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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-27 Adopting a New Town of Vail Police and Fire Employees' Pension Plan Subject to Approval by 65% of the Town's Police and Firemen ORDINANCE NO. 27 Series of 1994 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A NEW TOWN OF VAIL POLICE AND FIRE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT (65%} OF THE TOWN'S POLICE AND FIREMEN; AND SETTING FORTH DETAILS IN REGARD THERETO. WHEREAS, the Town of Vai! has adopted a Police and Firemen's Pension Plan, the effective date of which was January 1, 1983 and has adopted a first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth amendment to said plan, the effective dales of which were September 20, 1983, May 2, 1984, December 4, 1984, June 18, 1985, August 17, 19$8, and August 7', 1990, respectively; and WHEREAS, the Police and Fire employees of the Town of Vail now wish to adopt a new Town of Vail Police and Fire Employees' Pension Plan, as attached hereto and incorporated by reference; and WHEREAS, such new plan must be approved by the Town Council of the Town of Vail; and WHEREAS, the new Town ofi Vail Police and Fire Employees' Pension Plan has been approved by 65% of the police and fire employees of the Town of Vail. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO: 1. The Town of Vail Police and Fire Employees' Pension Plan which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference is hereby approved by the Town Council as has been approved by sixty-fve percent (65%) of the police and fire employees of the Town of Vail. 2. If any part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it would have passed this Ordinance, and each part, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more parts, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid. 3. The Town Council hereby finds, determines and declares that this Ordinance is necessary and proper for the health, safety and welfare of the Town of Vail and the inhabitants thereof. 4, The repeal or the repeal and reenactment of any provision of the Municipal Code of the Town of Vail as provided in this Ordinance shall not affect any right which has accrued, any duty imposed, any violation that occurred prior to the effective date hereof, any prosecution commenced, nor any other action or proceedings as commenced under or by virtue of the provision repealed or repealed and reenacted. The repeal of any provision hereby shall not revive any provision or any ordinance previously repealed or superseded unless expressly stated herein. 5. All bylaws, orders, resolutions, and ordinances, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency. This repealer shall not be construed to revise any bylaw, order, resolution, or ordinance, or part thereof, heretofore repealed. INTRODUCED, READ AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING this/5th day of ~hP~Y , 1994, and a public hearing shall be held on this Ordinance on the ~ ~h day of , 1994 at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Vail Municipal Building, Vall, Colorado. Ordered published in full this /5th day of /1f4~/'YL~~ , 1994. Margaret`~-. Osterfoss, Mayor A T: Hotly McCutcheon, Town Clerk READ AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING AND ORDERED PUBI~ISHED ill ft fie this ~ ~t1. ATTEST: ~~ ~~ Holly I~cCutcheon, Town Clerk day of _ ~~lx.~..P~ , 1994. L~ Marg et A. Osterfoss, Mayor (/ ., w • • TOWN OF VAIL POLICE AND FIRE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN SAW152~84192679.2 4 . ? ~ +r TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE I NAME AND PURPOSE OF PLAN ARTICLE II ARTICLE III ARTICLE IV snw~szasatigzbz9.z DEFINITIONS Section 2.1 -- "Admin.istrator" . Section 2.2 -- "Anniversary Date" . Section 2.3 -- "Beneficiary" Section 2.4 -- . "Break in Service" . Section 2.5 -- "Code" Section 2.6 -- "Compensation" . Section 2.7 -- "Effective Date" . Section 2.-8 -- "Employee" Section 2.9 -- "Employer" . Section 2.10 -- "Employment Anniversary Date" Section 2.11 -- "Full--Time Regular Employee" . Section 2.12 -- "Highly Compensated Employee" Section 2.13 -- "Recreation District" Section 2.14 -- . "Retirement Board" . Section 2.15 -- "Total. Disability" Section 2.16 -- "Trustee" . Section 2.17 -- "Trust l=and" Section 2.18 --- "Year" and "Flan Year" Section 2.x.9 -- "Year of Service" . PARTICIPATION nF EMPLOYEES Section 3.1 -- Eligibility . Section 3.2 -- Participation of Non-Full-Time Regular Employees Section 3.3 -- Retirement Board to Determine Participants CONTRIBUTIONS AND LTMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS . Section 4.1 -- Contributions by the Employer for Full-Time Regular Employee s Section 4.2 -- Contributions for Non-Full-Time Regular Employees Section 4.3 -- Voluntary Contributions by Participants Section 4.4 -- Return of Employer Contributions Section 4.5 -- Limitations on Allocations . -i- Pane 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 ~ ~ Section 4.& -- Limitation on Benefits and Contributions When an Employee Participates in Both a Defined Benefit and a Defined Contribution Plan of the Employer . 9 Section 4.7 -- Contribution Percentage Test for Matching and Employee Contributions 10 ARTICLE V ARTICLE VI ARTICLE VIT DETERMINATION AND VESTING OF PARTICIPANTS' INTERESTS 11 Section 5.1. -- Allocation of Employer Contribut ions 11 Section 5.2 -- Allocation of Earnings, Losses and Chang es in Fair Market Value of the Net Asset s of the Trust Fund 12 Section 5.3 -- Participaz~a Accounts 12 Section 5.4 -- Valuation of Accounts 13 Section 5.5 -- Vesting of Participants' Interests 13 Section 5.