Ordinance 1357 ORDINANCE NO. 1357
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF "THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,
1950" BY ADDING THERETO AN ADDITIONAL
ARTICLE TO BE NUMBERED ARTICLE IV AND
PROVIDING FOR A GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PLAN
FOR THE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE THEREFOR; A PLAN FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
THEREOF, AND AUTHORIZING PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
FOR THE EMPLOYEES ' CONTRIBUTORY PORTION OF
SAID PLAN.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 2 of "The Code of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, 1950" be and the same is hereby
amended by adding an additional article thereto to be numbered
Article IV, to be entitled "Employees ' Group Life Insurance
Plan" and to read as follows:
"Sec. 2.45. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT: The City of Miami
Beach Group Life Insurance Plan, hereinafter
referred to as the "Plan" is hereby established under and
by authority of Section 282 of the Charter of the City of
Miami Beach as adopted and approved at the General Election
held in the City of Miami Beach on the 2nd day of June, 1959,
for the purpose of authorizing group life insurance benefits
for the employees and officers of the City of Miami Beach.
Sec. 2.46. DEFINITIONS: The following words and phrases
as used in this Article shall have the
following meanings, unless a different meaning is clearly
indicated by the context:
"Officers" shall mean all department heads, appointed
officers and members of the City Council.
"Regular Employee" shall mean any member of the City
Council, officer, department head, attorney in the
Legal Department, servant or agent of the City
regularly receiving compensation from the City for
personal services; except unless otherwise qualified,
members of boards or commissions, officers, and
employees who receive no salary or a nominal salary,
or persons who are employed on a provisional,
original probationary, or other temporary status
under Civil Service regulations. For the purpose of
this article, persons otherwise meeting this definition
of "Regular Employee" who are granted Leaves of
Absence under Civil Service procedures or by the City
Council, and persons otherwise meeting this definition
of "Regular Employee" who are injured in line of
duty with the City and who are receiving compensation
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"under the Workmen' s Compensation Law,
shall be considered as Regular Employees
during such periods of absence from active
duty with the City until formally separated from
service with the City; and Members who are
retired for service or disability under any
City pension system shall not be considered
employees. In all cases in which the above
definition requires interpretation, the Board
shall decide who is a Regular Employee within the
meaning of this article.
"Pensioners" shall mean all regular employees who
are retired from service or disability under any
City pension system subsequent to September 30, 1959.
"City" shall mean the City of Miami Beach, Florida.
"Council" shall mean the City Council of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida.
"Board" shall mean the Board of Trustees of the
City of Miami Beach Employees Retirement System,
administrators of the plan.
"Plan" shall mean the Group Life Insurance Plan.
Sec. 2.47. GOVERNING BOARD. The governing board shall
consist of the members of the board of
trustees of the City pension system authorized under
Chapter 18691, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1937, and shall
at all times coincide in its membership with said Board of
Trustees.
Sec. 2.48. ADMINISTRATION:
a. The Board shall be responsible for general
administration, management and proper operation
of the plan, and for making effective the
provisions of this article.
b. The Board shall have full power and authority
to enter into contractual obligations with
insurance carriers authorized to do business
in the State of Florida, or by establishing
a self-administered plan, or by a combination
thereof; and to establish rates of costs based
on actuarial analyses subject to the approval
by the City Council, the coverage of which
shall not exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000 .00)
per participant.
c. The City Attorney, or his assistant, shall be
legal advisor to the Board.
d. The City Clerk of the City shall be treasurer
of the plan, and shall have custody of its
funds. All payments from the funds of the plan
shall be made by regular city vouchers, but
only after the payment shall have been previously
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"authorized by the Board. The City Clerk
shall also furnish such clerical and other
assistance as is required to enable the Board
to properly administer the plan.
e. The Board shall have authority, limited by the
funds provided for its operation in the City
budget, to designate as consultants such
specialists as medical doctors, osteopathic
physicians, surgeons, actuaries, accountants
and auditors, and may fix the fees for such
consulting services.
f. The fiscal year of the plan shall begin with
January 1st and end with December 31st of each
year, and an annual report shall be prepared
covering each fiscal year' s operations, which
report shall be reviewed by auditors selected
by the Board.
Sec. 2.49. BENEFITS: It is the intent of this plan to
provide regular employees, and officers, of
the City with the advantage of participation in a group
life insurance plan, the coverage of which shall be
Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000 .00) per member.
