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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER ADAMS BILL NO. 7771 ORDINANCE NO. 5567 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, RELATING TO RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS, BY REPEALING SECTION 25-10 THEREOF, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 5316, ENACTED DECEMBER 7, 1981, RELATING TO CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED PENSION PLAN, AND ENACTING IN LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOW AS "SECTION 25-10. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MEMBERS GENERALLY," BY AMENDING SAID SECTION SO AS TO REDUCE THE PAYROLL DEDUCTION FROM 9 PERCENT TO 8 PERCENT OF BASE SALARY FOR PENSION PURPOSES; CONTAINING A SAVING- CLAUSE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 25 of the Municipal Code of the City of Univer- sity City, relating to retirement and pensions is hereby amended by repealing Section 25-10 thereof, as amended by Ordinance No. 5294, enacted July 27, 1981, relating to contributions from members of the uniformed pension plan, and enacting in lieu thereof a new section to be known as "Section 25-10. Contributions from members generally," by amending said section so as to reduce the payroll deduction from 9 percent to 8 percent of base salary for pension purposes; relating to the same subject, and re-enacting said section so that said section, as so amended, shall read as follows: Sec. 25-10. Contributions from members generally. Every salaried member of both the Police and Fire Depart- ments of the City shall be assessed and required to pay into the Police and Firemen's Retirement Fund, created pursuant to this article, a sum equal to eight (8%) percent of the member's current monthly salary not in excess of the base salary. The base salary, as used herein, means the highest monthly salary according to the salary range, as contained in Section 1, Schedule B of the payroll ordi- nances then in use for a police officer and firefighter or paramedic firefighter, excluding any salary increases because of years of service. If the amounts for such police officer and firefighter or paramedic firefighter (whichever is the highest salary of the fire group) are not the same, the mean of the two amounts shall be used as the base salary herein. The City, in making up its payroll for members of the Police and Fire Departments, shall be authorized and is hereby required to deduct from the compensation and salary due each employee for each payroll period a sum representing eight (8%) percent of each employee's salary not in excess of the base salary, such deduction to be placed in a special fund, to be paid to the treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Police and Firemen's Retirement Fund created pursuant to Sections 2-74 to 2-80. Each employee of the Police and Fire Departments shall execute and delver to the proper official of the City an authorization in proper form for the deduction herein described, and no person shall be employed as a member of the Police or Fire Departments unless the employee shall execute such authorization. Any employee of either of such departments refusing to execute such authorization shall be ineligible to receive any of the benefits provided by this Chapter.