Ord 23-13ORDINANCE NO. 23 -13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 35,
"EMPLOYEE POLICIES AND BENEFITS ", SECTION, "35.105,
"ADMINISTRATION BY RETIREMENT COMMITTEE ", SUBSECTION
(C), "ACTION BY COMMITTEE ", SUBSECTION (G) "[ACTUARY'S
RESPONSIBILITIES] ", TO ALLOW THE RETIREMENT COMMITTEE
TO CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH THE ACTUARY; PROVIDING A
SAVING CLAUSE, A GENERAL REPEALER CLAUSE, AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the General Employees Retirement Committee can currently contract with professional
consultants, advisors and investment managers; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has the need to use actuaries in order to perform its duties under the
plan; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has requested the ability to contract with actuary advisors regarding the
plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Chapter 35, "Employee Policies and Benefits ", Section 35.105,
"Administration by Retirement Committee ", Subsection (C) "Action by Committee ", of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach is hereby amended to read as follows:
(C)
Action by Committee,
(1)
(2)
A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business and shall have full power to act hereunder.
Committee meetings shall be noticed and open to the public. Meetings shall be
conducted in accordance with rules adopted by the Committee, or by Robert's Rules
of Order if the Committee has not adopted rules. Minutes of all meetings of the
Committee and a record of any action taken by the Committee shall be kept in
written form and such record shall be kept by the secretary appointed by the
Committee. Official Committee action shall be by majority vote of a quorum of the
Committee.
(3)
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The Committee may invest and reinvest the assets of the Retirement Trust Fund in
any investment in which assets of the Florida Retirement System may be invested
pursuant to F.S. Section 215.47, as that statute may be amended from time to time, or
in accordance with written investment policies adopted by the Committee. The
Committee may retain such professional consultants, actuaries, advisors and
investment managers as it deems advisable to carry out its responsibilities under this
Section.
A member of the Committee may not vote or decide upon any matter relating solely
to that member, or vote in any case in which the member's individual right or claim
to any benefit under the plan is involved. If a Committee member is required to
abstain and the remaining members of the Committee are unable to decide the
matter, the City Commission may appoint a temporary substitute member to the
Committee.
Section 2. That Chapter 35, "Employee Policies and Benefits ", Section 35.105,
"Administration by Retirement Committee ", Subsection (G) "[Actuary's Responsibilities] ", of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Delray Beach is hereby amended to read as follows.
(G) [Actuary's Responsibilities.]
(1) The actuary will do any technical and advisory work as the amity Committee may
request, including analysis of the experience of the plan from time to time, the
preparation of actuarial tables for the making of computations thereunder, and the
submission of an actuarial report as of the anniversary date of the plan each year to
the City and the Committee, which report shall contain an actuarial valuation
showing the financial condition of the plan, a statement of the contributions to be
made by the City for the ensuing year, and any other information as may be required
by the Committee.
(2) The actuary shall be selected by the Committee. appeWed by the Gi4y to
leng as it is agreeable -to the City Effid the —ae-y In computing benefits to which a
participant may be entitled upon early retirement, upon the exercise of optional
forms of retirement income, or upon termination of the plan, and in all other
instances in which actuarial computations are required, the actuary shall use those
assumptions of mortality and interest rates as were employed in the most recent
actuarial valuation of the plan, or, at the option of the Committee, those assumptions
as are decided upon jointly by the actuary and the Committee as being reasonable at
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the time the calculations are made. The actuarial assumptions and the computations
made therefrom adopted by the Committee shall be conclusive and binding on all
persons. The Committee, City and trustee shall not be liable for any mistakes or
errors in any computations made in good faith.
Section 3. That should any section or provision of this ordinance or any portion thereof, any
paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof other than the part declared to
be invalid.
Section 4. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage on second
and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and al ading on this the day of
I1�be-r 2013.
MAYOR
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MEMORANDUM
Mayor and City Commissioners
R. Brian Shutt, City Attorney
August 26, 2013
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SUBJECT: AGENDA ITEM 111. -REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
ORDINANCE NO. 23 -13
ITEM BEFORE COMMISSION
The item before the City Commission is Ordinance No. 23 -13 which would allow the General
Employees Retirement Committee to retain an actuary.
BACKGROUND
At its meeting of August 15, 2013, the General Employees Retirement Committee requested
that an ordinance change be brought to the Commission to allow the Committee to hire an
actuary, as it does with other professionals. The City code currently allows the Committee to
retain professional consultants, advisors and investment managers, however, the code
specifically provides that actuaries shall be appointed by the City. The proposed change
would allow the Committee to retain an actuary.
