Resolution 2001-31 STATE OF ILLINOIS ) Rev. 6/5/01
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COUNTY OF KENDALL )
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-3\
RESOLUTION TO ALLOW SERVICE CREDIT
FOR MILITARY SERVICE IN THE
ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT FUND
WHEREAS, Article 7 of the Illinois Pension Code (40 ILES 5/7-139) provides that the
governing body of a governmental unit may elect to allow service credit in the Illinois Municipal
Retirement Fund to members who served in the armed forces of the United States for all periods of
such service prior to their participation in IMRF OR whose participation was interrupted by
military leave but did not return to IMRF participation within 90 days of discharge; and
WHEREAS,such allowance of service credit cannot be limited to a specific IMRF member
and applies to all employees who were in active participating status under IMRF on the date this
resolution was adopted;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the UNITED CITY OF
YORKVILLE elects to allow service credit to members who served in the armed forces of the United
States for up to two years of service,prior to their participation in the Illinois Municipal Retirement
Fund;
THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk shall be directed to
file a certified copy of this resolution with the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Municipal Retirement
Fund and that this resolution shall remain in full force and effect until modified or rescinded and
notice of such modification or recision has been filed with the Board of Trustees of the Illinois
Municipal Retirement Fund. This resolution is not limited to a specific military operation or branch
of service
THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in order to qualify for said
IMRF participation allowing military service credit service to be applied, any employee of the
United City of Yorkville shall be eligible for said military service credit after having five consecutive
years of service as an employee of the United City of Yorkville. Further any request for IMRF
benefits asking military service credit to be applied for the benefit of said employee shall first consist
of notification to the City Clerk who in turn shall notify in writing the Illinois Municipal Retirement
Fund Office of the additional military service credit available to the employee conforming to the
terms of this Resolution.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This Resolution shall be in effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication as provided by
I law.
ADOPTED this I Y Da of June 2001, pursuant to a roll call vote as
follows:
PAUL JAMES L4 MARTY MUNNS
RICHARD STICKA MIKE ANDERSON
VALERIE BURD ROSE SPEARS
LARRY KOT JOSEPH BESCO
APPROVED by me,as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville,Kendall County,Illinois,this
Day of A.D. 2611 .
MAYO
PASSED by, tjhe City Council of the United City of Yorkville,Kendall County,Illinois this
/7 Day of , A.D. 200
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CI Y CLERK
CERTIFICATION
I, c�csa�,�x►��M�x�•.,c�, the Clerk of the United City of Yorkville, of the County of
Kendall State of Illinois,do hereby certify that I am the keeper of it's books and records and that the
foregoing is a true and correct cop f solution duly adopted by it's city Council at a meeting
duly convened and held on the day of June, 2001
Seal_ /
City Clerk, United City of Yorkville