§ 31-30. Membership generally.

The following described persons shall be compulsorily included as members of the fund:

(a)

All employees hired by the city prior to March 1, 2010, and as defined in section 31-25.

(b)

All employees hired by the school board prior to July 1, 2009, and as defined in section 31-25.

(c)

Elected officials who are elected prior to March 1, 2010, and all employees of elected officials hired prior to March 1, 2010, and as defined in section 31-25 whose membership in the fund has been requested by an elected official, recommended by the board and approved by city council pursuant to the following:

(1)

Elected officials as herein defined may elect membership in the fund for themselves by making written notice to the board and agreeing to abide by the provisions of this article. Once an elected official makes an election, membership shall be compulsory for that elected official throughout the official's term(s) of office provided the initial election was prior to March 1, 2010, and the elected official's subsequent terms, if any, are consecutive with no break in service.

(2)

Elected officials as herein defined may elect to provide membership in the fund for their employees by making written notice to the board and agreeing to abide by the provisions of this article. Once an elected official makes an election for their employees, membership shall be compulsory for all existing employees of that elected official and all employees hired by that elected official prior to March 1, 2010.

(3)

All employees of elected officials whose membership in the fund has been previously established as provided in this section.

(4)

Elected officials shall make elections as provided in this section within ninety (90) days of taking the oath of office as an elected official. Elected officials who do not exercise their options for membership for themselves or their employees as herein provided within ninety (90) days of taking the oath of office shall exclude themselves from membership and shall exclude those employees that they subsequently hire from membership during their term(s) of office.

(Ord. No. 51, § 4; Ord. Nos. 220, 407, 1805; Code 1961, § 32-10; Ord. No. 2709-80; Ord. No. 6434-07, § 1; Ord. No. 6602-09, § 1; Ord. No. 6658-10, § 1)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 6658-10, § 1, adopted Jan. 26, 2010, shall be in effect on and after March 1, 2010.

(Ord. No. 51, § 4; Ord. Nos. 220, 407, 1805; Code 1961, § 32-10; Ord. No. 2709-80; Ord. No. 6434-07, § 1; Ord. No. 6602-09, § 1; Ord. No. 6658-10, § 1)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 6658-10, § 1, adopted Jan. 26, 2010, shall be in effect on and after March 1, 2010.