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ORDINANCE NUMBER 838
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL
RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE FIRE DEPAR'lMENT
OF THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS,' INCWDING THOSE \i\;;~~
EMPLOYEES WHO' ARE MEMBERS OF THE FIREMEN'S RELIEF AND RETIREMENT
FUND OF THE CITY OF WEST 'UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS; ACCEPTING ALL
OF THE OBLIGATIONS AND BENEFITS OF SAID SYSTEM AND PROVIDING FOR
THE MERGER OF THE FIREMEN I S RELIEF AND RETIREMENT -FUND OF THE
CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE WITH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT
SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, Chapter 75, Acts 50th Legislature (l947) as amended by Chapter
24, Acts Regular Session 5lst Legislature (Vernon's Civil Stat's. Art. 6243h)
established the Texas Municipal Retir~nt System; and authorized the gov-
erning body of each city or town to e1;.ect, at its option, to have one or more
of the city departments participate in such system; arid
WHEREAS, the City of West University Place, ,Texas, has heretofore
provided for the participation in the Texas Mlit1icipal Retirement 'System of
all of the employees of all of the departments of the City government, except
those members of the Fire Department who care members of the Firemen's Relief
and Retirement Fund; and
WHEREAS, the members of' the Fire Department who are members 0'1' the
Firemen ',s~4~Q.~~~~~~m.~~,Ew1,d o~ the ~,c;i.~N.<~..~Weai~pc_i-ve;~~lace,
Texas, lit an election heretofore held on April 7, 1964, 'on the question, have
voted withbutdissent for the merger' of said Fund with the Texas Municipal
Retirement System and for coverage of the members of said Fund into said
System; and
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WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of West University Place,.
Texas, finds that it will be in the public interest of the City to have all
of the employees of its Fire Department participate in the Texas Municipal
Retirement System;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT 'ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That on behalf of the City of West University Place, Texas,
its City Commission hereby exercised its option and elects to have all of the
employee~" <?~>,~e~_,,!,,~f~,J:?~pEg'~meJJ.:t,()f said City:,pa.r:,t,icipate.,iIJ. the, Texas Munici-
pal Retirement System as provided in Chapter '75,' Acts of the 50th Legislature,
as amended. '
The term. "employee" as used herein shall hot 'r21byl~~7 reason of such mem-
bership exclude any person who is now or heretofore has been a member of the
Firemen':s Relief and Retirement Fund of the' City of West University Place.
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,Section 2. The Mayor and the City Manager of the City of West University 0'-
Place are hereby authorized to make and execute on behalf of said City, the
following contract and agreement, in substance, for the merger of the Fire-
men's Relief and Retirement Fund of the City of West University Place with
the Texas Mu:i:1icipa+ Retirement System, and for the coverage in the Texas Muni-
cipal Retirement System of the members and annuitants of said Fund:
, W1mREAS, at an election heretofore held upon the proposal, the members
'of the' Firemen's Relief and Retirement Food of the City of West Place, Texas,
by, a majority of all the members thereof, have approved the merger of said
Fund with the TexasMUnicip~ Retirement System upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set' forth, and have elected to become members of said System; and
WHEREAS, the City of West University Place, Texas, does hereby designate
the Fire Department of said City' as a participating department of said System,
and has authorized and applied for a~ssion of the several members of the said
Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund a~ members of said System upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter set out; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of West University Place, Texas; the Board of
Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System; the Board of Firemen's
Relief and Retirement FUnd Trustees of the City of West University Place,
Texas; and the several members and beneficiaries 6fthe said Firemen's Relief
and'Retirement Fund, have mutually agreed and do hereby agree as follows:
I. MERGER OF FUND INTO TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Under the
authority of ,and pursuant to the provisions of Sections X and XI of Chapter
75,. Acts of the Regular Session 50th Legislature,asamendedj" tlieFiremen' s
Relief and Retirement Fund of the City of West Unive:r!!-ity Place, Texas, shall
'be merged into the Texas Municipal Retirement System, upon the te+ms and
conditions set out in this merger agreement; and all monies securities and
other properties of said Fund shall be transferred to the Texas Municipal
Retirement System to defray in part the cost of the ben~fits hereinafter
provided for.
