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COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM F
REGULAR X
CONSENT
INFORMATIONAL
December 9. 1996
Meeting
MAR. /?~A1IDEPT
Authorization
REQUEST: The City Manager requesting the Commission to approve documents related to the
implementation of retirement benefits provided for in the City Manager's
Employment Contract, and clarifying employment benefits related thereto.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda is to approve standard documents necessary for the City
Manager to participate in the International City Management Association Retirement
Corporation pursuant to benefits provided for in the City Manager's employment
agreement with the City. Additionally the purpose of this agenda item is to clarify
the Manager's retirement benefits relative to changes made by the City Commission
for other City employees effective October 1, 1996.
CONSIDERA nONS:
Pursuant to the City Manager's Employment Contract the City Manager is provided
a retirement benefit in the amount of 6% of salary separate from the City Pension
System. This agreement allows the Manager to invest the six percent in what ever
pension fund he elects.
The City Manager has elected to join the retirement system offered through the
International City Management Association known as the International City
Management Association Retirement Corporation.
Two types of plans are available; a 401 Money Purchase Plan and a 457 Deferred
Comp Plan.
Both Plans are being implemented.
Certain standard documents are required to implement the two retirement plans.
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These documents are attached and include the following:
A. 401 Prototype Money Purchase Plan Trust.
1) Trust Adoption Resolution
2) Trust Adoption Agreement
3) Trust Administration Services Agreement
B. 456 Deferred Compensation Plan
1) Deferred Compensation Adoption Resolution
2) Deferred Compensation Administrative Services Agreement
ISSUE:
Does the Commission's desire to give the City Manager the 7%-1 % option afforded
to other employees effective October 1, 1996. .
Effective October 1, 1996 the City Commission~ increased the City contribution to
the employee pension plan from 6% to 7% and mandated the employees
contribute a 1 % match.
It is assumed but not certain that the Commission desires to offer that same benefit
to the City Manager.
FUNDING:
The cost to the City for implementation of the retirement benefits is as follows:
6% of salary from January 22,1996 to September 30,1996.
7% of salary from October 1, 1996 to September 30, 1997.
An annual plan administration fee in the amount of $500.
RECOMMENDATION:
A. The Commission approve the following International City Management Association
Retirement Corporation documents for the 401 Prototype Money Purchase Plan
Trust.
1) Trust Adoption Resolution
2) Trust Adoption Agreement
3) Trust Administrative Services Agreement
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B. The Commission approve the following International City Management
Association Retirement Corporation documents for the 457 Deferred
Compensation Plan.
1) Deferred Compensation Adoption Resolution
2) Deferred Compensation Administrative Services Agreement
C. The Commission clarify if it wishes to provide the City Manager with the same 7%
City contribution 1% employee contribution benefit provided to other employees
effective October 1, 1996.
ATTACHMENTS:
1) Trust Adoption Resolution
2) Trust Adoption Agreement
3) Trust Administrative Services Agreement
4) Deferred Compensation Adoption Resolution
5) Deferred Compensation Administrative Services Agreement
COMMISSION ACTION
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Attachment II 1
A RESOLUTION OF THE WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
CITY COMMISSION (EMPLOYER) PROVIDING
RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO THE CITY MANAGER
THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIA TION RETIREMENT CORPORATION
WHEREAS, the Employer has employed a City Manager rendering valuable
services; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of a money purchase retirement plan benefits the
City Manager by providing funds for retirement and funds for his beneficiaries in
the event of death; and
WHEREAS, the Employer desires that its money purchase retirement plan be
administered by the ICMA Retirement Corporation and that the funds held under
such pl<!Il be invested in the ICMA Retirement Trust, a trust established by public.
employers for the collective investment of funds held under their retirement and
deferred compensation plans:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Employer hereby establishes
a money purchase retirement plan (the "Plan") in the form of the ICMA
Retirement Corporation Prototype Money Purchase Plan and Trust, pursuant to
the specific provisions of the Adoption Agreement (executed copy attached
hereto).
