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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-136 CCR Member Howard Heck introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 67 -136 RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE ADOPTION OF S.F. 2045 AS AMENDED, AND OPPOSING AMENDMENT OF THE BILL TO INCLUDE A PENSION ESCALATION CLAUSE WHEREAS, S.F. 2045 is a bill for an act relating to the establishment of a policemen's pension fund in the City of Brooklyn Center, and establishing benefits and providing tax levies therefore, which bill was introduced at the request of the Brooklyn Center City Council; and WHEREAS, the provisions contained in S.F. 2045 were developed after lengthy consideration of the recommendations of the Public Retirement Systems Interim Commission, analysis of retirement benefits in other communities, and consideration of the objectives to be served by a police pension program; and WHEREAS, following legislative review of the bill, it was deemed desir- able to request the introduction of amendments which would further strengthen the provisions of the pension plan, which amendments have been incorporated in the bill approved by the Pensions and Retirement Division of the Civil Administra- tion and Metropolitan Affairs Committee; and WHEREAS, representatives of the Brooklyn Center Police Association have requested that the bill be amended to include an escalation provision in the computation of pension benefits, as opposed to the average salary base requested by the City Council; and WHEREAS, in its deliberations on the pension plan the City Council considered the merits of the arguments in favor of escalation provisions, and made the determination that the average salary base for benefits incorporated in S.F. 2045 was best suited to the circumstances of the City of Brooklyn Center; and WHEREAS, since pension benefits are a form of compensation which are funded through local taxation it is the responsibility of the City Council to determine the level and manner of compensation which will best serve the needs of the community: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center that the members of the Senate Committee on Civil Administration and Metropolitan Affairs be urged to support S.F. 2045 as recommended by the Pension and Retirement Division, and further, to oppose additional amendments which would impose an escalation feature in regard to the computation of benefits. Resolution No. 67 -136 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby directed to distribute copies of this resolution to members of the Civil Administration and Metropolitan Affairs Committee and the Legislative representatives from Brooklyn Center. May 1, 1967 Date Mayor j ATTEST: /�20 Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member John Leary and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, John Leary, Gordon Erickson, Howard Heck and Theodore Willard, and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.