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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2266 ' • l ORDINANCE NO. � AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A RETIREMENT PENSION SYSTEM FOR CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; MAKING M20ERSHIP MANDATORY EXCEPT AS TO MEMBERS OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS; PROVIDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO RE-- TIREMENT FUNDS BY THE CITY AND THE OFFICERS AND EM- PLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE PENSION SYSTEM; AUTHORIZ- ING APPROPRIATIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE MADE BY THE CITY; CREATING A RE- TIREMENT BOARD TO ADMINISTER THE SYSTEM.; DEFINING TERMS; REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PRE- SCRIBING A SAVING CLAUSE; CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, THE 2ND DAY OF OCTOBER, A. D. 19,45, IN COMPLIANIE WITH SECTION 516, ARTICLE III: OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THE RETIREMENT PENSION SYSTEM FOR WHICH PROVISION IS HEREIN MADE IS APPROVED BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF SAID CITY ENTITLED _ TO VOTE ON THE QUESTION OF THE ISSUANCE OF TAX SUPPORTED BONDS; AND DECLARING AN EMERMCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. CREATION OF THE FUND That there is hereby established "The Employeest Retirement Fund of the City of Fort Porth." SECTION 2, DEFINITIONS 1. "Prior service" shall mean all service an employee has rendered the City prior to the effective date of this Retirement Fund. 2. "Subsequent service" shall mean the number of years that the member has contributed to the Retirement Fund. 3. "Creditable service" shall mean a total of all prior service and all subsequent services, 4. "Employees eligLble for participation" in the Retirement Fund shall include all regular employees of the City of Fort Worth except the following employees who shall not be eligible for participation in the Retirement Fund: a. Elective officers and non-salaried, appointive mem- bers of administrative boards and commissions, ex- cept employee members of such boards. b. Persons employed wader contract for a definite period or for performance of a particular, special service. c. Employees serving on a part, time basis of less than one-half time. d. Employees who are paid in part by the County, State or other governmental agency, and only in part by the City. e. Employees of the Board of Education. f. Employees who retain membership in any other local municipal or State Retirement Fund. g. Persons carried on the payroll as temporary employees. Whether or not any employee is a temporary or permanent employee shall be determined by the record of the ap- pointment. Any employee, the department head, or any other interested person may appeal to the Board of Trustees of the Retirement Fund for a determination as to any personts eligibility to become a member of the Fund. 5. "Fund" shall mean "The Employees) Retirement Fund of the City of Fort Worth, Texas." 6. "Board" shall mean the Board of Trustees of The Employeest Retirement Fund of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. 7. "Members" shall mean the eligible employees of the City of Fort Worth Who are members of the Retirement Fund. $. "Beneficiary" shall mean any person in receipt of a re- tirement benefit or any other benefit provided in the or- dinance. 9. "Accumulated contributions" shall mean the sum of contri- butions made by a member, plus regular interest additions thereto. 10. "Regular interest" shall mean interest at the rate of two per cent per annum or such other rate as may be prescribed by the Board, based upon the actual interest-earning ex- perience of the Fund. 11. "Retirement benefit" shall mean an annuity or benefit for life, as provided in the ordinance, payable each year in twelve equal monthly installments, beginning as of the date fined by the Board in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance. 12. "Actuarial tablestt shall mean such tables of mortality and rates of interest as shall be adopted by the Board. 13. "Actuarial equivalentu shall mean an annuity or benefit of equal value to the accumulated contributions, annuity or benefit, as the case may be, when computed upon the basis of the actuarial tables in current use by the Board in administering the Fund. 14. "Withdrawal from service" shall mean complete severance of employment of any member as an employee of the City by any act or means except death of said member. 15. The masculine pronoun, wherever used herein, shall include the feminine pronoun. lb. "Effective date" shall mean the date on which this ordi- nance rdinance is passed and goes into effect. 