The Plan shall be maintained for the exclusive benefit of the City Manager and
his beneficiaries; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Employer hereby executes the
Declaration of Trust of the ICMA Retirement Trust, attached hereto, intending
this execution to be operative with respect to any retirement or deferred
compensation plan subsequently established by the Employer, if the assets of the
plan are to be invested in the ICMA Retirement Trust.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Employer hereby agrees to serve as
trustee under the Plan and to invest funds held under the Plan in the ICMA
Retirement Trust; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager shall be the coordinator
for the Plan; shall receive necessary reports, notices, etc., from the ICMA
Retirement Corporation or the ICMA Retirement Trust; shall cast, on behalf of
the Employer, any required votes under the ICMA Retirement Trust; may
delegate any administrative duties relating to the Plan to appropriate departments;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Employer hereby authorized City
Manager to execute all necessary agreements with the ICMA Retirement
Corporation incidental to the administration of the Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Employer hereby authorized the City
Manager to execute all necessary agreements with the ICMA Retirement
Corporation incidental to the administration of the Plan.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _day of
at Winter Springs, Seminole County, Florida
, 19 _ in Chambers
MAYOR, CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
FLORIDA
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
Attachment II 2
ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION
PROTOTYPE MONEY PURCHASE PLAN & TRUST
ADOPTION AG REEMENT
#001
Account Number
The Employer hereby establishes a Money Purchase Plan and Trust to be known as the City of
Winter Springs City Manager Plan (the "Plan") in the form of the ICMA Retirement
Corporation Protot'ype Money Purchase Plan and Trust.
This Plan is an amendment and restatement of an existing defined contribution money purchase plan.
o.
Yes
9
No
If yes, please specify the name o[ the defined contribution money purchase plan which this Plan
hereby amends and restates:
- NOT APPLICABLE
.
I. ' Employer: CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
II. Prototype Sponsor:
Name:
ICN!A Retirement Corporation
Address:
777 N. Capitol Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002-4240
Telephone Number: (202) 962-4600
III. The Effective Date of the Plan shall be the first day of the Plan Year during which the
Employer adopts the Plan, unless an alternate Effective Date is hereby specified:
OCTOBER 1. 1995
IV. Plan Year will mean:
I!lC The twelve (12) consecutive month period which coincides with the limita-
tion year. (See Section 6.05(i) of the Plan.)
o
The twelve (12) consecutive month period commencing on
each anniversary thereof.
and
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II
V. Normal Retirement Age shall be age 55 (not to exceed age 65).
VI. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
1. The following group or groups of Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan:
N / A All Employees
N / A All Full, Time Employees
N / A Salaried Employees
N/ A Non-union Employees
N/ A Management Employees
N / A Public Safety Employees
N/ A General Erp.ployees
N / A Other (specify below)
CITY MANAGER ONLY
The group specified must correspond to a group of the same designation that is defined
~n the statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, personal manuals or other material in
effect in the state or locality of the Employer.
2. The Employer hereby waives or reduces the requirement of a twelve (12) month
Period of Service for participation. The required Period of Service shall be N/ A
(write N/A if an Employee is eligible to participate upon employment).
If this waiver or reduction is elected, it shall apply to all Employees within the
Covered Employment Classification.
3. A minimum age requirement is hereby specified for eligibility to participate. The
minimum age requirement is N / A (not to exceed age 21. Write N/ A if no
minimum age is declared.)
VII. CONTRIBUTION PROVISIONS
1. The Employer shall contribute as follows (choose one, if applicable):
Q Fixed Employer Contributions With Or Without Mandatory Participant
Con tributions.
II
The Employer shall contribute on behalf of each Participant * % of
Earnings or $_ for the Plan Year (subject to the limitations of Article VI
of the Plan). Each Participant is required to contribute ** % of Earnings
or $_for the Plan Year as a condition of participation in the Plan. (Write
"0" if no contribution is required.) If Participant Contributions are required
under this option, a Participant shall not have the right to discontinue or
vary the rate of such contributions after becoming a Plan Participant.
* EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION 6% FROM JANUARY 96 TO SEPTEMBER 96.
* EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION 7% FROM OCTOBER 1, .1996.
*** EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION 1% FROM OCTOBER, 1. 1996
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The Employer hereby elects to "pick up" the Mandatory/Required Participant
Contribution.
a
Yes
o
No
[Note to Employer: Neither an opinion letter issued by the Internal
Revenue Service with respect to the Prototype Plan, nor a determination
letter issued to an adopting Employer is a ruling by the Internal Revenue
Service that Participant contributions that are picked up by the Employer are
not includable in the Participant's gross income for federal income tax pur'
poses. The Employer may seek such a ruling.
