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File #: 141568    Version:
Type: Charter Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/10/2015 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 9/20/2016
Effective date: 12/6/2016    
Title: A substitute charter ordinance relating to retirement benefits for employes represented by the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters’ Association, Local 215.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, FIRE DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Cover Letter, 2. Hearing Notice List, 3. Notice Published on 10-6-16
Number
141568
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
101160
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute charter ordinance relating to retirement benefits for employes represented by the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters’ Association, Local 215.
Sections
36-02-20 am
36-05-1-f am
36-05-3-c-1-a am
36-08-7-b am
Analysis
This charter ordinance establishes that an employe represented by the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters’ Association, Local 215, who first enrolled in the retirement system on or after July 30, 2016, shall be eligible for a service retirement allowance, if he or she is a participant in the combined fund, after attaining 52 years of age and 25 years of service as a fireman. It also further specifies the role of the medical council in duty disability application evaluation and examination.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 36-02-20 of the city charter is amended to read:

36-02. Definitions.
20. MEDICAL PANEL as it relates to policemen and firemen shall mean a panel of physicians consisting of one member to be selected by designation of the city; one member to be selected by the certified bargaining agent for the affected policeman or fireman; and the 3rd member to be selected by the other 2 members. In the case of a policeman who becomes a member of the retirement system after June 28, 2005, or a fireman represented by Local 215, IAFF, who becomes a member of the retirement system after December 13, 2005 and who applies for, or is granted, a duty disability retirement allowance based on a mental injury, “medical panel” shall mean the medical council. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “medical panel” shall mean the medical council as it relates to a policeman represented by the MPSO who files an application for duty disability retirement on or after January 1, 2016>>,<< [[and shall also means the medical council as it relates to]] a policeman represented by the MPA who files ...

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