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city <br />retirement. For other/ employees. the monthly allowance, upon retirement at <br />age 65, is approximately 1/70th of the average monthly salary during the five <br />years immediately preceding retirement, for each year of service after the <br />effective date of participation, plus approximately 1/70th, or less as,may be <br />provided in said contract by the.municipal.corporation for its employees, <br />of the average monthly salary during the three years immediately preceding <br />the effective date of participation, for each year of service prior to that <br />date. <br />4._ Retirement for disability, except in the case of city ,firemen and city police-. <br />men disabled from injury arising out of and in the course of employment, is <br />permitted only after ten years of service and upon proof of incapacity for <br />the performance of duty. <br />5. The monthly retirement allowance payable upon disability. retirement, described <br />in preceding item 4, is dependent upon such factors as age, salary and years <br />of service, but generally is equal to 90% of 1/70th of the average monthly <br />salary during the five years immediately preceding retirement, for each year <br />of service, with a guarantee of 25% of said salary, subject to certain re- <br />strictions and modifications. <br />6. Disability retirement of city firemen and city policemen, in the event of <br />disability arising out of and in the course of employment, is permitted re- <br />gardless of age and service, the monthly retirement allowance being one-half <br />the average monthly salary during the five years immediately preceding re- <br />tirement. ' <br />7. The benefit payable at death, except in the case of city firemen and city <br />policemen dying from injury arising out of and in the course of employment, <br />consists of the contributions of the member plus interest, and plus 1/12th <br />of the memberts'annual salary during the year immediately preceding death, <br />for each year, not exceeding six years, of service as a member of the system. <br />8. The monthly allowance payable to the widow.and children, at the death of <br />city firemen and city policemen arising out of and in the course of employ- <br />ment, is one-half the average monthly salary during the five years immediately <br />preceding death. <br />9. The benefit upon separation from service by other cause than death or retire- <br />ment, is the refund of the memberts contributions, with interest. <br />10. Contributions required of city firemen and city policemen, without credit <br />for prior service, depend upon salary and upon age of,entry into the retire- <br />ment system, the contributions per $100 of salary varying from $64.19 at <br />entry age 21, to $7.80 at entry age,35, for example. Contributions of fire- <br />men and,policemen having credit for prior service, depend on salary, entry <br />age and amount of prior service, the amount of contribution per $6100 being <br />$12:80, for example, at entry age 59, with 19 years of prior service. <br />11. For other city employees, the contributions depend upon sex, salary and age <br />of entry into the service, the contributions varying from $3.15 at age 20, <br />to $6.38 at age 64, for men, and from $63.41 at age 20, to $67.31.at age 64, <br />for women. <br />12. The city is required to contribute the balance of the funds necessary to meet <br />the cost of the benefits provided under the retirement system for the cityts <br />employees. The city also is required to pay its proportionate share of the <br />administrative costs of the system. <br />Ability of the Retirement System to pay benefits is safeguarded by a provision <br />authorizing the Board of Administration to revise contributions of both em- <br />ployee's and the city, in the light of experience under the system. Now, <br />therefore, ' <br />BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of City of Redwood City, give, and <br />does hereby give notice of intention to approve a contract between said City <br />Council and the Board of Administration of the State Employees, Retirement <br />System, providing for the participation of said City of Redwood City in said <br />Retirement System, a copy of said contract being attached hereto, marked <br />,'Exhibit A.," and by reference made a part hereof. tt <br />Adjournment to 7:30 P. M., February 10, 1941 <br />CWE:MM <br />W <br />C1 W."Eltringham,7!tLyClerk <br />D <br />