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II. SALARIED 'r~. TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE SYSTEM.
1. The following named persons, being all of the salaried firemen
members of the Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund of the City of West
University Place, Texas, and being full-time employees of the Fire Department
of said city, shall be and become members of the Texas Municipal Retirement
System on 'the 1st day of July, A.D., 1964.
J. D. Allstott
Albert R. Allen
Charles E. Duffin
R. M. Farris
G. 'E. King
Paul E. Murphy
8Charlie S. Wilson, Jr.
B. F. Wilcher
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2. Each of the above-named persons agrees to merger of the Firemen's
Relief and Retirement Fund of the City of West University Place with the Texas
Municipal Retirement System upon the terms and conditions hereof, and agrees
to become a member of ,the Texas Municipal Retirement System, and that his
rights and privileges as a member of said System shall be governed by ,the pro-
visions of Chapter 75, Acts 50th Legislature, as amended, except as expressly
altered by theprovis"ions hereof. He agrees to pay the stat:uatory membership
fee assessed against members of said S~stem, and so long as he continues to
work for the City of West University Place, he agrees to contribute and deposit
in the Employees I Saving Fund<of the System, the sums prescribed by statute,
and authorizes the deduction of all said sUms by s'aid City from his 'compensation,
and,the payment thereof to the System. Except for such benefits as may accrue
by reason of his membership in the Texas Municipal Retirement System as pro-
videO. for in this contract, each,named person for himself, and for every bene-
ficiar-y claiming under him or by reason of his services as an employee of said
'city, or as a member of said Fund, hereby waives and releases any other or
further claim to retirement benefits from and against the City of West University
Place, Texas" and the Firemen's Relief, and Retirement Fund of said City.
3. On merger of the Fund, there shall be, established ,for each of the
above-rtpmedpersonsan individual account in the Employees'SavingFund of the
System, 'and, <there ,will be credited to the individual account of each such
person (by~tJia:nsfer of said sum out of the monies now on deposit in the West
University Plac~eFiremen' s ,Relief and Retirement Fund) ,an amount equal to ,the
accumulated deposits standing to-the credit of such person in the said Fire-
men's Relief and Retirement Fund as of the effective date of merger; and there
shall, thereafter be deposited to the individual account of each such person,
the amo~;bs"'.aepGsi~ea.~.':e-y',h'im'''as~~eurrent serv.-ice"fc0ni;.~i>btiti"Of1S~~'"i'8."~member of
the System, and interest at the rate and in the manner uniformly allowed on
individual accounts of other members of the System.
., From,and after date of merger, all sums standing to the credit of the
member's individual account in the Employees' Saving Fund shall be governed
by, and the rights of the member therein shall be those prescribed by, Chapter
75, Acts 50th Legislature, ,as amended.
4. Each person named above shall continue as a member of said System
from and after the 1st day of July, 1964, unless and until the occurrence of
one of the conditions enumerated in paragraph (3) subsection (2), Section-III,
of Chapter 75, supra, as amended, whereupon his membership shall cease and
determine. If any such person shall cease to be a member other than by re-
tirement, his rights shall be governed by and shall be limited to those
prescribe4 by Section V, or by subsection 4, of Section 'VII of Chapter 7~,
supra, aSR.may"be,,-apP.1;j,QB.ba.e,)~,pil7o:vided, howeve,rt.. .::t;hatl ,iiB ...e1ither -..01', the, holders
of twenty-year certificates"viz-., King and A11stott, shall die before actual
retirement, they shall be considered to have retired,as ,of the end of the
calendar month preceding that in which the death occurs, upon an Option Two
retirement benefit with his wife as named beneficiary, and the minimlml amount
of such benefit shall be as hereinbelow provided for.