& - - Determination of Years of Service far Vesting Purposes 15 Section 5.7 - - Leaves of Absence; Military Service 15 Section 5.8 - - Vesting Upon Termination of Plan or Discontinuance of Contributions to the Plan 16 RETIREMENT DATE -- DETERMINATION_ r1F R~'NEFTCTARY 16 Section 6.1 -- Retirement Date 16 Section 6.2 -- Determination of Beneficiary 16 D I S'I'R I BUT I ON FROM TRUST FUND, ~. 7 Section 7.1 -- When Interests Become Distributable and Effect Thereof 17 Section 7.2 - - Notification of Trustee and Transfer of Interest to Segregated Account 17 Section 7.3 -- Time of Distribution ~.8 Section 7.4 -- Required Distribution Commencement Date 19 Section 7.5 --- Manner of Distribution . 19 Section 7.6 - - Limitation on Duration of Payment s 2 0 Section 7.7 -- Special Rules for Distributions After the Participant's Death 20 Section 7.8 -- Withdrawals 21 Section 7.9 -- Spendthrift Provisions 21 Section 7,x.0 -- Insurance Contracts 22 SAW152684192b79.2 -ii- Section 7.11 --- Authorization of Loans to Participants 22 Section 7.12 -- Hardship Distributions 23 Section 7.13 -- Claims Procedures 24 ARTICLE VIII CONTINTTANCE. TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT OF PLAN AND TRUST 25 Section 8.1 --- Continuance of Plan by Successor Government 25 Section 8.2 -- Distribution of Trust Fund on Termination of Plan 25 Section 8.3 -- Amendment or Termination of Plan and 'Trust Agreement 25 ARTICLE IX SAW152084192679,2 MISCELLANEOUS 26 Section 9.1 -- Transfers Between Qualified Plans 26 Sectian 9.2 -- Benefits to be Provided Solely from the Trust Fund 27 Section 9.3 -- Notices from Participants to be Filed with Retirement Board 28 Section 9.4 -- Agent for Service of Process 28 Section 9.5 -- Text to Control 28 Sectian 9.6 -- Law Governing and Severability 28 Section 9.7 --- Employer's Obligations 28 Section 9.8 - - Plan for Exclusive Benefit of Participants; Reversion Prohibited 29 -iii- ~ ~ ~ r TOWN OF VAIL POLICE AND F7RR EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN THTS RESTATED PENSION PLAN is adopted by the Town of Vail (hereinafter referred to as the "Employer"). ARTICLE I NAME AND PURPOSE OF PLAN The Employer established a qualified money purchase pension plan for its employees who qualify as participants and their beneficiaries known as the Town of Vail Palice and Fire Employees' Pension Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), for the purpose of providing retirement benefits for its police and fire employees. The Plan was created and is maintained for the exclusive benefit of the Employer's eligible employees who qualify as participants and their beneficiaries. The Plan was initially adopted effective January 1, 1983 and has been amended from time to time since that date. The Employer by this document restates the Plan to incorporate all prior amendments and other changes required by law. Unless governed by X2.7, the provisions of the Plan restated effective January 1, 1994 shall supersede any and all provisions of the Plan in effect prior to December 31, 1993. Participants who terminate employment prior to January 1, 1994 shall have their benefit under the Plan determined in accordance with the provisions of the Plan in effect on the date of termination of employment. Any Participant who was a Participant in the Plan on December 31, 1993 shall continue as a Participant in the Plan under this amended and restated Plan. The Plan is intended to qualify under the applicable provisions of Section 401(a) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and the Trust created in conjunction with the Plan is intended to be exempt under Section 501{a) of such Code and all provisions of this Plan shall be construed in accordance with this intention. Since this is a government plan, it is not intended that the Plan or Trust comply with any provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, except to the extent the requirements of such Act are specifically applicable to government plans. ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS When used herein, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Section 2.1 -- "Administrator" means the Retirement Board as defined at Section 2.x.4. ' SAW152D84192679.2 Section 2.2 -- "Anniversary Date" means the last day of the plan year, which is currently December 31. Section 2.3 -- "Beneficiary" means the person or entity who, pursuant to Article VI of this Plan, becomes entitled to receive a Participant's interest upon the Participant's death. Section 2.4 -- "Hreak in Service" means any twelve (12) consecutive months of service ending on the Employment Anniversary Date during which an Employee fails to earn a Year of Service for vesting purposes. Section 2.5 -- "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. References to a section of the Cade shall mean the section in effect at the date of adoption of the Plan, or the corresponding provision, or the provision that is equivalent in purpose and effect, of any subsequent federal tax law. Section 2.6 -- "Compensation" means the base salary paid by the Employer to a Participant for services rendered to the Employer, excluding bonuses, overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, longevity pay, and any other form of compensation, insurance premiums, pensions and retirement benefits, and all contributions by the Employer to the within Pension Plan, to any health, accident or welfare fund or plan, to any deferred compensation plan, to any other qualified retirement plan or simplified employee pension plan, or any similar benefit, an.y amount received as cash under a profit-sharing plan cash option provision, and any other amounts which receive special tax benefits, provided that