RECOMMENDATION
Commission approval.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM: Louie Chapman, Jr., City Manager
DATE: September 9, 2013
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SUBJECT: AGENDA ITEM 10.H. - REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
ORDINANCE NO. 23-13
ITEM BEFORE COMMISSION
This ordinance is before Commission for second reading for an ordinance to consider an amendment to
Chapter 35, "Employee Policies and Benefits ", Section 35.105, "Administration by Retirement
Committee ", Subsection (C), "Action by Committee ", Subsection (G) "[Actuary's Responsibilities] ", to
allow the Retirement Committee to contract directly with the Actuary.
BACKGROUND
At the first reading on September 3, 2013, the Commission passed Ordinance No. 23 -13.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommend approval of Ordinance No. 23 -13 on second and final reading.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
A PUBLIC HEARING will be held on the
following proposed ordinances on
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 at 7:00 p.m, or
at any continuation of such meeting .
which is set by the Comrission); in
the Commission Chambers, 1.00 N.W.
1st Avenue, Defray Beach, Florida at
which time the City Commfssion will
consider theif adoption. The proposed
ordinances may be inspected at the
Office of the City Clerk at City Half,
100 N.W. list Avenue, Delray Beach, .
Florida, between B:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m.; Monday through Friday, except
holidays, Interested parties are invited
to attend and be heard with respect to
the proposed ordinances.
ORDINANCE NO. 19 -13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
OF. THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
BY AMENDING SECTION 2.2.4,
"THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ",
SUBSECTION B, "COMPOSITION ",
TO MODIFY THE BOARD, MEMBER
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BOARD OF
ADJUSTMENT, PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE, A GENERAL REPEALER
CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ORDINANCE NO. 20-13 -
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH,' FLORIDA,' AMENDING THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BY
AMENDING SECTION 2.2.2, "THE
PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD ",
SUBSECTION C, '-COMPOSITION",
TO MODIFY THE BOARD MEMBER
REQUIREMENTS -FOR THE PLANNING
AND ZONING BOARD, PROVIDING
A SAVING CLAUSE, A GENERAL -
REPEALER (fLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
ORDINANCE NO. 21 -13
AN ORDINANCE Of THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE
LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATICVNS
OF THE. CODE OF ORDINANCES,
BY AMENDING ART)CLE 8.1, "THE.
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY, SECTION ,8.1.1,
"COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY ", SUBSECTION (B),
LQgal Notices
(561) 820-4343 1 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, [U13
"MEMBERS ", TO PROVIDE THAT THE
APPOINTMENTS FOR CHAIR AND VICE -
CHAIR SHALL OCCUR ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE,
A GENERAL REPEALER CLAUSE, AND
AN EFFECTIVE DATE. -
ORDINANCE NO. 22-13
.'AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH; FLORIDA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 35; "EMPLOYEE POLICIES
AND BENEFITS ", SECTION 35:095,
"CONTRIBUTIONS OF PARTICIPANT
AND_ CITY ", SUBSECTION (A),
"PARTICIPANT'S CONTRIBUTION
ACCOUNT ", TO' CLARIFY' WHEN
CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL CEASE;
PROVfDING A SAVING CLAUSE, A
GENERAL REPEALER CLAUSE,-AND AN
EFFECTIVE, DATE,
ORDINANCE NO. 23. -13'
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 35, "EMPLOYEE POLICIES
AND BENEFITS ", SECTION, "35.105,
"ADMINISTRATION BY RETIREMENT
COMMITTEE' ", SUBSECTION
(C )-, "ACTION BY COMMITTEE "_,
SUBSECTION (G) "IACTUARY ’S
RESPONSIBILITIES) ", TO- ALLOW
YHE RETIREMENT COMMITTEE TO
CONTRACT DIRECTLY WITH THE
ACTUARY; PROVIDING SAVING
CLAUSE, A GENERAL REPEALER
CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
ORDINANCE NO. 25 -13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA,
'AMENDING CHAPTER 51, "GARBAGE
AND TRASH", OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, BY AMENDING SECTION
51.70, "REGULAR CHARGES LEVIED",
TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASED
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
COLLECTION SERVICE RATE5 FOR
FY +2014; PROVIDING A GENERAL
REPEALER CLAUSE, A SAVING CLAUSE,
AN DAN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Please be advised that if a person
decides to appeal any decision made
by-the City Commission with respect to
any matter considered atthis hearing,
such person may need to ensure
that a verbatim record includes the
testimony and evidence upo_ n which
the appeal is-to be based. The City
does not provide nor prepare such
record pursuant to F.S. 286.0105. -
.CITY OF DELRAY BEACH
Chevelle D. Ni MMC
City Clerk
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