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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
NO. 6 OF 1989
(Early Retirement Incentive Program for Eligible
Employees of Salt Lake City Corporation)
AN ORDI_NANCE ENACTING SECTION 2.52.025.OF THE SALT LAKE
CITY CODE, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EARLY RETIREMENT
INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES OF SALT LAKE CITY
CORPORATION.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt
Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 2. 52.025 of the Salt Lake City
Code be, and the same hereby is, enacted to read as follows:
2.52.025 Early Retirement Incentive Program.
A. Purpose.
1. It is the intent and purpose of -this ordinance to
provide a gratuitous award to qualified retiring employees of
Salt Lake City Corporation for their valued years of service to
the City and to establish a cost-effective,City management
mechanism to encourage eligible employees to retire at specified
times, according to optional retirement incentives.
2. The Provisions of this ordinance are not employee
benefits and do not create or vest any property interests or
contract rights. The City Council reserves the right to amend,
modify or repeal this ordinance and its terms and conditions at
any time.
B. Definitions as used in this section.
1. "Base pay" shall mean the gross salary (excluding
incentive payments, overtime and other additional allowances)
the employee, who is retiring under the Early Retirement
Incentive Program, is receiving on the date the employee became
eligible for the elected incentive.
2. "Employee" shall mean a full-time salaried employee of
Salt Lake City Corporation.
3. "Member of the Firefighter's Retirement System" shall
mean an employee who belongs to the retirement system
established by the Utah Firefighter' s Retirement Act, Chapter 5,
Title 49 of the Utah Code Annotated, and any successor statutes.
4. "Member of the Public Employees ' Retirement System"
shall mean an employee who belongs to the contributory or
noncontributory retirement system established by the Utah Public
Employees' Retirement Act, Chapter 2, Title 49 of the Utah Code
Annotated and the Utah Public Employees' Noncontributory Act,
Chapter 3, Title 49 of the Utah Code Annotated and any successor
statute.
5. "Member of the Public Safety Retirement System" shall
mean an employee who belongs to the retirement system
established by the Utah Public Safety Retirement Act, Chapter 4,
Title 49 of the Utah Code Annotated and any successor statutes.
6. "Window period" shall mean the period of time between
July 1 and August 31.
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7. "Years of Service" shall mean the number of periods, to
consist of twelve full months, during which an employee
performed employment services for Salt Lake City Corporation as
determined by the City, according to its personnel records. No
other services or employment shall be included.
C. Eligibility for Incentive A.1. _
1. An employee who is a member of the Public Employees '
Retirement System and, who has thirty years of service with Salt
Lake City Corporation, shall be eligible to retire at any age
under this Incentive A. 1 .
2. An eligible employee, who retires under this Incentive
A. 1 . , shall receive the following gratuitous award: Two months '
base pay, 100% of the employee's accrued, unused vacation and
100% of the employee' s accrued, unused sick leave; provided that
the total award under this Incentive A. 1. shall not exceed one
( 1 ) times the employee' s annual base pay.
3. An employee who is a member of the Firefighter' s
Retirement System or the Public Safety Retirement System shall
not be eligible for this Incentive A. 1.
D. Eligibility for Incentive A.2.
1. An employee who is a member of the Public Employees '
Retirement System and, who has thirty years of service with Salt
Lake City Corporation, but who does not retire under this
Incentive A. l. because the employee is not yet eligible for
social security benefits, shall be eligible to retire under this
Incentive A.2. at age sixty two.
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2. An eligible employee who retires under this Incentive
A. 2, shall receive the following gratuitous award: Two (2 )
months' base pay, 100% of the employee' s accrued, unused
vacation and 100% of the employee' s accrued, unused sick leave;
provided that the total award under this Incentive A. 2. shall
not exceed one times the employee' s annual base pay.
3. An employee who is a member of the Firefighter' s
Retirement System or the Public Safety Retirement System shall
not be eligible for this Incentive A.2.
E. Eligibility for Incentive B.
1 . An employee who is a member of the Public Employees '
Retirement System, who is sixty two years of age and who has ten
or more years of service with Salt Lake City Corporation, shall
be eligible to retire under this Incentive B.
2. An eligible employee who retires under this Incentive
B. shall receive the following gratuitous award: One month' s
base pay, 100% of the employee' s accrued, unused vacation and
100% of the employee' s accrued, unused sick leave; provided that
the total incentive award under this Incentive B. shall not
exceed one times the employee' s annual base pay.
3. An employee who is a member of the Firefighter' s
Retirement System or the Public Safety Retirement System shall
not be eligible for this Incentive B.
F. Eligibility for Incentive C.
1. An employee who is a member of the Public Employees '
Retirement System, who is sixty five years of age and who has
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four or more years of service with Salt Lake City Corporation,
is eligible to retire under this Incentive C.
2. An eligible employee who retires under this Incentive
C. shall receive the following gratuitous award: One month' s
base pay, 100% of the employee' s accrued, unused vacation and
100% of the employee's accrued, unused sick leave;-provided that
the total award under this Incentive C. shall not exceed one
times the employee' s annual base pay.