17. "Fiscal year" shall mean the twelve calendar months follow- ing the effective date hereof and the twelve calendar months following each anniversary of,the effective date. SECTION 3. NEOE&SHIP IN THE FUND Each employee eligible for participation in the Retirement Fund at the effective date of the Fund shall automatically become a member of the Fund, unless he files a written election not to become a member within thirty (30) days after the effective date of the Fund, provided, however, that no person shall be entitled to any benefits under the Fund until he has been in the employ of the City for a period of one year, either before or after the effective date of the Fund. An employee on military leave may file an election not to become a member within thirty (30) days after his reemployment; otherwise he shall automatically become a member of the Fund upon reemployment. Any future employee shall automatically become a member of the Fund after he has been in the service of the City one year, provided, however,, deduction shall be made for contributions during the one year pro- bation period subject to being returned if such employests service is termi- nated before the expiration of the one year period. Membership in the Fund shall be a condition of' employment as to All future employees, except that such membershipyshall be optional with members of the Fire, Fire Alarm and Police Departments. After one year the memberts service record shall re- late back to the time of employment. SECTION 4* Beginning on the effective date of the ordinance, each member shall contribute to the Fund four per cent (1%) of his salary, provided that, except as herein provided, such contributions shall not exceed for any member the sum of Twelve Dollars ($12.00) in any month.. This contribution shall be made in the form of a deduction from compensation and shall be made notiithatanding that the net compensation paid in cash to such member shall be reduced thereby below the miniw)m prescribed by lax. Each member shall be deemed to consent and agree to deductions made from his compensa- tion provided for in this ordinance and shall receipt in full for salary or compensation, and payment to said member of compensatioz4 less said de- duction, shall constitute a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands whatsoever for services rendered by such member during the period covered by such payment except as to the benefits pro- vided for by this ordinance. The memberst contributions provided for here- in may be increased at any time by increasing the percentage of salary to be contributed upon a vote of seventy-five per cent (75%) of all the members of the Retirement Fund, in which event the maad mum of Twelve Dollars ($12.00) per month contribution shall be raised in proportion to the said increase in percentage. SECTION 5. A. Any member whose withdrawal from service occurs upon or after the attainment of age sixty-five (65), and who shall have completed at least fifteen (15) years of creditable service, or whose term of employ- ment began after reaching the age of fifty (50) years, shall be entitled to receive, beginning at the time of such withdrawal, a normal retirement benefit as described in this section. The annual amount of the normal retirement benefit, which shall in no event exceed the sum of One 'thousand, Two Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) per year, shall consist of: 1. A savings annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the accumulated contributions of the member at the time of retirement, computed according to the actuarial tables then in use by the Fund; 2. A prior service annuity of not less than one per cent (1%) of the member's average compensation for each completed year of prior service as de- fined herein; and 3. A subsequent service annuity, without cash re- fund, which shall be provided for by the contri- butions of the City of Fort Worth, which contri- butions shall be equal in amount to the contribu- tions of the members as set forth in Section 4 hereof. At the date of retirement of a member, his subsequent service annuity shall be determined as the actuarial equivalent of an amount equal to the accumulated contributions of the member, plus his proportionate part of the amount by which the then total accumulated contributions by the City for all members who have not retired exceeds the then total accumulated con- tributions of the members themselves, such proportionate part of such ex- cess being the ratio of said retiring memberts then aecuarulated contribu- tions to the then total accumulated contributions of all members who have not retired. B. Any member whose withdrawal from service occurs prior to his attainment of age sixty-five (65), but not prior to his attainment of age sixty (60), and who shall have completed at least twenty-five (25) y*ars of creditable service, and who shall not have received a refund of his ac- cumoulated contributions, shall be entitled to receive, beginning at the time of such withdrawal, a retirement benefit based on his then attained age, consisting of: 1. A savings annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of the then accumulated contributions of the member at the time of retirement, computed according to the actuarial tables then in use by the Fund; and 2. A prior service annuity and subsequent service annuity which shall be,adjusted to amounts respectively representing the actuarial equiva- lents at the memberts then attained age of the amounts of corresponding annuities described in Section 5, A - 2 and 3, and beginning at age sixty-five (65). C. If, upon withdrawal from service at an age at which he would otherwise be entitled to a normal retirement benefit, a member shall not have accumulated a sufficient number of years of creditable service to entitle him to a prior service annuity and a subsequent service annuity, such member may elect: 1. To receive his accumulated contribution in cash; or 2. To receive a savings annuity, provided his accumu- lated contributions are sufficient to provide such a savings annuityof not less than One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($1.20.00per year. D. One year after the effective date of the Fund, any