Picked up contributions are excludable from the Participant's gross
income under section 414(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 only
- if they meet the requirements of Rev. Rul. 81,35,1981,1 C.B. 255. Those
requirements are (1) that the Employer must specify that the contributions,
although designated as employee contributions, are being paid by the Em,
ployer in lieu of contributions by the employee; and (2) the employee must
not have the option of receiving the contributed amounts directly instead of
having them paid by the Employer to the plan.]
o Fixed Employer Match of Participant Contributions. "NOT APPLICABLE"
The Employer shall contribute on behalf of each Participant _ % of Earn,
ings for the Plan Year (subject to the limitations of Articles V and VI of the
Plan) for each Plan Year that such Participant has contributed _ % of
Earnings or $_. Under this option, there is a single, fixed rate of Em,
ployer contributions, but a Participant may decline to make the required
Participant contributions in any Plan Year, in which case no Employer contri,
bution will be made on the Participant's behalf in that Plan Year.
o Variable Employer Match Of Participant Contributions. "NOT APPLICABLE"
The Employer shall contribute on behalf of each Participant an amount de,
termined as follows (subject to the limitations of Articles V and VI of the Plan):
_ % of the Participant contributions made by the Participant for
the Plan Year (not including Participant contributions exceeding _% of
Earnings or $ );
PLUS _ % of the contributions made by the Participant for the
Plan Year in excess of those included in the above paragraph (but not includ,
ing Participant contributions exceeding in the aggregate _ % of Earnings
or $ ).
Employer Contributions on behalf of a Participant for a Plan Year
shall not exceed $ or _ % of Earnings, whichever is 0 more or
o less.
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2. Each Participant may make voluntary (unmatched), after-tax contribution, subject to
the limitations of Section 4.05 and Articles V and VI of the Plan.
o Yes QO No
3. Employer contributions and Participant contributions shall be contributed to the
Trust in accordance with the following payment schedule: BI-WEEKLY
VIII. EARNINGS
Earnings, as defined under Section 2.09 of the Plan, shall include:
(a) Overtime
o Yes
[J
No
(b) Bonuses
[]i Yes
o
No
IX. LIMITATION ON ALLOCATIONS
If the Employer (i) maintains or ever maintained another qualified plan in which any Par-
ticipant in this Plan is (or was) a participant or could possibly become a participant, and/or
(ii) maintains a welfare ben:efit fund (as defined in section 419(e) of the Code) or an indi-
vidual medical account (as defined in section 415(1)(2) of the Code, under which amounts
are treated as Annual Additions with respect to any Participant in this Plan) the Employer
hereby agrees to limit contributions to all such plans as provided herein, if necessary in order
to avoid excess contributions (as described in Sections 6.03 and 6.04 of the Plan).
1. If the Participant is covered under another qualified defined contribution plan
maintained by the Employer, other than a Regional Prototype Plan, the provisions
of Section 6.02(a) through (f) of the Plan will apply as if the other plan were a
Master Prototype Plan, unless another method has been indicated below.
o Other Method. (Provide the method under which the plans will limit
total Annual Additions to the Maximum Permissible Amount, and will
properly reduce any excess amounts, in a manner that precludes Employer
discretion. )
"NOT APPLICABLE"
a
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2. If the Participant is or has ever been a participant in a defined benefit plan main-
tained by the Employer, and if the limitation in Section 6.04 of the Plan would be
exceeded, then the Participant's Projected Annual Benefit under the defined benefit
plan shall be reduced in accordance with the terms thereof to the extent necessary to
satisfy such limitation. If such plan does not provide for such reduction, or if the
limitation is still exceeded after the reduction, annual additions shall be reduced to
the extent necessary in the manner described in Sections 6.01 through 6.03. The
methods of avoiding the limitation described in this paragraph will not apply if the
Employer indicates another method below.
o Other Method. (Note to Employer: Provide below language which will satisfy .
the 1.0 limitation of section 41S(e) of the Code. Such language must
preclude Employer discretion. See section 1.415-1 of the Regulations for
guidance.)
"NOT APPLICABLE"
3. The limitation year is the following 12-consecutive month period: October 1 -Sept. 30
X. VESTING PROVISIONS
The Employer hereby specifies the following vesting schedule, subject to (I) the minimum
vesting requirements as noted and (2) the concurrence of the Plan Administrator.
Years of Specified Minimum
Service Percent Vesting
Completed Vestin~ Requirements**
Zero 100 % No minimum
One 100 % No minimum
Two 100 % No minimum
Three 100 % Not less than 20%
Four 100 % Not less than 40%
Five 100 % Not less than 60%
Six 100 % Not less than 80%
Seven, or more 100 % Must equal 100%
(**These minimum vesting requirements conform to the Code's three to seven year vesting
schedule. If the employee becomes 100% vested by the completion of five years of service,
there is no minimum for years three and four.)
XI. Loans are permitted under the Plan, as provided in Article XIV:
l[J
Yes
o
No
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XII. The Employer hereby attests that it is a unit of state or local government or an agency or
instrumentality of one or more units of state or local government.
XIII. The Prototype Sponsor hereby agrees to inform the Employer of any amendments to the
Plan made pursuant to Section 15.05 of the Plan or of the discontinuance or abandonment
of the Plan.
