Sec. 14. Credited service.
14.1. The Retirement Board shall fix and determine by appropriate rules and regulations, consistent with the provisions of this Article, the amount of service to be credited any member; provided, that in no case shall less than 10 days of service rendered by a member in any calendar month be credited him as a month of service, nor shall less than 6 months of service rendered in any calendar year be credited as a year of service, nor shall more than one year of service be credited any member for all service rendered him in any calendar year. Additionally, for all Tier 2 Members and Tier 3 Members, in no case shall a month of service be credited to such a member unless the member has rendered at least 20 days of service in the calendar month at issue.
14.2. Service rendered prior to December 29, 1953 shall be credited a member only if he deposits in the employees’ savings fund of this Retirement Plan, by transfer or otherwise, less his share of accrued social security taxes:
a. The amount of accumulated contributions standing to his credit in the annuity savings fund of the former system at December 29, 1953; said deposit to be made on or prior to July 1, 1954; and
b. All amounts of accumulated contributions withdrawn by him from the annuity savings fund of the former system and not returned thereto; said deposit to be made on or prior to July 1, 1955; and
c. The aggregate amount of contributions the said member would have made to the annuity savings fund of the former system for the period he was an employee after January 1, 1947 and prior to December 29, 1953 if he was not a member of the former system; said deposit to be made in a manner determined by the Retirement Board.
14.3. Service rendered prior to December 29, 1953 by a member who did not make a deposit as provided in Section 14.2 shall be credited a member as non-contributory service for the exclusive purpose of meeting the service requirement specified in Section 17.2 provided (1) the member remains in continuous employment by the City from December 29, 1953 to the date of his retirement, and (2) the member has attained age 55 years.
14.4. A member, other than a Tier 3 Member, shall be granted unused sick leave credited service for the period of unused sick leave standing to the member’s credit at time of retirement, death or termination of City employment. Unused sick leave credited service may be used only as credited service under the provisions of Section 17, Section 18, Section 20, Section 21 and Section 25 and further as provided in Section 19.1(a).
14.5. In the event a policeman or fireman employed by the City becomes a member of the Retirement Plan the service rendered by him in the employ of the police or fire department of the City may be credited him, pursuant to the provisions of this Article, under such conditions as the Retirement Board may from time to time determine; which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
a. He transfers to the employees’ savings fund the aggregate amount of contributions made by him to the retirement system or pension plan covering the City’s policemen and/or firemen, together with interest additions, if any; and
b. In no case shall service credit be given by the Retirement Board for any period for which he is entitled or becomes entitled to a benefit payable by such retirement system or pension plan for the City’s policemen and/or firemen.
14.6. In any case of doubt as to the amount of service to be credited a member of the Retirement Board shall have final power to determine the amount.
(Election of 11-13-1973; election of 10-6-1987; election of 3-12-2013, eff. 6-17-2013; election of 8-25-2015, eff. 10-22-2015)