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Presented by Mrs. Smith
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Ordinance adding section 192.34 to the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article XI, Personnel, Chapter 192, Firemen's Benefit Plan No. 2, to address the merger of the Borough of Wilkinsburg Fire Department into the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire as said merger relates to the Borough of Wilkinsburg Firefighters' participation in the Firemen's Benefit Plan No. 2 following said merger.
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WHEREAS, it has been determined that pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and the Borough of Wilkinsburg that the Borough of Wilkinsburg Fire Department shall be merged into the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire; and
WHEREAS, the intergovernmental cooperation agreement provides for certain prior service credits for the Borough of Wilkinsburg Firefighters in the Firemen's Benefit Plan No. 2.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. That Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article XI, Personnel, Chapter 192, is hereby supplemented to now include a new Section 192.34 as follows:
ยง 192.34 MERGER OF BOROUGH OF WILKINSBURG FIREFIGHTERS INTO PITTSBURGH BUREAU OF FIRE.
Upon the effective date of a certain intergovernmental agreement for fire protection service between the Borough of Wilkinsburg and the City of Pittsburgh ("Effective Date"), the members of the Borough of Wilkinsburg Fire Department ("Wilkinsburg Firefighter" or "Wilkinsburg Firefighters") shall be eligible to participate in the Firemen's Benefit Plan No. 2 as follows:
a. As provided in the Pittsburgh - IAFF Local 1 Agreement, each Wilkinsburg Firefighter will receive prior service credit for purposes of calculating his or her pension benefit under the Firemen's Benefit Plan No. 2 equal to 54% of his or her service time as a Wilkinsburg Firefighter. By way of example, in the event a Wilkinsburg Firefighter had accumulated ten years of service as a Wilkinsburg Firefig...
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