compensation reductions pursuant to the Employer pick-up of employee contributions pursuant to Cade Section 414 (h) shall not be excluded as compensation except for the purpose of applying the limitations on allocations and benefits under Code Section 415. Further, compensation shall not include any amounts realized on the transfer of property rights from the Employer. The annual compensation of any Participant taken into account under the terms of the Plan for any Plan Year shall not exceed ,One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,OOfl), as adjusted for changes in the cost of living as provided by law or regulation. Section 2.7 -- "Effective Date" of this Plan is January 1, 1994, provided that each change to this Plan which is required for compliance with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 or subsequent legislation or regulations shall be effective as of the required date of such provision if before January 1, 1994. Section 2.8 -- "Employee" means any full-time paid sworn police officer or firefighter now or hereafter in the employ of the Employer. Tn addition, a leased employee who is a sworn police officer ar firefighter, within the meaning of Section 414(n)(2} of the Code, shall be considered an employee of the Employer, provided -2- SAW152084192G79.2 that if such leased employee constitutes less than twenty percent (200) of the Employer's non.-highly compensated work force within the meaning of Section 414 (n) of the Code, the term "Employee" shall not include any leased employees covered by a Plan described in Section 414(n)(5) of the Code. Section 2.9 -- "Employer" means the Town of Vail, a Lawn within the State of Colorado. Any action to be taken or determination to be made by the Employer shall be by action of the Town Council of the Town of Vail except to the extent such authority is delegated by the Town Council of the Town of Vail. Section 2.10 --- "Employment Anniversary Date" means the last day of the twelve (12) month period beginning on an Employee's date of hire and the same date in subsequent years. For this purpose, an Employee's date of hire is the first day in which an Employee completes an hour of employment. Section 2.11 -- "Full--Time Recrular Employee" means an Employee who it is anticipated will work at least 1,000 hours per year i.n a position which does not have a definite duration of less than six (6} months. Section 2.12 -- "Hicrhly Compensated Employee" means highly compensated active employees and highly compensated former employees determined in accordance with the following rules: (1) Active Emblovees. A highly compensated active employee includes any employee who performs service far the Employer during the determination year and who: (a) received compensation from the Employer during the look-back year in excess of $75,000 {as adjusted pursuant to Section 415 (d) of the Cade); (b) received compensation from the Employer during the look--back year in excess of $50, 000 (as adjusted pursuant to Section 415(d) of the Cade) and was a member of the top paid group for such year (the highest 200 of the employees of the Employer in the order of compensation}; (c) was an officer of the Employer during the look- back year and received compensation during such year that a.s greater than 500 of the dollar .limitation in effect under Section 415 (b) (1) (A) of the Code; and (d) was a 5 0 owner at any time during the look-back year or determination year. The term "highly compensated employee" also includes employees who are both described in the preceding paragraphs if the 3AW1S2084192679.2 _~_ ~ ~ ~ term "determination year" is substituted for the term "look-back year" and the employee is one of the 100 employees who received the most compensation from the Employer during the determination year. (2) Highest Paid Officer. Sf no officer has satisfied the compensation requirement of (1)(c) of this Section during either a determination year or lank-back year, the highest paid officer for such year shall be treated as a highly compensated em- ployee. (3) DefiPrminat-~nn var. For the purposes of this Section, the determination year shall be the Plan Year. The look- back year shall be the twelve month period immediately preceding the determination year. (4) Former Emolovees. A highly compensated former employee includes any employee who separated from service (or was deemed to have separated) prior to the determinatian year, performs no service for the Employer during the determination year, and was a highly compensated active employee for either the separation year or any determination year ending on or after the employee's 55th birthday. (5) Familv Members. Tf an employee is, during a determination year or look-back year, a family member of either a 50 owner who is an active or farmer employee or a highly compensated employee who is one of the 1.0 most highly compensated employees ranked on the basis of compensation paid by the Employer during such year, then the family member and the 5% owner ar top 10 highly compensated employees shall be aggregated. In such case, the family member and 50 owner or top 10 highly compensated employee shall be treated as a single employee receiving compensation and Plan contributions or benefits equal to the sum of such compensation and contributions or benefits of the family member and 50 owner or top 10 highly compensated employee. For. purposes of this Section, family member includes the spouse, lineal ascendants or descendants of the employee or former employee and the spouses of such lineal ascendants or descendants. (6) Rules of Construction. The determination of who is a highly compensated employee, including the