member of the Fund who has reached the age of sixty (60) years and has been continuously employed by the City for more than twenty-five (25) years may, at his option, retire from the service of the City upon a retirement payment, as herein- above provided, based upon his age at retirement. Retirement for all City employees, whether members or not, shall be compulsory at the age of sixty- five (65), subject to both of the following conditions: 1. The employee may be permitted to continue in the service if he so desires; and 2. If his services are still valuable to the City. Whether or not an employee's services are valuable at the age of sixty-five (65) shall be determined by the City Manager and the Adminis- trative Head of the department, if such department is not under the juris- diction of the City Manager. If the City Manager and Administrative Head determine that such services are valuable, such determination must be cer- tified to the Board for approval or disapproval within the discretion of the Board. If the Board approves, the employee may continue in the employ of the City subject to annual review by the Board. If the City Manager and Administrative Head determine that the employee should be retired, the employee, if he so desires, may appeal to the Board, which may either approve or disapprove of the determination made by the City Manager and the Administrative Head. SECTION 6. RMRSIONARY ANNUITY-OPTIONAL PRIVILEGE AT RETIRMW Any member may elect at the time of retirement to receive a lesser amount of retirement benefit and provide with the remainder of his equity, as actuarially determined, an annuity for any person who is dependent upon such member at the time of retirement, as named in a written direction filed with the Board as a part of his application for a retirement benefit, provided that the condition of dependency exists and has been proved to the satisfaction of the Board, and provided further that the reversionary annuity resulting from such election is found to be not less than One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($120,00) per year nor more than the amount of re- duced retirement benefit to which the member is entitled under his election. The amount of reversionary annuity shall be that determined by the Board of Trustees in accordance with the written direction of the member. Any such reversionary annuity shall begin as of the day following the date of death of the member receiving a retirement benefit, provided that the person designated to receive the reversionary annuity shall have been alive on the date of death of such member; but if, such designated person does not survive the member who shall be receiving retirement benefit, no rever- sionary annuity shall be payable under the provisions hereof, nor shall any change be permitted by the Board in the written direction filed with the Board after the retirement benefit has been granted and has become effective and payable. SECTION 7. DEATH BENEFITS Upon the death of a member before retirement (while in service), there shall be paid to his estate, or to such person as he shall have nomi- nated by written direction duly acknowledged and filed with the Board, a refund of the accumulated contributions of the member as of the date of death. The person nominated by the deceased member to receive the benefits hereinabove described in this section may provide in a written designation duly executed and filed with the Board that the accumulated contributions of the deceased member shall be paid in the form of an annuity, to be de- termined as of the date of death of the member on the basis of the age of said nominated person at that time, as the actuarial equivalent of the accumulated contributions, provided that such actuarial equivalent is a life annuity of at least One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($120.00) per year; otherwise said benefit shall be paid in a single cash sum. Upon death of a member in receipt of a retirement benefit, unless a reversionary annuity is payable under the provisions of Section 6 hereof, a death benefit shall be paid in a single cash sum to his estate or to the person, as he shall have nominated by written direction duly acknowledged and filed with the Board, consisting of the excess, if any, of the accumu lated contributions of the member at the time of retirement over the total amount of all retirement benefit payments received by the retired member prior to his death. SECTION 8• REFUND OF CONTRIBUTIONS Upon Withdrawal from service, any member who shall not•be entitled to a retirement benefit under the provisions hereof, shall be paid a re- fund equal to the total of his contributions to the Fund, without interest. The Board is authorised, in its discretion, to withhold payment of a refund for a period not to exceed one year after a member has ceased to be an em- ployee. Any such member shall thereby ipso facto forfeit, waive and re- linquish all accmied rights in the Fund, including all accrued creditable service. If such member reenters the service of the City and becomes a me�- ber of the Fund and remains a contributor for five years, he may repay all amounts previously received by him as refund, together with regular intei+- est for the period from the date of refund to the date of repayment. Upon such restoration, such member shall again receive credit for the period of creditable service which he forfeited upon withdrawal. Accumulated inter- est forfeited by a