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ORDINANCE N0, 4,9 1951
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE RELATING TO EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADOo AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PLAN
AND AGRERflNT WITH DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY OF THE STATE OF
COLORADO AND ENABLING SAID EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERRS TO OBTAIN COVERAGE UNDER
THE FEDERAL OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS$ INSURANCE SYSTEM.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS,
COLORADOs
Section is That it is the considered opinion of this body that
the extension of the Social Security System to employees and officers of
the City of Fort Collins will be of great benefit,, not only to the employees
of the City by providing that said employees and officers may participate
in the provisions of the Old-Age and Survivors$ Insurance System, and will
also be of great benefit to the City of Fort Collins by enabling it to
attract and retain in employment the best of personnel and thus increase the
efficiency of its government.
Section 2s The 38th General Assembly of the State of Colorado.,
in regular session, enacted a statute., known as House Bill Noe 291,, which
is the enabling act provided for in Section 218 of Public Law 734, 81st
Congress,, which designated the Department of Employment Security,, State of
Colorado, to act as the Department to implement the coverage of employees
and officers under the said Old—Age and Survivors' Insurance System. The
City of Fort Collins is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the
Department of Employment Security,# State of Coloradot a plan, or plans, and
agreement., required under Section 5 of said enabling act and the Social
Security act,, to extend coverage to employees and officers of the City of
Fort Collins and do all other necessary things to effectuate coverage of
employees and officers under the Old-,Age and Survivors► Insurance System.
Section 3 The City Clerk is hereby authorised to establish a
system of payroll deduction to be matched by payments by the City of Fort
Collins to be made into the Contribution Fund of the Social Security act
through the Department of Employment Security,, and to make charges of this
tax to the fund., or fundss, from which wage or salary payments are issued to
employees of the City of Fort Collins. Such payments are to be made in
accordance with the provisions of Section 1400 of the Federal Insurance
Contribution act on all services which constitute employment within the
meaning of that act. Payments made to the Department of Employment
Security, State of Colorado, shall be due and payable on or before the
18th day of the month ,m diately following the completed calendar quarter,
and such payments which are delinquent shall bear interest at the rate of
of 1 % per month until such time as payments are made,
Section 6 Appropriation is hereby made from the proper fund,
or funds, of the City of Fort Collins in the necessary amount to pay into
the contribution fund as provided in Section 3 (c) (1) of the enabling act
and in accordance with the plan or plans, and agreement. Authority is
given to the Mayor and the Clerk of the City of Fort Collins to enter into
an agreement with the Department of Employment Security, State of Colorado,
which agreement shall be in accordance with House Bill No. 291 and with
paragraph 218 of the Social Security act. Such plan and agreement shall
provide that the participation of the City of Fort Collins shall be in
effect as of January 1, 1951.
Section 5: In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists
for the preservation of the public health, peace and safety, and this
ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication under and by
virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IF of the
City Charter.
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of
all the members of the City Counci-1 at a regular meeting held this 6th day
of July, A. D. 1951.
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Ex-Officio Mayor
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STATE of COIOBADo)
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COUNTY OF LA&IMEE)
I MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do
hereby certify and declare that the foregoing Ordinances consisting of
five sections, was duly proposed and reed at length at a regular meeting
of the City Council, held on the 6th day of July, A D 1951, and
was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a
daily newspaper and the official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins,
by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council as an emergency
ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 and T of
Article IV of the City Charter, and thereafter and on, to-vit• the loth
day of July, A D. 1951, said Ordinance No. 4 was duly published in the
Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper published in the City of
Fort Colline, Colorado
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said City this loth day of July, A D 1951•
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City Clerk