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5. Each of the above-named persons upon becoming ,a member of, the Texas
Municipal Retirement System shall be eligible as an employee of the City of 0: -:'
West University Place, Texas, for service retirement benefits and for dis-
ability retirement benefits in such,amounts and upon the terms and conditions
and only in such amounts and upon the ten:ns and conditions prescribed in
Sections VII or XIII of Chapter 75, Acts Regular Session, 50th Legislature,
as amended; except that it is understood and agreed that se;t'Vice rendered as
a member of the Fire Department or other municipal department of the City of
West University Place by each such person, shall be computed as "service as
an employee" of said City as provided in this contract, despite t:Q,e fact of
membership of such person in the Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund of said
City during all or part of the period of' such sef.cvice; but it is specially
provided that G. E. King ('Who"~holds a twenty-year certificate and is entitled
to retire at this date under the Fund) shall be entitled to retire at the end
of any calendar month upon an Option Two benefit of not less than $124.00
monthly, during his lifetime, and after his, death one-half of the amount of
his monthly benefit to be payable to his wife, Thelma King, during .her.lifetime,
if she survives him; and it is specially provided that J. D. Allstott shall be
entitled to retire at the end of any calendar month after he shall reach fifty-
five years of age, upon an OptiOIl. Two benefit of not less than $100.00 monthly
during his lifetime, with one-half of the monthly benefit to which he may be
entitled to be paid after his death to his wife, Tommie,Al1stott, if she shall
survive him; and in the event of the death of either the said King or the said
Allstott before actual retirement, and if he sb-all leave surviv;i.ng him the
person above. named as his wife, then he shall be considered to have retired
upon an Option Two benefit (Of the minimum amount specified above) as of the
last day of the calendar month preceding that in which his death occurs, ,and 0
in such event one-hall of the amount specified shall be paid ,monthly during.""..".,1 ."
her life to the person above-named as his wife.
6. (A) It is agreed by the respective parties hereto that each of the
above-named persons shall, for the purposes of determining his eligibility for
retirement under the formulae prescribed by Chapter 75, supra, be credited each
full month of service performed by him prior to the effective date of merger as
a member of the Fire Department or other municipal department of the City of
West University Place, and each such month of service shall be computed as
"Service as an Employee" of said City for the purpose of measuring e~igibility
for retirement, despite the fact of membersb-ip of such Person in the Firemen's
Relief and Ret:i,rement Fund of said City during all or part of the' period of
such service. ,
(B) The current service annuity of the member shall be the actuarial
e~uivalent of his accumulated deposits ,credited to his account in the Employees
.saving Fund at the date of his retirement, plus an additional sum (from the
,Municipality Current Service Accumulation Fund of the employing municipality
or municipalities) equal to the accumulated deposits of the member.
(C) To provide for partial funding of the current service annuity
obligations hereunder contemplated, it is agreed that as, of the date of merger,
there shall betransferr~d out of the monies, securities and investments now
held by the Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund of the City of West University
Place, the sum of j5S0. 00 (F,j ~hty TIn 11 A:rR), (which is the amount computed by
the actuary as being necessary and required to match the portion of the
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present accumulated depesits ef the abeve-named individuals if, as and when
they may retire), which sum shall be d~positedte the City,ef West University
Place Fire Department acceunt in the Municipality Current Service'Accumulatien
Fund ef the Texas'Municipal Retirement System.
(D) Service rendered to the City ef' West University Place, Texas, (er to
any ether participating municipality) by those ,persons becoming'members ef the
System pursuant to' this agreement, during their membership; shall censtitute
"current service" under' the System, 'within the meaning efChapt-er 75, supra,
as amended, and each member shall make the depesits eut ef his earnings at the
rate and in the manner re~uired en 'acceunt of such service by the applicable
~revisiens ef said statute. '
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(E) The City ef West University piace cevenants and agrees to make.
normal centributiens (as that term'is: defined, in Chapter 75, supra, as Bmemded)
to. the Texas MuniciNLl R.etirement System on account'of'the current service
rendered. to. tile City ef.West Universii.ty Plac,e .after<:iateof merger by'the
persens o:ecoming members ,of .the,cSy-stem ' purs11a'ht to' tbIs agreement.'" Such nermal
centributiens ' shall bema:de by' said City to. the' System at' the rate previded fer,
and at the time and'.inanner previded for by Chapter 75,' supra, as amended.
