[Adopted 3-1-1973 as §§ 2-17 through 2-18
of Ch. 2 of the 1973 Code]
[Amended 10-27-1973]
A.
The City Council of the City of Troy does hereby elect
to pay on account of any member of its Police and Fire Bureaus who
has duly elected, or shall hereafter duly elect, to retire after 20
years of service, as provided by § 384(d), or after 25 years,
as provided by § 384 (f) (g) (h)[1] of the Retirement and Social Security Law, or any subsequent
amendments thereto, the entire additional cost on account of the police
or fire service rendered by such officer or member of the Police and
Fire Bureaus prior to the date of the adoption of this resolution
(adopted Dec. 27, 1973), and further agrees to pay the entire additional
cost on account of Police and Fire Bureaus on and after January 1,
1974.
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 384 of the
Retirement and Social Security Law.
B.
The City Council of the City of Troy does hereby elect,
as provided in Chapter 952, Laws of 1972, to permit participation
in the twenty-five-year retirement plan available by those members
of its police or fire department who, through no negligence of their
own, failed to join during the prescribed period of eligibility.
[Amended 12-27-1973]
The City Council of the City of Troy does hereby
elect, as provided in § 302, Subsection (9)(d) of the Retirement
and Social Security Law, as presently or hereafter amended, to grant
a one-year final average salary for eligible employees; and this election
shall become effective with the payroll period beginning on the first
day of January, 1974.
[Amended 7-17-1980]
The City Council of the City of Troy does hereby
elect to provide the improved career retirement plan of § 75-i
of the Retirement and Social Security Law, as presently or hereafter
amended, for nonpolice and nonfire employees of participating employers,
effective with the payroll period beginning July 1, 1981.
[Amended 12-30-1996]
B.
The appropriate officials of the City are hereby authorized
to take such actions and enter such agreements as are required or
necessary for the adoption, implementation, and maintenance of the
Plan.
C.
The administrative services agency is hereby authorized
to file copies of these resolutions and other required documents with
the president of the State of New York Civil Service Commission.
A.
The City hereby declares its intention of securing
compensation for its injured employees under the amendments to the
Workers' Compensation Law by becoming self-insuring under the terms
of Subsections 3 and 4-A of § 50 of such law.
B.
It is the purpose and intent of this section to extend
workers' compensation benefits to all City employees whether they
be engaged in hazardous or nonhazardous employment with the exception
of police officers and fire fighters of the City who shall not be
entitled to workers' compensation benefits.