member shall be credited to the accumulated contributions of the City as provided in Section 5A-3 hereof, where it shall remain un- less and until the member again receives credit for creditable service which he thus forfeited, at which time such forfeited interest shall be again credited to his accumulated contributions. SECTION 9. The Cityts contribution shall annually be sufficient to maintain the prior service reserve fluid and the subsequent service reserve fund and shall provide for the costs of administering the Fund, and the City m Council is authorized and directed to make all necessary appropriations to provide the contributions to be made by the City under the terms of this ordinance. The amount of the City's annual contribution for the purpose of providing subsequent service annuities shall in each year be equal to the contributions made by the members of the pension system, but shall never in any event exceed seven and one-half per cent (7j%) of the salaries and gages of the members. SECTION 10. A prior service reserve Bind shall be maintained by contributions by the City, out of which Fund shall be paid all prior service annuities. As to each individual member, the amount of such prior service reserve fund at the beginning of any fiscal year prior to retirement shall be the single premium, according to the actuarial tables then in use by the Pond, for the prior service annuity earned multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of years, plus one, since the effective date of the Find and the denominator of which shall be the number of years.between the effective date of the Fund and the date on which such member attAins the age of sixty--five (65) gears, and, as to each individual member, after retirement, the prior service reserve fund shall be the single premium, according to the actuarial tables then in use by the Fund, for the prior service annuity remaining to be paid. SECTION 11. A subsequent service reserve fund out of which all subsequent service annuities and all death benefits subsequent to retirement shall be paid shall be maintained and provided by transferring to such fund at the retire- ment of each member all of such memberts accumulated contributions, plus the amount of the City's accumulated contributions then determined in ac— cordance with Section 5Ar3 hereof. SECTION 12, CREDIT FOR MILITARY SERVICE, TEMPORARY LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND SERVICE BREAKS A. Any person becoming a member of the Fund after the effective date who shall enter the military, naval, marine, coast guard or other armed service of the United States while the United States is at war, and who shall resume service with the City within one hundred and twenty (1.20) days after his unconditional discharge, shall receive subsequent service credit, based upon his salary at the time of entering such armed service, for such armed service for any and all purposes of this ordinance; also, any former employee having left the service of the City prior to the effective date to enter such armed service of the United States, and who was not an employee of the City on the effective date, shall receive prior service credits based upon his salary at the time of entering such armed service, for both prior service and armed service if such former employee reenters the service of the City within one hundred and twenty (1.20) days after his unconditional discharges from such armed service and elects to become a member of the Fund within thirty (30) days after reemployment by the City; otherwise such fonaer employee shall not be entitled to prior service credit. Nothing in this section shall be•construed to entitle a member to withdraw any monies from the accumulated contributions in the Fund unless he has actually made con— tributions to the Fund and then only to the extent of his contributions to the Fund, plus allowable interest, and the City shall not be required to make contributions to the Fund for any member while in such armed service. B. Leaves of absence that are less than one year's duration shall be considered temporary leaves of absence. Any longer leave of absence, 8 except military leaves, shall be considered a termination of service and shall be subject to the rules hereafter set out in regard to service breaks. In case of temporary leave of absence, neither the member., nor the City shall be required to contribute to the Retirement Fund during the time of the leave, but the member, in order to retain his status in the Fund, shall leave his contributions in the Fund. The member shall receive no service credit of any kind during a leave. C. In connection with the service breaks, the following shall apply: 1. Service breaks prior to the effective date of the Fund: (a) A person who is employed by the City at the time of the effective date of the Fund and becomes a member of the Fund shall be entitled to prior service credit even though such prior service was not continuous, provided that no prior service credit shall be allowed for any period prior to reemployment after a service break of more than one year. (b) A person who is not employed by the City at the time of the effective date of the Fund, but who has been employed in the past, shall be entitled to prior service credit if he returns to the service within one year from the date of the termination of service and becomes a member of the Fund within such one year period. 