determinations of the number and identity of employees in the top-paid group, the top 100 employees, the number of employees treated as officers and the compensation that is considered, will be made in accordance with Section 414 (q) of the Code and the regulations thereunder. Section 2.1.3 -- "Recreation District" means Vail Metropolitan Recreation District, a special governmental district within the State of Colorado. -4- SAWI52084192679.2 • • • Section ?.,14 -- "Retirement Board" means the Trustees appointed pursuant to Article VII of the Trust Agreement of the Town of Vail Police and Fire Employees' Pension Plan dated effective January 1, 1983, and restated in its entirety the day of 2994. Section 2.15 --- "Total Disability" means a disability which permanently renders a Participant unable to perform satisfactorily the usual duties of the Participant' s employment with the Employer, as detex'mined by a physician selected by the Retirement Board, and which results in the Participant's termination of service with the Employer. A finding of disability by the federal Social Security Administration shall be conclusive evidence of disability. Section 2.16 -- "Trustee" means the Trustee or Trustees of the Trust Fund established in conjunction with this Plan and any duly appointed and qualified successor or additional Trustees; additionally referred to as Retirement Board. Section 2.17 ---- "Trust Fund" means the assets of the Trust established in conjunction with this Plan out of which the benefits of this Plan shall be paid and shall include all income of whatever nature earned by the Fund and all increases in fair market value. Section 2 . 18 -- "Year" and "p} an YP~r" mean the fiscal year of the Trust established pursuant to this Plan. The Plan Year begins on January 1 and ends on December 31. Section, 2.19 -- "Year of Service" means a twelve (12) con- secutive month period ending on an Employment Anniversary Date during which the employee is a Full--Time Regular Employee throughout such period. ARTICLE III PARTICIPATION OF EMPLOYEES Section 3,7 -- E1;rgibility. Each Full-Time Regular Employee of the Employer sha11 become a Participant in the Plan on the date of employment or, if later, the date on which the Employee becomes a Full-Time Regular Employee. Section 3.2 -- Participation of Non-Full-Time Regular Employees. Any sworn police officer or firefighter who is not a Full-Time Regular Employee and as a result is not eligible in accordance with section 3.3 shall be eligible to participate in the Plan on a SAWL52Q84192679.2 -5- limited basis as provided in Section 4.2 below. Such participation shall be effective as of such employee's date of employment. Section 3.3 -- Retirement Board to Determine Participants. The Retirement Board shall have the duty and responsibility of determining when an employee becomes a Participant and when a Participant is eligible to share in the Employer's contribution. The determination of the Retirement Board as to the identity of the respective Participants and as to their respective interests shall be binding upon all employees, all Participants and all beneficiaries of the Participants.. ARTICLE IV CONTRIBUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON ALLOCATIONS Section 4.1 -- Contributions by th;P Employer for F>>.11-Time Regular Employees. The Employer shall contribute and pay into the Trust Fund for each pay period to the credit of the Employer Contributions Account of each Participant who is a Full-Time Regular Employee an amount equal to 11.15% of such Participant's compensation for such pay period during the first year of employment and 16.15% of such Participant's compensation thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rate of contribution of any such employee whose date of employment with the Employer was prior to June 1, 1986 will remain at 17.60. The Employer shall make payment of its contribution for each pay period in one sum as soon as practical after the end of such pay period. Such contribution shall~be made in cash. The contribution provided above far any employee shall be reduced by the amount of taxes. paid by the Employer on behalf of such employee pursuant to the federal Social Security Act or any amendment thereto. Such contribution reduction shall be effective at the same time as any such payroll tax mandated by the Social Security Act or any amendment becomes effective. Section 4.2 -- Contributions far Non-FullWTime Rec7u]ar Employees. (a) Employer Contributions. Far each Plan Year, the Employer shall contribute to the Plan to the credit of the Employer Contribution Account of each Participant who is not a Fu11-Time Regular Employee, an amount equal to 1.50 of the Participant's eligible compensation. The contribution of the Employer for any Plan Year shall be made no later than 2-1/2 months following the end of the Plan Year. (b) Employee Contributions. Each employee who is a Participant but not a Full-Time Regular Employee shall be required -6- snw~szasa~9z6~9.z to contribute 60 of the Participant's compensation to the Plan for each Plan Year. (c) Employer Pick-Ub tribution of each Participant Employee shall be made by the compensation otherwise paid to shall be considered to be pick u Section 414 (h) of the Internal RE pants shall not have the o contributions shall be treated Contributions. The employee con- who is not a Fu11--Time Regular Employer and deducted from the :he employee. Such contributions ~ contributions under the terms of venue Code of 1985. Such Partici- >tion of whether or not such s Emplnyer pick-up contributions. Section 4.3 -- Vol~a.n.r.