12/18/2018 Ordinances 9716ORDINANCE NO. 9716
An ordinance of the Mayor and City council of the City of Grand Island,
Nebraska to amend the City of Grand Island, Nebraska Firefighters' Retirement System Plan and
Trust; to authorize further actions; and to provide for repeal of conflicting Ordinances,
severability and the effective date hereof.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Nebraska Statutes, Sections 16-1020 through and including 16-
1042, the City of Grand Island maintains the City of Grand Island, Nebraska Fireiighters'
Retirement System Plan and Trust embodied in plan documents including an adoption
agreement and basic plan document constituting an integral part thereof, as well as various
amendments required by applicable law ("Plan").
SECTION 2. The Mayor and City Council are authorized and desire to amend the Plan;
specifically, to incorporate recent statutory changes, which amendment is presented with this
Ordinance ("Amendment No. 2")
SECTION 3. The Mayor and City Council do hereby approve and adopt said Amendment
No. 2, effective on the date(s) set forth therein.
SECTION 4. The Mayor is authorized to execute Amendment No. 2 on behalf of the
City, and the City Administrator is authorized and directed to provide the same to the Trustee
(for its written acceptance, if determined necessary or appropriate), and if directed in this
Ordinance or otherwise determined necessary or advisable, to cause said Amendment No. 2 to be
submitted, together with such supporting data as may be necessary or advisable and applicable
application fee, to the Internal Revenue Service for ruling as to whether the same complies with
Approved as to Form tt
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ORDINANCE NO. 9716 (Cont.)
the pertinent provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States and, in particular,
Sections 401(a) and 501(a) thereof, with authority to make any changes in or to Amendment No.
2 and other Plan documents and take such further actions as the City Administrator determines
necessary or appropriate to obtain a favorable ruling or maintain the qualified status of the Plan.
SECTION 5. All ordinances and parts of ordinances as previously enacted to the extent in
conflict with this Ordinance or any part hereof are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is,
for any reason, held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Mayor and City Council
hereby declare that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after passage,
approval and publication as provided by law.
Enacted: December 18, 2018
Attest:
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