HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Allowing a Partial Disability Benefit Under Utility Retirement System ORDINANCE NO. 3325
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF
AMES, IOWA, BY ENACTING A NEW SUBSECTION 28.431(6) FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ALLOWING A PARTIAL DISABILITY BENEFIT UNDER THE
UTILITY RETIREMENT SYSTEM; REPEALING ANY AND ALL ORDINANC-
ES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT TO THE EXTENT OF
SUCH CONFLICT; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED, by the City Council for the City of Ames, Iowa, that:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa shall be and
the same is hereby amended by enacting a new subsection 28.431(6) to read as
follows:
11(6) An employee may, upon proper application to the Board, be grant-
ed a partial disability benefit. If granted by the Board, the
partial disability benefit shall be that percentage of the employee's
total disability benefit which corresponds inversely to the
percentage of a full-time work week that the disabled employee
undertakes to work for the utility. The employee's application for
a partial disability benefit shall state the percentage of the work
week that the employee intends to work; and, the application shall
have attached to it:
(a) a signed, written opinion of the employee's attending physi-
cian that the hours of work stated in the employee's applica-
tion will not aggravate the employee's debilitating condition;
(b) a written certification by the administrative officer of the
employee that the reduced work schedule proposed by the
employee is acceptable to the good management of the utility.
A partial disability benefit granted under this subsection shall
not continue for more than six months unless reauthorized by the
Board for an additional period of six months or less."
Section Two. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, if any.
Section Three. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as required by law.
Passed this 9th day of ray 1995
Sandra L. Ryan, 'Cit# Clerk Larry R. Furtis, Mayor
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