Sec. 2.50 . MEMBERSHIP:
a. Persons eligible for membership in the plan
on the 1st day of October , 1959,
shall have a period of thirty (30) days
thereafter within which to elect to become
members thereof, and shall not be entitled
thereafter to such membership.
b. Persons who become Regular Employees after
the 10th day of September , 1959
shall automatically become members of the
plan, and their continued participation
therein thereafter shall be mandatory during
the continuance of their employment.
c. Membership in the plan, once established,
shall continue so long as the member remains
a regular employee as defined herein. Those
members who shall become pensioners subsequent
to September 30, 1959 shall have the option
to continue their membership in the plan
during the continuance of their lifetime.
Sec. 2.51. CONTRIBUTIONS:
a. Member. The contribution of a member shall be
one-half of the cost of the benefits provided
for in his agreement, as such costs are
determined by the Board.
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"b. City. The contribution of the City on behalf
of the members shall be one-half of the cost
of the benefits provided for in the agreements
as such costs are determined by the Board.
The City shall make no contribution on behalf
of members who are on leaves of absence other
than for training authorized in connection
with their City duties, sickness 'or military
service; but shall contribute at the same rate
on behalf of members who have been retired
and who elect to continue their agreements.
The Board shall ascertain annually the total
amount of contribution to be made by the City
on behalf of members of this plan, and shall
certify such amount together with an estimate
of administrative costs, to the City Manager
for his review, recommendations, and submission
to the City Council for their approval and
inclusion in the annual budget.
Sec. 2.52. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS: The Board shall certify
to the proper authority or officer responsible
for making up payrolls, the amount of deduction to be made
from the pay of each member of this plan, and the proper
authority or officer responsible for making up the payrolls
shall cause to be deducted from the moneys due each member
the amount of contribution so certified. The contributions
of members who have been retired and who elect to continue
their agreements shall be deducted from the payrolls of
the pension system under which such members retired; and
where agreements are continued with members who are
receiving workmen's compensation payments, the contributions
for such members shall be deducted from the workmen' s
compensation payroll . Arrangements, satisfactory to the
Board, shall be made for the collection of the member
contribution in such cases as the member is receiving no
payment from the City. The amounts so deducted or
collected shall be turned over to the treasurer of the
plan and paid into the funds of the plan. Every member
shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deductions
made and provided for herein, and shall receipt for his
full salary, pension or workmen's compensation payment; and
such payment less the deductions provided for herein,
shall be full and complete discharge and acquittance of
all claims and demands by such member for the period covered
by such payment, except as to the benefits provided by the
plan.
Sec. 2.53 . INVESTMENT OF FUNDS: The Board shall be
trustee of the funds of the plan, and shall
have authority to invest and re-invest such funds in
obligations of the City of Miami Beach, the interest and
principal of which are unconditionally guaranteed by the
City government, or in obligations of the Federal government,
the interest and principal of which are unconditionally
guaranteed by the Federal government; and subject to
such limitations, the Board shall have full power to hold,
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"purchase, sell, assign, transfer and dispose of any of
the securities and investments in which the funds have
been invested as well as the proceeds of such investments
and the moneys enuring to such funds. All interests and
other earnings on moneys of the plan shall be credited
to the plan. "
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall go into effect immediately
upon its passage and posting as required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of August, 1959.
Mayor
Attest:
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1st reading - August 5, 1959
2nd reading - August 5, 1959
3rd reading - August 19, 1959
POSTED - August 19, 1959
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STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADE:
I, R. WM. L. JOHNSON, City Clerk in and for the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1357,
entitled: "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF 'THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, 1950 ' BY ADDING THERETO AN ADDITIONAL
ARTICLE TO BE NUMBERED ARTICLE IV AND PROVIDING FOR A GROUP LIFE
INSURANCE PLAN FOR THE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREFOR; A PLAN FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION THEREOF, AND AUTHORIZING PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS FOR THE
EMPLOYEES ' CONTRIBUTORY PORTION OF SAID PLAN"
having been passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, has been posted by me in three conspicuous
places in the City of Miami Beach, one of which was at the door of
the City Hall in said City on the 19th day of August, 1359,
and that said Ordinance remained posted for a period of at least
thirty days in accordance with the requirements of the City Charter
of the said City of Miami Beach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, on
this the 21st day of October, 1959.
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