(F) Each of the above~named persons' Shall, 'upen becoming a member ef the
System, be entitled to, and will be given; a "Special Prier Service Credit"
equal to a "Prier Service Credit" cemputed en the basis ef all creditable
service rendered, prier to. the date ef' merger accerding to. the formula con-
tained in subsectien 6 ef Sectien VI er Ghapter 75, supra, as ainended,less
an amount equal to. twice the 'amount of the accumulated depesits credited to
the individual member (in accerdance with paragraph, 3 abeve) in his individual
acceunt in the Members' Saving Fuiid en. the date' of merger. , These "sp~cJ.al
Prier Ser-vice,Credits" so aJ+.ewed shall be obligations ef'the City of West
University Place Fire Department acceunt,in the MUnicipality Prior SerVice
Accumulatien Fun~,of the System and the City ef'West UniversityPlaee hereby
coven~ts and agrees to. make prier service contributiens to the'TeXas,Munici-
pal Retirement System in such monthly ameunts as will f'ully'amertize the
ebligatiens ef' the City ef West tJriiversi. ty Place Fire Department acceunt in'
the Muni~~Pr~i,tY,J~:rj.or.,,-,~E;i~;g,~:,~,~~c~ulatie~,.!.JJ?<l,w~~!1~,~, ~ J~e~~~d., <?~ .:twenty-f'ive
(25) years frem the effect~ve date of merger..." .'
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. 7. Except asspecia.lly ai:ieve,previded as, to KiIi.g and'AilS-tott, eligi-
bility fer service retirement sha.ll be theseprescrioed'and'set'forth under
Chapter 75, supra, as amended; and the benefit payable shall be a standard
benefit (or an authorized optienal Benefit that is the actuarial equivalent
thereef) as defined. by Chapter 75, 'supra, as amended, in an amount which is
the actuarial e~uiva1ent ef his current'service annuity reserve, plus ,a prier
service'benef'it which is the actUarial equivalent ef his accumUlated "Special
Prier Service Credit" (as abeve defined) at the time ef his retirement:
Eligibility fer disability retirement and the amount thereef,shall be geverned
by the provisienf3, ef Chapter 75, supra, a~ amended.
8. If, prier to. the respective times G. E. King or J~D. Allstott weuld
eligible fer service retirement under theprevisiens of Chapter 75, supra
such person had been a member ef Texas Municipal Retirement System threugheut
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the period of his creditable service (as above defined) with the City of West C
University Place, either the said King or A~lstott, and/or the above-named
surviving wife of either shall begin drawing retirement benefits by reason
of this agreement, the accumulated deposits standing to the credit of such
member's account with Texas Municipal Retirement System shall first be used
to pay the applicable benefit, and upon exhaustion of such accumulated deposits
the City of West University Place covenants and agrees in such event to pay
to Texas Municipal Retirement System monthly for so long as a benefit shall
, continue to be payable to the said King or his surviving widow, and/or to the
said Allstott or hissui'viving widow, an"amount (over and above the otb:r sums
herein covenanted to be paid by the City) equal to the benefit",payable for such
month to the said King or his widow, and/or to the said Allstott or his widow.
In event the said King or the said Allstott shall continue in active service
until such time as would entitle 'said person to service retirement (had he been
a member of Texas MuniciPal Retirement System during his entire period of
creditable service, as above defined), then in event of his service retirement
(or in event a benefit becomes payable to the above-named wife of said person
, by reason of 'his death in service), the City agrees to pay to Texas Municip;al
Retirement System monthly so long as the said benefit shall' continue to be
payable pursuant to this agreement, the amount' by which such' benefit shall
exceed the benefit which would regularly be payable under Chapter 75, supra,
on account of any member who had performed the equivalent creditable ,service,
and had achieved the same'age~
III. VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S TRUST ACCOUNT; BENEFITS PAYABLE TO ACTIVE AND
RETIRED ,VOLUNTEER FIREMEN AND THEIR BENEFICIARIES.
