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990836
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A substitute charter ordinance relating to implementation of the negotiated settlement of the Circuit Court Case titled Partipilo, et al. v. City of Milwaukee, et al., Circuit Court Case No. 97-CV-000985 as it relates to the Employes' Retirement System.
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This substitute charter ordinance implements the negotiated settlement in the above-captioned case. It also extends the implementation to similarly situated policemen and firemen.
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Whereas, A charter ordinance enacted by the City of Milwaukee commencing in 1989 limited the service retirement allowance of policemen who retire on or after July 1, 1989 and firemen who retire on or after March 1, 1989, to 90% of the policeman's or fireman's final average salary provided, however, that the application of this limitation shall not operate to diminish that portion of a policeman's retirement allowance attributable to creditable service earned through July 1, 1989, or that portion of a fireman's retirement allowance attributable to creditable service earned through March 1, 1989; and
Whereas, The parties to the above-captioned case have negotiated a settlement of this matter which provides that the 90% limitation of a policeman's or fireman's service retirement allowance shall not apply to any policemen hired prior to July 1, 1989 or to any firemen hired prior to March 1, 1989; and
Whereas, The Common Council is informed that there are similarly situated policemen and firemen who are not specifically named plaintiffs in Circuit Court Case No. 97-CV-000985 and the Common Council is desirous of extending the implementation of the order of judgment in the above-captioned matter to such similarly situated policemen and firemen; and
Whereas, The Common Council believes that the enactment of a charter ordinance implementing the negotiated settlement is desirable in the interest of administrative efficiency so as to provide clarity in the imple...
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