XlV. The Employer hereby appoints the Prototype Sponsor as the Plan Administrator pursuant to
the terms and conditions of the ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION PROTOTYPE
MONEY PURCHASE PLAN & TRUST.
The Employer hereby agrees to the provisions of the Plan and Trust.
Xv. The Employer hereby acknowledges it understands that failure to properly fill out this
Adoption Agreement may result in disqualification of the Plan.
XVI. An adopting Employer may not rely on a notification letter issued by the National or
District Office of the Internal Revenue Service as evidence that the Plan is qualified
under section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code. In order to obtain reliance with
respect to plan qualification, the Employer must apply t6 the appropriate key district
office for a determination letter.
This Adoption Agreement may be used only in conjunction with basic Plan document
number 001.
In Witness Whereof, the Employer hereby causes this Agreement to be executed on
thi~ day of , 1?_.
EMPLOYER
Accepted: leMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION
By:
By:
Tide:
Title: Corporate Secretary
Attest:
Attest:
II
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Attachment II 3
lCMA
RETIREMENT
CORPORATION
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
Type: 401
Account Number:
Plan # 9604
IOH
RETlRE:\fENT
CORPORATION
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Agreement, made as of the day of
, 199 , (herein referred to as the "Inception Date"), between The International
City Management Association Retirement Corporation ("RC"), a nonprofit corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware; and City of Winter
Springs ("Employer") a City organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Florida with an office at 1126 East S.R. 434, Winter Springs, Florida 32708.
Recitals
Employer acts as a public plan sponsor for a retirement plan ("Plan") with
responsibility to obtain investment alternatives and services for employees
participating in that Plan;
The ICMA Retirement Trust (the "Trust") is a common law trust governed
by an elected .Board of Trustees for the commingled investment of retirement funds
held by state and local governmental units for their employees;
~C acts as investment adviser to the Trust; RC has designed, and the
Trust offers, a series of separate funds (the "Funds") for the investment of plan
assets as referenced in the Trust's principal disclosure documents, "Making Sound
Investment Decisions: A Retirement Investment Guide" and "A Retirement Investment
Guide for the Mutual Fund Series." The Funds are available only to public employers
and only through the Trust and RC.
In addition to serving as investment adviser to the Trust, RC provides a
complete offering of services to public employers for the operation of employee
retirement plans including, but not limited to, communications concerning investment
alternatives, account maintenance, account record-keeping, investment and tax
reporting, form processing, benefit disbursement and asset management.
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ICMA
RETIREMENT
CORPORATION
Agreements
1.
Appointmp.nt of RC
Employer hereby designates RC as Administrator of the Plan to perform
all non-discretionary functions necessary for the administration of the Plan with
respect to assets in the Plan deposited with the Trust. The functions to be performed
by RC include:
(a) allocation in accordance with participant direction of individual
accounts to investment Funds offered by the Trust;
(b) maintenance of individual accounts for participants reflecting
amounts deferred, income, gain, or loss credited, and amounts disbursed as benefits;
(c) provision of periodic reports to the Employer and participants of the
status of Plan investments and individual accounts;
(d) communication to participants of information regarding their rights
and elections under the Plan; and
(e) disbursement of benefits as agent for the Employer in accordance
with terms of the Plan.
2.
Arloption of Tn l~t
Employer has adopted the Declaration of Trust of the ICMA Retirement
Trust and agrees to the commingled investment of assets of the Plan within the Trust.
Employer agrees that operation of the Plan and investment, management and
disbursement of amounts deposited in the Trust shall be subject to the Declaration
of Trust, as it may be amended from time to time and shall also be subject to terms
and conditions set forth in disclosure documents (such as the Retirement Investment
Guide or Employer Bulletins) as those terms and conditions may be adjusted from time
to time. It is understood that the term "Employer Trust" as it is used in the
Declaration of Trust shall mean this Administrative Services Agreement.
3.
Employp.r DI'ty to Fllrni~h Information
Employer agrees to furnish to RC on a timely basis such information as
is necessary for RC to carry out its responsibilities as Administrator of the Plan,
including information needed to allocate individual participant accounts to Funds in
the Trust, and information as to the employment status of participants, and
participant ages, addresses and other identifying information (including tax
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ICMA
RETIREMENT
CORPORATION
identification numbers). RC shall be entitled to rely upon the accuracy of any
information that is furnished to it by a responsible official of the Employer or any
information relating to an individual participant or benefici~ry that is furnished by such
participant or beneficiary, and RC shall not be responsible for any error arising from
its reliance on such information. RC will provide account information in reports,
statements or accountings. All account discrepancies must be reported to RC within
120 days of the close of the quarter in which the discrepancy occurs. After that
time the report, statement, or accounting shall be deemed to have been accepted by
the Employer and the participants
4.
