File #: 230640    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/26/2023 In control: Council
On agenda: 8/10/2023 Final action: 8/10/2023
Title: Sponsor: Director of Human Resources Department Amending Chapter 2, Article IX, Division 4 of the Code of Ordinances, entitled Pensions for Firefighters, by repealing Sections 2-1251, 2-1253, 2-1255, 2-1257, 2-1264, 2-1265, 2-1267, and 2-1268 and enacting in lieu thereof sections of like numbers and subject matters to change the composition of the Board of Trustees of the Firefighters' Pension System Trust, change the required distribution age, increase the health care subsidy contribution by the City to four percent, add medical conditions that qualify for duty disability, and make other changes approved by the Board of Trustees.
Attachments: 1. 230640 Compared Version, 2. 230640 Docket Memo, 3. 230640 Ordinance, 4. Authenticated Ordinance 230640 C.S.
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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 230640

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Sponsor: Director of Human Resources Department

Amending Chapter 2, Article IX, Division 4 of the Code of Ordinances, entitled Pensions for Firefighters, by repealing Sections 2-1251, 2-1253, 2-1255, 2-1257, 2-1264, 2-1265, 2-1267, and 2-1268 and enacting in lieu thereof sections of like numbers and subject matters to change the composition of the Board of Trustees of the Firefighters' Pension System Trust, change the required distribution age, increase the health care subsidy contribution by the City to four percent, add medical conditions that qualify for duty disability, and make other changes approved by the Board of Trustees.

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WHEREAS, the City entered into collective bargaining agreements with IAFF Locals 42 and 3808 changing their membership in the Board of Trustees of the Firefighters' Pension System Trust; and
WHEREAS, in 2022, the U.S. Congress passed SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 that changed the ages for required distributions of the City's pensions; and

WHEREAS, on February 24, 2023, the Board of Trustees of the Firefighters Pension System Trust met and approved changes to the Pensions for Firefighters Pension System, including the increase to the City's contribution to the health care subsidy, and directed that an ordinance be prepared to effectuate those changes; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That Chapter 2, Article IX, Division 4 of the Code of Ordinances, entitled of the Code of Ordinances of the Kansas City, Missouri, Pensions for Firefighters, by repealing Sections 2-1251, 2-1253, 2-1255, 2-1257, 2-1264, 2-1265, 2-1267, and 2-1268 and enacting in lieu thereof sections of like numbers and subject matter, to read as follows.

Sec. 2-1251. Definitions.

The following words and phrases as used in this division, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the followi...

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