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Resolution 12043CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12043 SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA AT THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MARCH 5, 1991, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 11 AND 13 OF PENSION ORDINANCE 1079, AS AMENDED, PERTAINING TO PENSIONS TO DEPENDENTS UPON DEATH OF PENSIONER; PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THEREOF; AND PROPOSING SAID BALLOT MEASURE WHEREAS, the City Council has called for a general municipal election to be held on March 5, 1991 to elect officials and to vote on qualified ballot measures and propositions, Whereas, the City Council desires to submit to the qualified electors of the City of Alameda a proposed ordinance to amend Pension Ordinance 1079 as hereinafter set forth. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda as follows: Section 1. The Council of the City of Alameda hereby proposes on its own motion an ordinance to amend Sections 11 and 13 of Pension Ordinance 1079, as amended, to read as follows: AMENDING SECTIONS 11 AND 13 OF PENSION ORDINANCE 1079, AS AMENDED, PERTAINING TO PENSIONS TO DEPENDENTS UPON DEATH OF PENSIONER BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA that Sections 11 and 13 of Pension Ordinance 1079, as amended, are amended to read as follows: Section 11. Pension to Dependents Upon Death of Service Retired Pensioner. Upon the death of any person receiving a pension under the provisions of Section 10 of this ordinance, the pension theretofore payable to the deceased pensioner shall be paid to the widow or widower of said pensioner during his /her lifetime until his /her remarriage, except as otherwise hereinafter provided. Fifty percent (50 %) of the pension shall be payable to a widow or widower who has remarried or remarries. This benefit shall become effective on April 1, 1991, and shall not be paid retroactively. If there be no widow or widower, then each unmarried child of the deceased pensioner under the age of eighteen (18) years, shall receive twenty percent (20%) of the salary of the rank held by the pensioner at the time of his /her retirement until attaining the age of eighteen (18) years, provided, that the aggregate amount paid to such child or children shall in no event exceed the amount of said pension. If there be no such child or children of the deceased pensioner, then one-third (1/3) of the salary of the rank of said pensioner held at the time of his/her retirement shall be paid to his/her dependent father and mother, or if only one of them is dependent, to such dependent person, said payments to continue during the lifetime of such dependent person or persons. Upon the death of a service retired pensioner, the widow or widower, if any, shall be entitled to no part of his/her pension unless he/she was married to the pensioner three (3) years prior to the date of his/her retirement. Any child or children born of such marriage shall be entitled to benefits in the amount and subject to the conditions provided for children by this ordinance. Section 13. Pension to Dependents Upon Death of Disability Retired Pensioner. Upon the death of any person receiving a pension under the provisions of Section 12 of this ordinance, the pension theretofore payable to the deceased pensioner shall be paid to the widow or widower of said pensioner during his/her lifetime or until his/her remarriage, except as otherwise hereinafter provided. Fifty percent (50%) of the pension shall be payable to a widow or widower who has remarried or remarries. This benefit shall become effective on April 1, 1991, and shall not be paid retroactively. If there be no widow or widower, each unmarried child of the deceased pensioner under the age of eighteen (18) years, shall receive twenty percent (20%) of the salary of the rank held by the pensioner at the time of his retirement until attaining the age of eighteen (18) years, provided, that the aggregate amount paid to said child or children shall in no event exceed the amount of the pension. If there be no such child or children of the deceased pensioner, then one- third (1/3) of the salary of the rank of said pensioner held at the time of his/her retirement shall be paid to his/her dependent father and mother, or if only one of them is dependent, to such dependent person, said payments to continue during the lifetime of such dependent person or persons. Upon the death of any disability retired pensioner who shall marry after being so retired, the widow or widower and any child of such marriage shall not be entitled to any of the benefits provided by this ordinance. Section 2. The Council of the City of Alameda hereby proposes to and does hereby on its own motion submit to the qualified electors of the City at the March 5, 1991 election the proposal to amend Sections 11 and 13 of Pension Ordinance 1079, as amended, in the manner hereinabove specifically set forth, as follows: AMENDMENT TO PENSION ORDINANCE 1079 Shall Pension Ordinance 1079 be amended to allow any pensioner's widow or widower : YES : who remarries to receive 50% of the pensioner's pension under Pension : NO Ordinance 1079? Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby authorized, instructed and directed to furnish all printed material, supplies and necessary materials required by law. Section 4. The City Clerk shall furnish the Registrar for the County of Alameda with all pertinent information and material to supplement the City's contract with the County entered into pursuant to Elections Code Section 20003. Section 5. The City Clerk shall publish notices pursuant to Division 14 of the Elections Code. Section 6. In all other matters of procedure the City Clerk shall conduct the election as provided by the Elections Code except where such provisions are in conflict with the provisions of the City Charter. Section 7. The City Clerk shall certify the passage or failure of the proposed amendment and shall enter the results in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which meeting the results of the election are certified and adopted. Revised:11-20-90 I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the twentieth day of November, 1990, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Councilmembers Arnerich, Camicia, Thomas, Withrow and President Corica - 5. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTENTIONS: None. IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this twenty -first day of November, 1990. Diane Felsch, City Clerk City-of Alameda