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1. It is agreed that all assets of the Firemen's ,Relief and Retirement
Fund' of the City of West University Place remaining after transfer of the sums
provided'for under subsection 3 and subsection 6(c) of Section II of this agree-
ment, shall be transferred into a special account in tp.e Endowment Fund of the
Texas MunicipaJ,. Retirement System, which special account shall be entitled the
"West University Place Volunteer Firemen's Trust Account", and which shall be
held and maintained by the System for the following purposes:
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(A) F0r the continued payment of monthly benefits of the amounts now
being paid to the herein below-named retired volunteer members and beneficia
ries of the existing Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund, or which may become
payable to the' wife of any such retired volunteer;'and
(B) For the' payment of benefits as hereinbelow provided to such of the
active volunteer firemen (hereinbelow named)' who are presently members of the
eXisting Fund and who may:becbmeentitled to a benefit as provided below; and
to pay widows benefits to' the surviving' wife 01 any such qualifying volunteer
fireman.
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2. The' following named persons are volunteer firemen who retired as
eligible members of the Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund of the City of
West University Place, and following their respective names is the name of
the person' to whom they we~e'married at the time of retirement, and who may
become entitled to a Widow's benefit from the fund:
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Louise Metcalf - "
Lucille Tully
, , , Flora Rose
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J. A. Metcalf ,.j
G. P. Tully v~
B. L. R9~~t
J. C. King
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Each named retired fireman is presently drawing $25 per month as pension.
In addition to the retired firemen above named, Mrs. Connie Golden, widow
" of J ~ L. Golden, deceased, is presently drawing a widow's pension of $16.67 per
month from the Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund.
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It is agreed that each such monthly benefit shaU continue to be paid to
the person entitled thereto, and that they shall constitute charges agafnst,
and shall be p'aid from, the Voliinteer Firemen's Trust Account.
In event of the death of any of the retired volunteer firemen named above,
and if his above-named wife survives him, she shall be paid a widow's pension
of $16.67 per month for her li!etime.
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,.J. (A) , , The following named' perspns are volunteer firemen' who are presently ,
members 'of the Firemen's R@lief and Retirement ~und of the City of West U~iversity
Place, who':::;have served.as'such since the date following their respective names:
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Date of Beginning Service
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John \l.Car4one;/ ~~ ll-1-57
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John M. Da~is:~' '~ ",\../.-/ ' 1-7-64
Wm. R.Ellmgton~",D ;!-.. .', '. 4~3-62
Joe A., ,Gay , , . _;;.~}~/ ' .' , 1-2-62
Henry Schultz ~ ~7':' "d' 6-19:"63,
<Jj, ~Cha,.ries ~.' q~~sse.~ ~,.,; .', 4~5-6060
t/ Da.vid M.' Harris' . i. . ,0 5-3-,
, . Go' T.,Hutcherson'~/c?~"-:hl4!/ 9~1-52
Antho~ P. Lenz, Jr~v~'i-' ,3-62
'E<!ward J. ,:Kuebler ./' R~/n.UI..:, . 4::'5-:-60
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,,' , (:8) '"It{.is',agr.eed -that in the event of any of' the above-named volunteer'
firemen's Cql~tij.1nj~ng"t0 perform. service as a volunteer fireman of the City of
West'Ynive;t?'~:i~&-:'F:I;.a~e_'{~~~€:m.~"determ.ination, to be made and certified by the
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MargUerite Bloxsom
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Carol Ann Darrough.