3. A member of the Firefighter's Retirement System or the
Public Safety Retirement System shall not be eligible for this
Incentive C.
E. Eligibility for Incentive D.l.
1. An employee who is a member of the Firefighter' s
Retirement System or the Public Safety Retirement System, and
who has twenty years of service with Salt Lake City Corporation,
shall be eligible to retire under this Incentive D. 1 .
2. An eligible employee who retires under this Incentive
D. l. shall receive the following gratuitous award: Two months '
base pay, 100% of the employee' s accrued, unused vacation and
100% of the employee' s accrued, unused sick leave not to exceed
in value a maximum of 4. 5 months of sick leave.
3. The total award under this Incentive D. 1. shall not
exceed one times the employee' s annual base pay.
4. An employee who is a member of the Public Employee
Retirement System shall not be eligible for this Incentive D. 1 .
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F. Eligibility for Incentive D.2.
1. An employee who is a member of the Firefighter' s
Retirement System or the Public Safety Retirement System, and
who has twenty five years of service with Salt Lake City
Corporation, shall be eligible to retire under this Incentive
D. 2.
2. An eligible employee who retires under this Incentive
D. 2. shall receive the following gratuitous award: Two months '
base pay, 100% of the employee' s accrued, unused vacation and
100% of accrued, unused sick leave not to exceed in value a
maximum six months of sick leave.
3. The total award under this Incentive D.2. shall not
exceed one times the employee' s annual base pay.
4. An employee who is a member of the Public Employees '
Retirement System is not eligible for this Incentive D. 2.
G. Implementation for Incentives A.l. , A.2. , B. or C.
1. An employee, who is a member of the Public Employees '
Retirement System, and who is eligible to retire under
Incentives A. 1. , A.2. , B. or C. may retire at any time during
the period of the employee' s eligibility, provided that fifty
percent of the incentive award shall be paid during the first
window period following the employee' s actual date of retirement
and the remaining fifty percent of the award shall be paid
according to Section 2. 52.025 ( I ) .
2. As a condition for receipt of the award under
Incentives A. 1. , A.2. , B. or C. , the eligible employee, one
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month prior to the employee' s actual date of retirement, shall
notify, in writing, the employee's department head and the
City' s Department of Human Resource Management of the employee' s
election to retire under the Early Retirement Incentive Program.
H. Implementation under Incentives D.1. and D.2.
1. As a condition- to receipt of the award- under Incentives -
D. l. and D.2. , the eligible employee shall retire and be off the
City payroll during the first window period (which is the time
period between July 1 and August 31 ) following the anniversary
date the employee has completed twenty years of service, if the
employee elects to retire under Incentive D. 1 . , or twenty five
years of service, if the employee elects to retire under
Incentive D. 2.
2. As a condition to receipt of the award under Incentives
D. l. and D.2, the eligible employee shall notify his or her
department head and the City' s Department of Human Resource
Management, in writing, between July 1 and July 14 in the year
employee retires, that the employee elects to retire under
Incentive D. l. or D.2.
I. Payment of the Awards.
Employees who are eligible for an award under the Early
Retirement Incentive Program provided by this Section 2. 52.025
shall be paid the award in two installments as follows:
1. For Incentives A. 1. , A.2. , B. and C. , fifty percent of
the award shall be paid during the first window following the
actual date of the employee' s retirement. For Incentives D. 1 .
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and D.2. , fifty percent of the award shall be paid during the
window period in which the employee retires and is off the City
payroll.
2. The remaining fifty percent of the award shall be paid
within six months from the date the employee received the first
installment.
J. Impact on the Department Budget.
The position which is vacated by the retirement of an
employee under this Early Retirement Incentive Program shall
remain open, until the cost of the award is recouped in the
respective department's budget.
K. Grandfather in Eligible Employees who are members of
the Firefighter's Retirement System and the Public Safety
Retirement System.
Employees, who are members of the Firefighter' s Retirement
System or the Public Safety Retirement System, and who have
twenty or more years of service with Salt Lake City Corporation
on the effective date of this ordinance, shall be eligible to
retire under the provisions of Executive Order No. 3. 11.300,
Salt Lake City Policy Manual, dated September 26, 1988.
L. Separate from Other Retirement Systems.
The terms and conditions of this Early Retirement Incentive
Program shall be construed separate and apart from any other
retirement plans, including the Utah State Retirement System.
M. Supersedes Other Policies.
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Except as provided in subsection K. , this Early Retirement
Incentive Program shall supersede Executive Order 3. 11 .300 of
the Salt Lake City Corporation Policies and Procedures Manual
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective upon its
first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
21st day of February 1989 .
CH IRP R.
ATTEST:
CI Y R DER
Tr nsmitted to the Mayor on February 21, 1989
Mayor' s action: _ Approved Vetoed.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY'RE bER APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Date
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