2017-02 General Employees Retirement Board-Member TermsORDINANCE NO. 2017-02
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING DIVISION 3, "PENSION
AND CERTAIN OTHER BENEFITS FOR GENERAL EMPLOYEES," OF
ARTICLE V, "PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS," OF CHAPTER 2,
"ADMINISTRATION," OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY
AMENDING SECTION 2 -151 TO SPECIFY THE TERMS FOR RESIDENT
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT BOARD;
MODIFYING AND STAGGERING THE TERMS OF CURRENT AND
FUTURE MEMBERS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 2 -151 of the Village Code of Ordinance provides that the Retirement Board
of the General Employees Pension Fund ( "Board ") shall consist of five members, two of whom
shall be residents of the Village selected by the Village Council; and
WHEREAS, resident members of the Board serve terms of two - years, and the Village Council
wishes to make these terms coextensive with the terms served by residents serving on other
Village boards and commissions and to stagger the terms of the two resident members; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council determines that the adoption of this Ordinance is in the best
interests of the residents and citizens of the Village of North Palm Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are hereby ratified as true and correct and incorporated herein.
Section 2. The Village Council hereby amends Division 3, "Pension and Certain Other
Benefits for General Employees," of Article V, "Pensions and Retirement Systems," of Chapter 2,
"Administration," of the Village Code of Ordinances by amending Section 2 -151 to read as follows:
Sec. 2 -151. Retirement board, establishment.
(a) There is hereby created a general employees retirement board of
the Village which shall consist of five (5) members.
Two (2) members of the Board shall be employees of the Village. The
employee members of the Board shall be elected at large by full -time Village
employee Members of the Plan. Employees who are elected cannot work in the
same departments of the Village. The term of service of employees on the general
retirement board shall be three (3) years, unless the employee member of the retirement
board is sooner retired, disabled, resigns, terminates Village employment, is removed
for misconduct by majority vote of the employees or the Village Council or is
removed for nonparticipation by missing two (2) or more consecutive meetings.
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The election to the Board shall be arranged by the Village clerk, who shall give
reasonable notice of the election to the eligible voters. Two (2) members of the
general retirement Board shall be residents of the Village, selected by the Village
Council to serve terms of two (2) years. The terms of the resident members
appointed by the Village Council shall commence on May 1St and shall terminate
on April 30th. The two (2) employee members of the Board and the two (2)
Council- appointed members of the Board shall annually appoint a member of the
general public who has never been employed by the Village to serve as the fifth
member of the Board. This fifth member shall serve a term of one -year. All members
of the Board shall be voting members.
(b) Should a vacancy occur in the position of a member serving as an
employee member, the Village employees shall, within thirty (30) days, hold an
election and elect a successor to serve. Should the member appointed by Village
council resign or relinquish his duties on the general retirement board, his successor
shall be appointed by the Village council within thirty (30) days to serve the
remainder of the term or as otherwise determined by the Village Council. Should
a vacancy occur in the position of the fifth member, the Board shall appoint a
replacement within thirty (30) days.
Section 3. The term of Jim Peterson, appointed by the Village Council on September 22, 2016,
shall expire on April 30, 2018, and the term of the resident member appointed by the Village Council
in January 2017 shall expire on April 30, 2019.
Section 4. The provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made part of the Code of
Ordinances for the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida.
Section 5. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinances is
for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, inoperative or void,
such holding shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance.
Section 6. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances and resolutions, in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 8TI -I DAY OF T)RC RMBER _ 2.(116.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PAS
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VILLAGE CLEkK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
VILLAGE ATTORNEY
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