Cp.rtrlin Rp.rrp.sp.ntrltions, Wrlrrrlntip.~ rlnn Covp.nrlnts
RC represents and warrants to Employer that:
(a) RC is a non-profit corporation with full power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The ability
of RC to serve as investment adviser to the Trust is dependent upon the continued
willingness of the Trust for RC to serve in that capacity.
(b) RC is an investment adviser registered as such with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the !nvestment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.
ICMA-RC Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of RC) is registered as a broker-
dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is a member in good
standing of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
RC covenants with emplqyer that:
(c) RC shall maintain and administer the Plan in compliance with the
requirements for plans which satisfy the qualification requirements of Section 401 of
the Internal Revenue Code; provided, however, RC shall not be responsible for the
qualified status of the Plan in the event that the Employer directs RC to administer the
Plan or disburse assets in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of Section 401
or otherwise causes the Plan not to be carried out in accordance with its terms;
provided, further, that if the plan document used by the Employer contains terms that
differ from the terms of RC's standardized plan document, RC shall not be responsible
for the qualified status of the Plan to the extent affected by the differing terms in the
Employer's plan document.
Employer represents and warrants to RC that:
(d) Employer is organized in the form and manner recited in the opening
paragraph of this Agreement with full power and authority to enter into and perform
its obligations under this Agreement and to act for the Plan and participants in the
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ICMA
RETIREMENT .
CORPORATION
manner contemplated in this Agreement. Execution, delivery, and performance of this
Agreement will not conflict with any law, rule, regulation or contract by which the
Employer is bound or to which it is a party.
5.
P::Jrtidr::Jtion in Cp.rt::Jin Pror.p.p.ding,c:;
The Employer hereby authorizes RC to act as agent, to appear on its
behalf, and to join the Employer as a necessary party in all legal proceedings involving
the garnishment of benefits or the transfer of benefits pursuant to the divorce or
separation of participants in the Employer Plan. Unless the Employer notifies RC
otherwise, Employer consents to the disbursement by RC of benefits that have been
garnished or transferred to a former spouse, spouse or child pursuant to a domestic
relations order.
6.
Comrp.n,c:;rttion ::Jnd P::Jymp.n:t
(a) Plan Administration ~ee. The amount to be paid for plan
administration services under this Agreement shall be 0.75% per annum of the
amount of Plan assets invested in the Trust. Such fee shall be computed based on
average daily net Plan assets in the Trust.
(b) Account Maintenance' Fee. There shall be an annual account
maintenance fee of $25.00. The account maintenance fee is payable in full on
January 1 of each year on each account in existence on that date. For accounts
established after January 1, the fee is payable on the first day of the calendar quarter
following establishment and is prorated by reference to the number of calendar
quarters remaining on the day of payment.
(c) Annual Plan Fee. There shall be an annual Employer fee of $500.00.
The annual Plan Fee will be billed evenly on a quarterly basis and is payable within
30 days of receipt of billing. Plans which are initially established midyear will be
billed on a pro-rata basis.
(d) Mutual Fund Services Fee. There is an annual charge of 0.25% of
assets under management that are held in the Trust's Mutual Fund Series.
(e) Model Portfolio Fund Fee. There is an annual charge of 0.10% of
assets under management that are held in the Trust's Model Portfolio Funds.
(f) Compensation for Management Services to the Trust. Employer
acknowledges that in addition to amounts payable under this Agreement, RC receives
fees from the Trust for investment management services furnished to the Trust,
except that this fee is not assesseq in the Mutual Fund Series
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ICMA
RETIREMENT
CORPORATION
(g) Payment Procedures. (i) All payments to RC pursuant to Section
6(a), (b), (d) and (e) shall be paid out of the Plan Assets held by the Trust and shall
be paid by the Trust. The amount of Plan Assets held in the Trust shall be adjusted
by the Trust as required to reflect such payments. (ii) All payments to RC pursuant
to Section 6(c) shall be paid directly by Employer, and shall not be deducted from
Plan Assets held by the Trust.
7.
CII~tnny
Employer understands that amounts invested in the Trust are to be
remitted directly to the Trust in accordance with instructions provided to Employer
by RC and are not to be remitted to RC. In the event that any check or wire transfer
is incorrectly labeled or transferred to RC, RC is authorized, acting on behalf of the
transferor, to transfer such check or wire transfer to the Trust.
8.