, Virginia Davis
Ardentha Ellington
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Wanda Joy Schultz
Betty Glasse
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Ruth Hutcherson
no wife
Norma E. Kuebler
no wife
Ethel Reynolds
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Catherine Sherrill
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Volunteer Firemen's Pension Committee, hereinafter provided for); until he
has twenty years of active service as such volunteer fireman, such person
shall be entitled to .receive out of the Volunteer Firemen's Trust Account a
benefit, begiilIiing at' age fifty-five (55) of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) "Per
month; and if the person above named as the wife of such firemen shall,survive
such fireman after he retires, or after he has become entitled to retire be- '
cause of age and servic~, there shall be paid to her out of the said Trust
'Account a monthly benef'it in the sum of' $16.67 for and during her lifetime.
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tq:ta.1Iy'disabledfrom performanc$of his duty as a'consequenceof the performance
o:e his duty as a volunteer "fireman of'the'City ofWestUniversityPlacei',he.,' "
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, of $25.00; if he shall die as a' result' of any such disability so incurred,
there shall be paid to his above-named wif'e (if' she survives him) a monthly
benefit of $16.67 out of said Trust Account.
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. 4. The Mayor, , the City Treasurer', and' thJ:ee' members' of the FirE/"])epa.rc'-"'" ,
ment of the City of West University Place who mem'bers'of the System, and who
are selected to act by vote of' the members of the'Fire Department, shall con-
stitute a "Volunteer-Firemen' s Pension Committee", and they shall have the:
responsibility and duty of determining.and' of certifying' to the Board of
Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System,' all matters of fact relatj,ng
to the performance of duty by'the above-named persons as volunteer firemen of
the City of West University Place; matters determined by affirmative vote of
four members of the Committee' shall be binding and non-reviewable.
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5. It is recognized by the City of West University Pl.ace, and by Texas
Municipal Retirement System, that the present and prospective liabilities 'of'
the "Volunteer Firemen's Trust Account'" are in excess of the funds and assets
which are to be transferred to said Trust Account out of the existing assets
of' the Firemen's'Relief and Retirement Furid of' said City at the time of'
merger. In consequence, the City of West University Place agrees to make
monthly contributions to said Trust Accourit of' such sums as the actuary of' the
Texas Municipal Retirement System shall calculate is required to amortize
withitl' a period of twenty-five years from date of merger all obligations of the
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of merger. In return it is agreed that if any sum remains to the credit of said
Trust Account after payment of all benef'its which this agreement contemplates
are to be paid theref'rom, the balance then' remaining shall' bet:r:ansferred to the
credit of the 'City of West University Place account in the Municipality Prior
Service Accumulation Fund with the System, . or if' that Account is then satisfied,
to the Municipality Current Service Accumulation Fund of said City. ^
IV. INVESTMENT OF ASSETS TRANSFERRED. All assets of the Firemen I s
Relief and Retirement Fund which aretransf'erred to the Texas' Municipal. Retire-
ment System shall become a part of the general assets of the System, ^and shall
~- be invest~~"'a'S''''l!''''~; but in ~...'W~...~~@?"~ and ~
monies of ,.,theSystem, in such securities as are authorized by" 1a;w..,..as"",investments ,,"',' ">,,
for the'System. ,.
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Section 3. That the City Treasurer is hereby directed to remit to the
Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System, at its office in
Austin, Texas, the city's proper contributions to the System and the amounts
which shall be deducted from the compensation or payroll of employees, all as
required by said Board under the provisions of Chapter 75, Adj;s of the 50th
Legislature of the State of Texas, as amended,' and the City Manager is hereby
authorized and directed to ascertain and certify officially on' "behalf of the
City of West University Place,--Texas,the"prior serv:ice and : special prior
service rendered to the said municipality by each of the employees of the Fire
Department, and the average prior service compensation received by each, and
to m8.ke and execute all other reports andcertificates;'whichmay bere~uired
of the City of West University Place, Texas, under the provisions of Chapter 24,
Acts Regular Session 51st Legislature, as amended, or under the above con-
tractor the rules and regulatiqns of the Board of Trustees of the ,Texas Muni-
cipal Retirement System.
PASSED AND APPROVED this '
22nd
"COMMISSIONERS VOTING AYE: All.
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COMMISSIONERS VOTING NO: None
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