~rv C"~nfiributions by Particiaants, Each Participant may make voluntary non-deductible contributions to the Trust Fund for each year in which he ar she is a Participant in such amounts as the Participant may elect in the Participant's sale discretion, provided that the total of such amounts, when combined with the Participant's nondeductible employee contributions to any other qualified retirement plan maintained by the Employer, subject to the limitations of Section 4.5 below, may not exceed the following percentages of the Participant's compensation for such year. If Employer contribution is: 17.50, then 7.4%; 16.150, then 8.850; 1.1.150, then 13.85%. A Participant may make a contribution for any year at any time or times during such year or within thirty (30} days after the end of such year, provided such contributions will be credited to the Participant's account no later than the last day of such year. The amount, if any, which a Participant contributes to the Trust Fund may vary from year to year and may be contributed in one sum or in installments, provided, that no contribution in any amaunt less than ten dollars ($10.00? may be made by the Participant at any one time. Such contribution shall be made in cash. A11 contributions shall be made to the Trustee. No Participant shall have any obligation to make any contribution. Deductible voluntary contributions are not permitted. Section 4.4 -- Return of Emolover Contributions. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article IX below, a contribution made by the Employer may be returned to the Employer if the contribution is made by reason of a mistake of fact. The amaunt which may be returned to the Employer is the excess of (i) the amaunt contributed over (ii} the amaunt that would have been contributed had there not occurred a mistake of fact. The feturn to the Employer of the amount involved must be made within one year -7- SAW152084192679.2 of the mistaken payment of the contribution or disallowance of the deduction as the case may be. Section 4.5 -- ,imitations on Allocations. {a} General Rule. Yn no event may a Participant receive an allocation for any year which, when combined with the Participant's allocation under any other defined contribution plan established by the Employer, exceeds the lesser of twenty-five percent (25%} of the Participant's compensation for such year or Thirty Thousand Dollars ($3a,aaa}, provided such figure shall change to conform with any adjustment for changes in the cost of living after the enactment of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 or for any other reason, as provided by law or regulation. For the purpose of applying the foregoing limitation, the limitation year shall be the Plan Year. If a short limitation year is created as a result of a change in the limitation year, the dollar limitation far such short limitation year sha11 be the dollar limitation set forth in this subsection multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months in such short limitation year and the denominator of which is twelve (12} (b} Allocations. For the purpose of applying the limitations of this section, the allocation to the Participant shall include the following amounts allocated to the account of a Participant for a limitation year: {i} Employer contributions, {ii} forfeitures, and (iii} non-deductible contributions made by the Participant. For the purpose of applying Limitations of this Section, compensation from and allocations received under any retirement plan maintained by any other employer which is a common member with the Employer of either a controlled group of businesses or an affiliated service group, as prescribed by law or regulation, shall be counted. (c} Excluded Amounts. Any amount not mentioned in subparagraph (b} shall not be considered an allocation. The amounts not considered as allocations include deductible Participant contributions, rollover contributions and transfers from other qualified plans allocated to the account of a Participant. {d} Treatment of Excess. In the event an allocation would otherwise exceed the Limitations of this section, any non- deductible voluntary contribution by the Participant which is counted as part of such allocation shall be returned to such Participant to the extent necessary to reduce such allocation to a level in compliance with the limitations of this section. If after such return of contributions there still remains an excess, the excess over such limitations shall be held in a suspense account until such amount can be applied to reduce the next contribution of SAW152084192679.2 -8- ~ ~ ~ the Employer. If the Employer maintains more than qne qualified defined contribution plan, the excess shall be considered to have first occurred in the plan to which the contribution of the Employer is discretionary, and if there is no such plan, the excess shall be treated as having occurred in all defined contribution plans on a pro rata basis based upon the Employer contribution to each of the plans. If this plan is terminated when there is an amount held in such suspense account, the amount held in such account which cannot be allocated to Participant without exceeding the foregoing limits shall be returned to the Employer.. (e) Comr~ensation. For the purpose of this Section and Section 4.5, compensation shall mean compensation as defined in Section 2.5, provided that any taxable compensation excluded under such Section shall be included as compensation. Section 4.6 --- Limitation on Benefits and Contributions When an Emplovee Particiuates in Both a _n_Pfine_d BP_nP_f_it- ~nc~. a Defined Contribution Plan of the Emnlover. ~ ~~ In any year if a Participant in this Plan is or ever has been a Participant in a defined