§ 32.02. Social Security provisions.

(A)

Social Security Act adopted. It is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose of the city to extend, effective as of January 1, 1951, to the employees and officials thereof, not excluded by law, and whether employed in connection with a governmental or proprietary function, the benefits of the system of old age and survivors' insurance as authorized by the Federal Social Security Act and amendments thereto, including Public Law 732 of eighty-first Congress, and by F.S. Chapter 650, and to cover by such plan all services which constitute employment as defined in F.S. § 650.02, performed in the employ of the city by employees thereof. In pursuance of the policy, and for that purpose, the city shall take such action as may be required by applicable state or federal laws or regulations.

(B)

Agreements with state. The mayor, or other chief executive officer of the city, is hereby authorized and directed to execute all necessary agreements and amendments thereto with the chairman of the State Industrial Commission as the state agency for the state or his authorized representative, for the purpose of extending the benefits provided by the system of old age and survivors' insurance to the employees and officials of this city, which agreement shall provide for those methods of administration of the plan by the city as are found by the state agency to be necessary for the proper and efficient administration thereof, and shall be effective with respect to services in employment covered by such agreement performed after December 31, 1950.

(C)

Contributions by employees. Withholding from salaries, wages, or other compensation of employees and officials for the purpose provided in division (A) are authorized to be made, and shall be made, in the amounts and at those times as may be required by applicable state or federal laws or regulations, and shall be paid over to the state agency designated by the laws or regulations to receive those amounts.

(D)

Contributions by city. There shall be appropriated from available funds, derived from ad valorem taxes, those amounts, at those times, as may be required to pay promptly the contributions required of the city as employer by applicable state or federal laws or regulations, which shall be paid over to the lawfully designated state agency at the times and in the manner provided by laws and regulations.

(E)

Records and reports. The city shall keep records and make any reports as may be required by applicable state or federal laws or regulations, and shall adhere to the rules and regulations of the state agency for the enforcement of the laws and regulations.

(F)

Federal act. The city does adopt the terms, conditions, requirements, reservations, benefits, privileges, and other conditions thereunto, appertaining, of Title II of the Social Security Act as amended by Public Law 734, Eighty-First Congress, for and on behalf of all the officers and employees thereof and of its departments and agencies, save and except any of the officers and employees who occupy any position, office, or employment not authorized to be covered by applicable state or federal laws or regulations.

(G)

Custodian of funds. The treasurer of the city is designated the custodian of all sums withheld from the compensation of officers and employees and of the appropriated funds for the contribution of the city, and the treasurer of the city is hereby made the withholding and reporting agent and charged with the duty of maintaining personnel records for the purposes of this section.

(1969 Code, §§ 19-1—19-7; Ord. 84, passed 10-25-51)