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O-632-02 ORDINANCE NO. 632-02 AN ORDINANCE OF MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE III, SECTION 49, SERVICE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE, PROVIDING FOR A THIRTY YEAR AND OUT CLAUSE TO THE GENERAL EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS,The Village Council has expressed a desire to amend the general employee's pension plan; and WHEREAS,the current plan requires that in order for employees to earn the maximum available pension benefit, they must be employed for a minimum of thirty years and reach the age of 62; and WHEREAS, It is in the best interests of the Village to amend the Code to allow for employees who have been employed for at least thirty years to retire, regardless of their age, and begin drawing their pension benefits, without penalty; NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Village Council of Miami Shores Village, Florida,that: Section 1. The Miami Shores Village Code of Ordinances, Section 18-49 (a) is hereby amended to read as follows: SECTION 18-49. Service retirement allowance. (a)Any general employee after the completion of thirty (30)years of creditable service regardless of employee's age shall become entitled to receive a service retirement annuity in an amount provided under subsection (c) of this section. If an employee of the Village has been classified as a police officer for part of their employment with the Village and a general employee for another part of their employment with the Village, their age for entitlement to receive a service retirement annuity will be adjusted upon the their date of change in classification in the following manner: . . . Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, but only insofar as such ordinances may be inconsistent or in conflict with this Ordinance. Section 3. If any section, sentence, cause or phrase of this Ordinance is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, then said holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, which shall be deemed to be severable therefrom. Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption on second reading. Passed on first reading this 18th day of June , 2002. Passed and adopted on second and final reading this 2nd day of July , 2002. Davis, Mayor ATTEST: zl� Ca rC.e Barbara A. Fuga i, C' Village Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Richard Sarafan Village Attorney