Rp.~rnn~ihility
RC shall not be responsible for any acts or omissions of any person other
than RC in connection with the administration or operation of the Plan.
9.
Ierm
This Agreement may be terminated without penalty by either party on
sixty days advance notice in writing to the other.
10.
Amp.nrlmp.nt~ ::Jnn Arljll~tmp.nt~
(a) This Agreement may not be amended except by written instrument
signed by the parties.
(b) The parties agree that compensation for services under this
Agreement and administrative and operational arrangements may be adjusted as
follows:
RC may propose an adjustment by written notice to the Employer given
at least 60 days before the effective date of the adjustment and the notice may
appear in disclosure documents such as Employer Bulletins and the Retirement
Investment Guide. Such adjustment shall become effective unless, within the 60 day
period before the effective date the Employer notifies RC in writing that it does not
accept such adjustment, in which event the parties will negotiate with respect to the
adjustment.
(c) No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy,
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ICMA
RETIREMENT
CORPORATION
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right, remedy, power
or privilege.
11 . Notir.p-~
All notices required to be delivered u.nder Section 10 of this Agreement
shall be delivered personally or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, to (i) Legal Department, ICMA Retirement Corporation, 777 North
Capitol Street, N.E., Suite 600, Washington, D.C, 20002-4240; (ii) Employer at the
office set forth in the first paragraph hereof, or to any other address designated by
the party to receive the same by written notice similarly given.
12.
Comr1p-tP- Agrp-p-mp-nt
This Agreement shall constJtute the sole agreement between RC and
Employer relating to the object of this Agreement and correctly sets forth the
complete rights, duties and obligations of ~ach party to the other as of its date. Any
prior agreements, promises, negotiations or representations, verbal or otherwise, not
expressly set forth in this Agreement are of no force and effect.
13. Govp-rning L~w
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Florida applicable to contracts made in that jurisdiction
without reference to its conflicts of laws provisions.
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Plan # 9604
IC:\<IA
RETIRDIENT
CORPORATION
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
as of the Inception Date first above written.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
by:
Signature/Date
Name and Title (Please Print)
INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION RETIREMEN1
CORPORA TION
by:
Stephen Wm. Nordholt/Date
Corporate Secretary .
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457 DEFERRED
~COMPENSATION PLAN
Attachment II 4
A RESOLUTION OF THE WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
CITY cOMl\1ISSION (El\tIPLOYER) PROVIDING
RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO THE CITY MANAGER
THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEl\tIENT
ASSOCIATION RETIREl\tIENT CORPORATION
WHEREAS, the Employer has employed a City Manager rendering valuable
services; and
WHEREAS, the establishment of a deferred compensation plan for such
employees serves the interests of the Employer by enabling it to provide
reasonable retirement security for the City Manager, by providing increased
flexibility in its personnel management system, and by assisting in the attraction
and retention of a competent personnel; and
WHEREAS, the Employer has determined that the establishment of a deferred
compensation plan to be administered by the ICMA Retirement Corporation
serves the above objectives; and
WHEREAS, the Employer desires that its deferred compensation plan be
administered by the ICMA Retirement Corporation, and that the funds held under
such plan be invested in the ICMA Retirement Trust, a trust established by public
employers for the collective investment of funds held under their retirement and
deferred compensation plans;
l'iow THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Employer hereby adopts the
deferred compensation plan (the "Plan") in the form of the ICMA Retirement
Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan, referred to as Appendix A;
.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Employer hereby executes the
Declaration of Trust of the leMA Retirement Trust, attached hereto as Appendix
B, intending this execution to be operative with respect to any retirement or
deferred compensation plan subsequently established by the Employer, if the
assets of the plan are to be invested in the ICMA Retirement Trust.
",
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager shall be the coordinator
for this program; shall receive necessary reports, notices, etc. from the ICMA
Retirement Corporation or the ICMA Retirement Trust; shall cast, on behalf of
the Employer, any required votes under the ICMA Retirement Trust;
Administrative duties to carry out the plan may be assigned to the appropriate
departments, and is authorized to execute all necessary agreements with ICMA
Retirement Corporation incidental to the administration of the Plan.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of
Chambers at Winter Springs, Seminole County, Florida.
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l\tlA YOR, CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
FLORIDA
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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Attachment II 5
ICMA
RETIREMENT
CORPORATION
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. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
Type: 457
Account Number:
Plan # 4390
ICMA
RETIREMENT
CORPORATION
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Agreement, made as of the day of
, 199 , (herein referred to as the "Inception Date"), between The International
City Management Association R~tirement Corporation ("RC"), a nonprofit corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware; and the City of
Winter Springs ("Employer") a City organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Florida with an office at 1126 East SR 434, Winter Springs, Florida 32779.