2. Service breaks after the effective date of the Fund: (a) A member, upon separation from the service, shall be entitled to withdraw his contributions without interest. If such employee returns to the service of the City wthin, one year and be- comes a member of the Fund, he shall be con- sidered as a new employee and shall lose all- prior service credits unless he shall repay to the Fund in cash at the time of reemployment the amount of money which he has withdrawn, plus regular interest compounded annually on said amount during the time he was separated from the service, provided such service break was involuntary. (b) If, however, the service break of such member is more than one year, he shall not be entitled to any prior service credits, nor shall he be entitled to redeposit withdrawals, but he shall reenter the Fund as a new member and he shall not be entitled to any service credits of any kind. None of the restrictions hereof in re- gard to service breaks shall apply to military leaves. The Treasurer of the City of Fort Worth shall be, ex-officio, the Treasurer of the Fund and shall: A. Act as official custodian of the cash and securities belongi- ing to the Fund and provide adequate safe deposit facilities for the preservation of such securities subject to the order of the Board; B. Receive all items of cash belonging to the Fund, including contributions of memberscollect the interest on and the principal of all securities belonging to the Fund as such interest and principal becomes due and payable, deposit all such amounts in a special trust fund for the account of the Fund, and submit a monthly report to the Fund of all such amounts in a special trust fund for the account of the Fund, and submit a monthly report to the Fund of all such trans- actions; and C. Make payments for purposes specified in this ordinance in accordance with vouchers submitted pursuant to authoriza- tion of the Board. The Treasurer shall have the same re- sponsibility for assets of the Fund in his possession as for funds of the City under his control and all assets of the Fund shall be completely segregated and earmarked as belonging to the Fund. The Board shall have full power to make any and all rules and regular tions pertaining to the Retirement Fund not inconsistent with this ordinance, the Constitution and the laws of the State of Texas, and consistent with the local civil service regulations. The Board shall name an Administrator to supervise the affairs of the Retirement Fund upon approval of the City Manager. The Board may also authorize the Administrator to select any required number of persons to assist him in carrying out his work. All employees of the Fund and the compensation of all persons engaged by the Board or Administrator and all other expenses of the Board necessary for the operation of the Fund must be recommended by the City Manager and approved by the City Council. Whenever, in the opinion of the Board, there is on hand a surplus of funds over and above what will be necessary to meet current demands, it may SECTION 13. ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUND The Fund created by this ordinance is a trust. This Fund shall be administered by a Board to be known as the Board of Trustees of The Em- ployeest retirement Fund of the City of Fort Worth, The Board shall con- sist of five (5) members, who shall be selected as follows: A. Two (2) members shall be elected by the employees of the City who are members of the Fund. In the selec- tion of the original two employee members of the Boards the City Manager shall determine the times method and manner by which such Board members shall be elected. After the first election., the time, method and manner of election shall be determined by the Board. B. Three (3) members shall be appointed by the govern- ing body of the City of Fort forth. The members of the Board shall hold office for two (2) years, unless they are removed, and their successors selected in the same way and manner that their original selection occurs. SECTION 140 DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Board shall serve without remuneration and shall meet not less than once a month and may meet at any time that the business of the Fond shall require it. The Board will elect its own chairman, and he shall have the pourer to call a meeting at any time that is necessary in order to carry out the business of the Board. Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum to transact any business, but it shall require not less than three affirmative votes to carry any matters before the Board. The Board shall have charge of and administer the Retirement Fund and shall order payments therefrom pursuant to the terms of this ordinance, and no money shall be paid out of the Fund except upon the order of the Board. invest such funds in interest-bearing securities of the United States, the State of Texas, the County of Tarrant, the City of Fort Worth, the Fort Worth Independent School District or the .Tarrant County Water Control do Improvement District No. 1. In administering the Fund and as to all other matters in connection with its administration, the decision of the Board shall be final and con- clusive. SECTION 15, The City of Fort Worth shall never be held liable or responsible for any claim or asserted claim for benefits under the provisions of this ordinance, but all claims shall be paid from the funds for which provision has been specifically made herein. SECTION lb. The City Council, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State