11/22/2022 Ordinances 9907ORDINANCE NO. 9907
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, HALL COUNTY, 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
Firefighters' 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
for recent statutory changes, as set forth in the amendment presented with this
Ordinance titled "AMENDMENT (2022) SECURE, Bipartisan American Miners &
CARES Act" ("Amendment").
SECTION 3. The Mayor and City Council do hereby approve and adopt said
Amendment, effective on the date(s) set forth therein.
SECTION 4. The Mayor is authorized to execute said Amendment 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 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 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 the Amendment 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in conflict with this Ordinance or any part hereof are hereby repealed.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
Approved as to Form II
November 21, 2022 tt City Attorney
ORDINANCE NO. 9907 (Cont.)
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: November 22, 2022.
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Roger . Steele, Mayor
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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