benefit plan maintained by the Employer, then the sum of the defined benefit plan fraction and the defined contribution plan fraction {both as prescribed by law) for such Participant for such year shall not exceed 1.0. In any year if the sum of the defined benefit plan fraction on behalf of a Participant would exceed 1.0, then the allocation under this plan shall be reduced to the extent necessary so that the sum of such fractions does not exceed 1.0. Far purposes of this Section, the limitation year shall be the Plan Year. The defined benefit plan fraction for any Participant shall be the fraction, the numerator of which is the projected annual benefit of the Participant under the Plan (determined as of the close of the year), and the denominator of which is the lesser of (i) the product of 1.25 multiplied by the maximum dollar limitation for benefi~.s set forth in subsection 415 (b) (1) {A) of the Internal Revenue Code for such year, or (ii) the product of 1.4 multiplied by the percentage limitation set forth under section 415 (b){1){B} under the Code with respect to such Participant for such year. The defined contribution plan fraction shall be the fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the annual additions to the Participant's account as of the close of the year for such year and all prior years, and the denominator of which is the sum of the lesser of the following amounts determined for such year and for each prior year of service with the Employer: (i) the product of 1.25 multiplied by the dollar limitation in effect under subsection 415(c)(1}(A) of the Internal Revenue Code for such year, or ( ii } the product of ~.. 4 multiplied by the amount which may be taken into account under subsection 415 (c) (1) {B ) of the Code with respect to such individual under such plan for such year with respect to dollar limitations. snw~szoaa~9z6~9,x -9- Section 4.7 -- Contribution Percentage Test for Matchingr and Emr~lovee Contributions. (a} GPnPral. The Average Contribution Percentage in any year of all Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees may not exceed the greater of the following amounts: (1) 1250 of the Average Contribution Percentage for such Year of all Participants who are not Highly Compensated. Employees; or (2} The Average Contribution Percentage for such Year of all Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees, plus two percentage points (20), limited to two times the Average Contribution Percentage for all such Participants. Far purposes of the foregoing, the Average Contribution Percentage is the average of the sum of the matching contributions allocated to the accounts of the applicable Participant plus such Participant's voluntary non-deductible contributions, divided by the total compensation of such Participant for each such Participant. If the amount to be contributed by the Employer and allocated to the accounts of Participants who are Highly Compensated Employees exceeds the foregoing limitations, then the amount so allocated shall be reduced, pro-rata among such Participants, to the extent necessary to satisfy such limitation and such excess amount, together with earnings thereon, shall be distributed to such Participants no later than 2-1/2 months after the end of the Plan Year in which such contributians were made. (b) Adjustment of Contribution Percentage. The Employer may in its discretion make contributions to the Plan which shall be designated as additional matching contributions and which shall be allocated to the accounts of Participants who are not Highly Compensated Employees, in order to increase the Average Contribution Percentage of such Participants. (c) Excess Aacrreaate Contributions. Matching contributians and employee contributians in excess of the Limitations of this Section are excess aggregate contributions. (d) Disposition of Excess Aggregate Contributions. (1) General. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, Excess Aggregate Contributions, plus any income and minus any loss allocable thereto, shall be forfeited, if forfeit- able, or if not forfeit- able, distributed no later than the last day of each Plan Year to Participants to whose accounts such Excess Aggregate Contributions were allocated for the. preceding Plan Year. Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be allocated to Participants who are subject to the Family Member aggregation rules of Section saw~szasa~n6~9.z -~a- 41(q)(6) of the Code in the manner prescribed by the regulations. If such Excess Aggregate Contributions are distributed more than 2-I/2 months after the last day of the Plan Year in which such excess amounts arose, a I.0% excise tax will be imposed on the employer maintaining the Plan with respect to those amounts. Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be treated as annual additions under the Plan. (2} Determination of Income or Loss. Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be adjusted for any income or lass up to the date of distribution. The income or loss allocable to Excess Aggregate Contributions is the sum of: (i) income or loss allocable to the Participant's Employee Contribution Account, Matching Contribution Account, if applicable, Qualified Non- Elective Contribution Account for the Plan Year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is such Participant's Excess Aggregate Contributions for the year anal the denominator of which is the Participant's account balance(s) attributable to Contribu- tion Percentage Amounts without regard to any income or loss occurring during such Plan Year; and {ii) 1~0 of the amount determined under (i) multiplied by the number of whale calendar months between the end of the Plan Year and the date of distribution, counting the month of distribution if distribution occurs after the 15th of such month. (3) Forfeitures of Excess Aaareaate Contributions. Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate Contributions shall be applied to reduce Employer contributions. {.4} Accounting for Excess Ag_rsr+~c7afiP rnn_trihutions. Excess Aggregate Contributions ,shall be forfeited, if forfeitable or distributed on a pro-rata basis from the Participant`s Employee Contribution Account, Matching Contribution Account, and Qualified Matching Contribution Account (and, if applicable, the Participant's Qualified Non-Elective Contribution Account). ARTICLE V DETERMINATION AND VESTING OF PARTICIPANTS' INTERESTS Section 5.1 -- Allocation of Emplover Contributions. The contribution made by the Employer to the credit of the account of each Participant eligible to participate in the allocation of the Employer's contribution pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.1 above shall be allocated to the Employer Contributions Account of each such Participant not less frequently than monthly. Any allocation shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4.5 above. SA1V\52084192fi79.2 -11- • Section 5.2 -- Allocation of Earnings, Losses and Chancres in Fair Maxket Value of the Net Assets of the Trust Fund. (a) General Rule. Earnings and losses of the Trust Fund and changes in the fair market value of the net assets of the Trust Fund shall be allocated to the Participants as of each regular valuation date, in the ratio which the total dollar value of the interest of each such participant in the Trust Fund bears to the aggregate dollar value of all of such interests of all such Participants as of the last previous regular valuation date. (b) Special Rule When There Are Seareaated Accounts. For the purpose of the foregoing allocations, the amount of each Participant's interest in the fund, if any, that is held in a segregated account pending distribution pursuant to Article VII below, and the earnings and losses resulting thereto, shall be excluded. The segregated account of a Participant shall alone participate in the income, gains or losses of the property so segregated and alone be liable upon contracts made for its benefit or liabilities arising from such investment. Any extraordinary expenses resulting from the investments made at the direction of the Participant shall be borne solely by such Participant's segregated account. Section 5_~ -- pa_rticinant Accounts. The following accounts shall be maintained for the Participants in the Plan: (a} Employer Contributions Account. This account shall show the dollar value of the Participant's current interest in the Trust Fund resulting from all Employer contributions. (b) Part i.r'~_nant rnnr~-~hutions Account. This account shall show the dollar value of the Participant's current interest in the Trust Fund resulting from all contributions made by the Participant. (c) FPPA Individual Accounts. FPPA means {a) the Town of Vail Employees' Retirement Plan, or {b) the Fire and Police Pension Association. Any Participant who was an Active Participant under FPPA on December 31, 1982, shall have two (2} beginning balances under this Plan comprised as follows: {1) the ending balance in his Employer Contribution Account under FPPA as of December 31, 1982, plus one-half any excess amount refunded by FPPA, allocated as described below; and (2) the ending balance of his Mandatory Participant Contribution Account under FPPA as of December 31, -12- s~v~nszaaa~9z6~9.2 ~ ~ ~ 1982, plus one-half any excess amount refunded by FPPA, allocated as described below. Any excess amount refunded by FPPA shall be allocated to each Participant whow as an Active Participant on December 31, 1982, in the FPPA in proportion to his Mandatory Participant Contribution Account balance under FPPA as of December 31, 1982, as a percentage of such total excess amaunt. One-half such amount for each such Participant shall be allocated to the ending balance of his Employer Contribution Account under FPPA as of December 31, 1982. The other one-half shall be allocatd to the ending balance of his Mandatory Participant Contribution Account under FPPA as of December 31, 1982. The amounts so transferred to the Plan at its inception shall be maintained in individual accounts on behalf of each such Participant. Section 5.4 -- Valuation of Accounts. (a) Regular Valuation. The regular valuation dates of the Trust Fund shall be the last day of each calendar quarter (March 3~., June 30, September 30 and December 31} at which time the Retirement Board shall determine the value of the net assets of the Trust Fund, i.e., the value of all, of the assets of the Trust Fund at fair market thereof, less all liabilities, both as known to the Trustee, and the value of contributions by the Employer for such year. In the event that distribution is made to a Participant or an annuity is to be purchased far the Participant's benefit, the valuation of such Participant's account shall occur as of the end of the quarter prior to such distribution or the purchase of an annuity. In no event shall valuation take place prior to the end of the quarter in which distribution is requested by the Participant. Section 5.5 -- Vesting of parr;rinants' Interests. (a) Participant's Contributions. A Participant's interest in the FPPA Individual Accounts and the contributions made by him, if any, and the earnings, losses and changes in fair market value thereof, shall be fully vested at all times. (b) Contributions for Full -T~ me RPCrul~r F`mplo~ees Hired Before July 1. 