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<br />?proximately one-half the average monthly :y during the five years immediately preceding <br />h..lrement. For other city employees, the monthly allowance, upon retirement at age 65, is approxi- <br />mately 1/70th of the average monthly salary during the five years immediately preceding retirement, <br />for each year of service after the effective date of participation, plus approximately 1/70th, or less <br />as may be provided in said contract by the municipal corporation for its employees, of the average <br />monthly salary during the three years immediately preceding the effec:tive date of participation, for <br />each year of service prior to that date. . <br />4. Retirement for disability, except in the case of city firemen and city policemen disabled from <br />injury arising out of and in the c0urse of employment, is permitted only after ten years of service and <br />upon proof of incapacity for the performance of duty. <br />5. The monthly retirement allowance payable upon disability retirement, described in preceding <br />item 4, is dependent upon such factors as age, salary and years of service, but generally is equal to <br />90% of 1/70th of the average monthly salary during the five years immediately preceding retirement, <br />for each year of service, with a guarantee of 25% of said salary, subject to certain restrictions and <br />modifications. <br />6. Disability retirement of city firemen and city policemen, in the event of disability arising out <br />of and in the course of employment, is permitted regardless of age and service, the monthly retirement <br />allowance being one-half the average monthly salary during the five years immediately preceding <br />retirement. <br />7. The benefit payable at death, except in the case of city firemen and city policemen dying <br />from injury arising out of and in the course of employment, consists of the contributions of the <br />member plus interest, and plus 1/12th of the member's annual salary during the year immediately <br />preceding death, for each year, not exceeding six years, of service as a member of the system. <br />8. The monthly allowance payable to the widow and children, at the death of city firemen and <br />city policemen arising out of and in the course of employment, is one-half the average monthly salary <br />during the five years immediately preceding death. <br />9. The benefit upon separation from service by other cause than death or retirement, is the refund <br />of the member's contributions, with interest. <br />10. Contributions required of city firemen and city policemen, without credit for prior service, <br />depend upon salary and upon age of entry into the retirement system, the contributions per $100 of <br />salary varying from $5.40 at entry age 21, to $9.32 at entry age 35, for example, if the minimum <br />service retirement age is 60, or $7.63 and $14.35, if the minimum age is 55. Contributions of <br />firemen and policemen having credit for prior service depend on salary, entry age, and amount of <br />prior service, the amount of contribution per $100 being $13.79 for example, at entry age 59, with <br />19 years of prior service, if the minimum service retirement age is 60, and $16.33 at age 54, with 19 <br />years of prior service, if the minimum service retirement age is 55. <br />11. For other city employees, the contributions depend upon salary, sex, and age of entry into <br />the retirement system, the contributions per $100 of salary varying from $4.83 at age 20, to $7.45 <br />at age 64, for men, and from $5.83 at age 20, to $8.50 at age 64, for women. <br />12. The city is required to contribute the balance of the funds necessary to meet the cost of the <br />benefits provided under the retirement system for the city's employees. The city also is required to <br />pay its proportionate share of the administrative costs of the system. <br />13. Ability of the Retirement System to pay benefits is safeguarded by a provision authorizing <br />the Board of Administration to revise contributions of both employees and the city, in the light ot <br />experience under the system. <br /> <br />F 123A. 36231 7_44 1M spa ~J <br />