Recitals
Employer acts as a public plan sponsor for a retirement plan ("Plan") with
responsibility to obtain investment alternatives and services for employees
participating in that Plan;
The ICMA Retirement Trust (the "Trust") is a common_law trust governed
by an elected Board of Trustees for the commingled investment of retirement funds
held by state and local governmental units for their employees; -
RC acts as investment adviser to the Trust; RC has designed, and the
Trust offers, a series of separate funds (the "Funds") for the rnvestment of plan
assets as referenced in the Trust's principal disclosure documents, "Making Sound
Investment Decisions: A Retirement Investment Guide" and "A Retirement Investment
Guide for the Mutual Fund Series," The Funds are available only to public employers
and only through the Trust and RC.
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In addition to serving as investment adviser to the Trust, RC provides a
complete offering of services to public employers for the operation of employee
retirement plans including, but not limited to, communications concerning investment
alternatives, account maintenance, account record-keeping, investment and tax
reporting, form processing, benefit disbursement and asset management.
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RETIREMENT
CORPORATION
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Agreements
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1.
AppointmAnt of RC
Employer hereby designates RC as Administrator of the Plan to perform
all non-discretionary functions necessary for the administration of the Plan with
respect to assets in the Plan deposited with the Trust. The functions to be performed
by RC include:
(a) allocation in accordance with participant direction of individual
accounts to investment Funds offered by the Trust;
(b) maintenance of individual accounts for participants reflecting
amounts deferred, income, gain, or loss credited, and amounts disbursed as benefits;
(c) provision of periodic reports to the Employer and participants of the
status of Plan investments and individual accounts;
(d) communication to participants of information regarding their rights
and elections under the Plan; and
(e) disbursement of benefits as agent for the Employer in accordance
with terms of the Plan.
2.
Arloption of Tn J~t
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Employer has adopted the Declaration of Trust of the ICMA Retirement
Trust and agrees to the commingled investment of assets of the Plan within the Trust.
Employer agrees that operation of the Plan and investment, management and
disbursement of amounts deposited in the Trust shall be subject to the Declaration
of Trust, as it may be amended from time to time and shall also be subject to terms
and conditions set forth in disclosure documents (such as the Retirement Investment
Guide or Employer Bulletins) as those terms and conditions may be adjusted from time
to time. It is understood that the term "Employer Trust" as it is used in the
Declaration of Trust shall mean this Administrative Services Agreement.
3.
Employp.r Duty to Fllrnish InformMion
Employer agrees to furnish to RC on a timely basis such information as
is necessary for RC to carry out its responsibilities as Administrator of the Plan,
including information needed to allocate individual participant accounts to Funds in
the Trust, and information as to the employment status of participants, and
participant ages, addresses and other identifying information (including tax
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identification numbers). RC shall be entitled. to" rely upon the accuracy of any
information that is furnished to it by a responsible official of the Employer or any
information relating to an individual participant or beneficiary that is furnished by such
participant or beneficiary, and RC shall not be responsible for any error arising from
its reliance on such information. RC will provide account information in reports,
statements or accountings. All account discrepancies must be reported to RC within
120 days of the close of the quarter in which the discrepancy occurs. After that
time the report, statement, or accounting shall be deemed to have been accepted by
the Employer and the participants
4.
Cp.rtrlin Rp.rlrp.sp.ntrltions. Wrlrrrlntip.s rlnn COVfmrlnts
RC represents and warrants to Employer that:
(a) RC is a non-profit corporation with full power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The ability
of RC to serve as investment adviser to the Trust is dependent upon the continued
willingness of the Trust for RC to serve in that capacity.
(b) RC is an investment adviser registered as such with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.
ICMA-RC Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of RC) is registered as a broker-
dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is a member in good
standing of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
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RC covenants with employer that:
(c) RC shall maintain and administer the Plan in compliance with the
requirements for eligible deferred compensation plans under Section 457 of the
Internal Revenue Code; provided, however, RC shall not be responsible for the eligible
status of the Plan in the event that the Employer directs RC to administer the Plan or
disburse assets in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of Section 457 or
otherwise causes the Plan not to be carried out in accordance with its terms;
provided, further, that if the plan document used by the Employer contains terms that
differ from the terms of RC's standardized plan document, RC shall not be responsible
for the eligible status of the Plan to the extent affected by the differing terms in the
Employer's plan document.