and the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, after this ordinance has been approved at an election by the qualified voters of the City entitled to vote on the question of the issuance of tax supported bonds, shall have the power and authority to amend any or all of the terms and provisions of this ordinance without submitting such amendment or amendments at an elec- tion of the qualified voters of said City or the qualified voters thereof entitled to vote on the 'question of the issuance of tax supported bonds. SECTION 17. The provisions of this ordinance shall be cumulative of and in addi- tion to all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth relating to pen- sions, which ordinances are hereby preserved and continued in force and effect, provided, however, that in the event of any conflict the provisions of this ordinance shall control. SECTION 18. That a special election, in compliance with Section 51e, Article III of the Constitution of the State, be held in the City of Fort Worth., Texas, on Tuesday, the 2nd day of October, A. D. 1945, at the same polling places with the same persons appointed as presiding judges as those set forth in Soo- tion 2 of Ordinance No. 22614, approved and adopted by the City Council on Wednesday, the 5th day of September, A. D. 1945s which section is hereby in- corporated into this ordinance the same as if it were written herein, and qualified voters who own taxable property in said City and who have duly ren- dared endared the same 'for taxation shall be allowed to vote upon the proposition to be submitted, and all electors shalt vote in the precinct of their residence. SECTION 19, The City Council is hereby ordered and ,directed to prepare ballots and stamp same "Official Ballot," and on which ballot shall be printed the following proposition: Shall Ordinance No. 2266, passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort North on Wednesday, the 12th day of September, 1945, establishing a retirement pension system for certain officers and employees of the City of Fort Worth, providing for contributions to retirement funds both for prior service and subsequent service of said officers and employees, and stipulating that the contributions of the City for prior service shall not be less than one per cent (1%) of the memberts average compensation for each completed year of service and for subsequent service shall be equal to the contributions made by the said officers and employees, but in no event shall ever exceed- seven and one-half per cent (7j%) of the salaries and wages of the officers and employees, and authorizing and empowering the City Council to annually appropriate sufficient funds to provide the contributions of the City for prior and subsequent service as provided in said ordinance, be ap- proved? All voters who favor the approval of the ordinance creating the retirement pension system for certain officers and employees of the City shall have Written or printed upon their ballots the words, °FOR the approval of the ordinance establishing 'the Retirement Pension System," and those opposed shall have Written or printed upon their ballots the words, "AGAINST the approval of the ordinance establishing the Retirement Pension System." SECTION 20, The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause notice of said election to be given by posting a substantial copy of this ordinance in each of the election precincts of said City and also at the City Hall. The notice of said election shall also be published on the same day of eadu of two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published with- in said City, the date of the first publication to be not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date set for said election, and the City Secretary shall see that proper publication is made and proper notice of this election is given, in full conformity with the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the general laws of the State applicable thereto, but any omission or irregularity in the posting or publication of the notice or in the sign- ing of same shall not in any way affect or invalidate such election. SECTION 21. If any provision, section, part, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or paragraph of this ordinance be declared invalid or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect any other portion or provision hereof, and all other provisions shall remain valid and unaffected by any invalid portion, if any, and the City Council now says that if it had known at the time of the passage of this ordinance that any portion of said ordinance was in- valid it would not have adopted such invalid part. SECTION 22, EMERGENCY CLAUSE The fact that the City of Fort Worth does not now have an adequate system of retirement pension for its officers and employees who have ren- dered long and faithful service to the City and who are now rapidly reach- ing that age where they are unable to render the kind and character of service that is required in a city of its size creates an urgency and an emergency im the interest of the preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare which requires that this ordinance take effect from and after its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained. ADOPTED this c3ay of September, A. D. 1945. I� a c ATTEST: Mayor � 9 /g f �p E. S. Birdsong, City Secret APPROVED AS TO FORM: R. E. Rouer, City Attorney • '1 S