non-seasonal and part-time employees hired prior to January 1, 2010, that portion of an employee’s contribution made to the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (O.P.E.R.S) equal to seven percent (7%) four percent (4%) of the employee’s earned compensation shall be picked up (assumed and paid) on behalf of the employee, and in lieu of payment by the employee, by the City of Columbus. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply uniformly to full-time non-seasonal and part-time employees and no such employee shall have the option to elect a wage increase or other benefit in lieu of the payment provided for herein. The seven percent (7%) four percent (4%) rate stated herein will decr...
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