Employer represents and warrants to RC that:
(d) Employer is organized in the form and manner recited in the opening
paragraph of this Agreement with full power and authority to enter into and perform
its obligations under this Agreement and to act for the Plan and participants in the
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RETIREMENT
CORPORATION
manner contemplated in this Agreement. Execution, delivery, and performance of this
Agreement will not conflict with any law, rule, regulation or contract by which the
Employer is bound or to which it is a party.
5.
P~rtir.ip<Hion in Cp.rt~in Pror.p.p.rlino~
The Employer hereby authorizes RC to act as agent, to appear on its
behalf, and to join the Employer as a necessary party in all legal proceedings involving
the garnishment of benefits or the transfer of benefits pursuant to the divorce or
separation of participants in the Employer Plan. Unless Employer notifies RC
otherwise, Employer consents to the disbursement by RC of benefits that have been
garnished or transferred to a former spouse, spouse or child pursuant to a domestic
relations order.
6.
Compp.n~Mion ~nd P~ymp.nt
_ (a) Plan Administration Fee. The amount to be paid for plan
administration services under this Agreement shall be 0.75 % per annum of the
amount -of Plan assets invested in the Trust. Such fee shall be computed based on
average daily net Plan assets in the Trust.
(b) Account Maintenance Fee. There shall be an annual account
maintenance fee of $18.00. The account maintenance fee is payable in full on
January 1 of each year on each account in existence on that date. For accounts
established after January 1, the fee is payable on the first day of the calendar quarter
following establishment and is prorated by reference to the number of calendar
quarters remaining on the day of payment.
(c) Compensation for Management Services, to the Trust. Employer
acknowledges that in addition to amounts payable under this Agreement, RC receives
fees from the Trust for investment management services furnished to the Trust,
except that this fee is not assessed in the Mutual Fund Series
(d) Mutual Fund Services Fee. There is .an annual charge of 0.25% of
assets under management that are held in the Trust's Mutual Fund Series.
(e) Model Portfolio Fund Fee. There is an annual charge of 0.10% of
assets under management that are held in the Trust's Model Portfolio Funds.
(f) Payment Procedures. All payments to RC pursuant to this Section
6 shall be paid out of the Plan Assets held by the Trust and shall be paid by the Trust.
The amount of Plan Assets held in the Trust shall be adjusted by the Trust as required
to reflect such payments.
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7.
CII~tOrly
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Employer understands that amounts invested in the Trust are to be
remitted directly to the Trust in accordance with instructions provided to Employer
by RC and are not to be remitted to RC. In the event that any check or wire transfer
is incorrectly labeled or transferred to RC, RC is authorized, acting on behalf of the
transferor, to transfer such check or wire transfer to the Trust. .
8.
Rp.~ron~ihility
RC shall not be responsible for any acts or omissions of any person other
than RC in connection with the administration or operation of the Plan.
9.
Ierm
This Agreement may be terminated without penalty by either party on
sixty days advance notice in writing to the other.
10.
Amp.nrlmp.nt~ t=lnrl Arljll~tmp.nt~
. (a) This Agreement may not be amended except by written instrument
signed by the parties.
(b) The parties agree that compensation for services under this
Agreement and administrative and operational arrangements may be adjusted as
follows:
RC may propose an adjustment by written notice to the Employer given
at least 60 days before the effective date of the adjustment and the notice may
appear in disclosure documents such as Employer Bulletins and the Retirement
Investment Guide. Such adjustment shall become effective unless, within the 60 day
period before the effective date the Employer notifies RC in writing that it does not
accept such adjustment, in which event the parties will negotiate with respect to the
adjustment.
(c) No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right, remedy, power
or privilege.
11.
Notir.p.~
All notices required to be delivered under Section 10 of this Agreement
shall be delivered personally or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return
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RETIREMENT
CORPORATION
receipt requested, to (i) Legal Department, ICMA Retirement Corporation, 777 North
Capitol Street, N.E., Suite 600, Washington, D.C, 20002-4240; (ii) Employer at the
office set forth in the first paragraph hereof, or to any other address designated by
the party to receive the same by written notice similarly given.
12.
Comr1p.tp. Agrp.p.mp.nt
This Agreement shall constitute the sole agreement between RC and
Employer relating to the object of this Agreement and correctly sets forth the
complete rights, dutfes and obligations of each party to the other as of its date. Any
prior agreements, promises, negotiations or representations, verbal or otherwise, not
expressly set forth in this Agreement are of no force and effect.
13.
Govp.rning Lrtw
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Florida applicable to contracts made in that jurisdiction
without reference to its conflicts of laws provisions.
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
as of the Inception Date first above written.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
by:
Signature/Date
Name and Title (Please Print)
INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION RETIREMENT
CORPORA TION
by:
Stephen Wm. Nordholt/Date
Corporate Secretary
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