1986. In the case of a Participant who is a Full- Time Regular Employee whose date of employment with the Employer is prior to July 1, 1985, such Participant's vested percentage in Employer contributions made on the Participant's behalf pursuant to Section ~.1 at any time shall be determined according to the following schedule, based upon years of service: -13- SA W 152084192679.2 1 F i Years of Service Less than 1 1 2 3 4 or more • Vested Percentacre 0 °s ~~.5 0 $5 0 92.5°s 1QQo (c) Contributions far Full-Time Regular Em~lovees Whose Date of Emblovment is After June 30. 1986. In the case of a Participant who is a Full-Time Regular Employee whose date of employment with the Employer or the Recreation District is after June 3fl, 1986, such Participant's vested percentage in Employer contributions made on the Participant's behalf pursuant to Section 4.1 at any time shall be determined according to the following schedule, based upon the Participant's years of service: Years of Service Vested Percentacse Less than 1 0% 1 2Q°, 2 X00 3 600 4 800 5 or more 1000 (d} Vesting for Cnr~t.ributions for Nan-Full-Time Regular Employees. The contribution made pursuant to Section 4.2 by or for any Participant who is not a Full-Time Regular Employee, whether the contributions are made by the Participant or by the Employer, shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable for all purposes. (e) Lav-Off. Notwithstanding the schedules of vesting set forth in paragraphs {b) and {c) above, any employee who is laid off by the Employer prior to the time at which he has completed at least one year of service, such employee shall be considered to have one year of service for vesting purposes at the time he terminates employment as a result of such lay off. (f) Death or Attai,nmerlr ~~ Nnrmal Retirement Aae. The vested percentage of a Participant sha11 be 10Qo in the event the Participant dies or attains his or her normal retirement age whale still employed by the Employer. (g} Forfeitable Interests. Any portion of the interest of a Participant which shall not have become vested shall be a forfeitable interest. A forfeiture shall occur on the earlier of the distribution of the vested account balance of the Employer Contributions Account ar Break in Service. All forfeitures, including earnings thereon, shall be applied to pay the expenses of the Plan and Trust and if any forfeitures remain after paying such SAW152064142674.2 _1~_ • expenses, such 'remaining forfeitures shall be applied to reduce any subsequent contribution of the Employer as determined by the Retirement Board. Section 5.6 -- Determination of Years of Service for Vestincr Purposes. 1n determining a Participant`s years of service for vesting purposes, all of the Participant's service with the Employer and Recreation District shall be taken into account subject to the following limitations: {a) A Year of Service far vesting purposes means a twelve (12) consecutive monthly period ending on an Employment Anniversary Date during which the employee is a Fu11-Time Regular Employee throughout such twelve-month pex-iod and is employed on the Employment Anniversary Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any employee who is laid off or is terminated by the Employer prior to the time at which he has completed at least one Year of Service, such employee shall be cansidered to have one Year of Service for nesting purposes at the time he terminates employment as a result of such lay off ar termination. {b) ~f a Participant incurs a Break in Service, service prior to such Break in Service shall be counted in determining the Participant's vested interest in Employer contributions made after he returns to the employ of the Employer. (c) All service with the Recreation District shall be counted for vesting purposes as if it were service with the Employer. Section 5.7 -- Leaves of Absence: Military Service. A leave of absence not in excess~of one year granted by the Employer for purposes other than military service shall not be considered as a Break in Service or a termination of employment. The Employer may, from time to time, extend such leave of absence for additional periods of not in excess of one year each in accordance with the personnel rules and regulations of the Employer. Any employee or Participant who has entered or enters -the Armed Farces of the United States shall be presumed to be on a leave of absence, regardless of the length of such service, and such leave of absence shall not be cansidered as a Break in Service or a termination of employment, provided such leave is in compliance with the personnel rules and regulations of the Employer. SA W152084192679.2 -15- • ~ ~ ~ 5 A Participant shall, nit be credited with service during any period during which he is an a leave of absence or in military service, as provided above unless he receives or is entitled to receive compensation from the Employer for such period. Section 5.8 -- VPSti_nc~ TT~on T?rmination of Plan ar Discontinuance of Contributions to the Plan. Upon the termination, or partial termination, of the Plan or the complete discontinuance of contributions under the Flan to the Trust, the interests of all affected employees shall become fully and completely vested and non-forfeitable for all purposes. ARTICLE VI RETIREMENT DATE -- DETERMINATION OF BENEFICIARY Section 6.1 --- Retirement Date. The normal retirement age for each Participant shall be sixty {60) years. An employee may elect to retire voluntarily after attaining the age of fifty (50) years, provided the Participant has completed four (4} years of Service (as determined pursuant to Section 2.x.6) prior to such retirement. A Participant shall be entitled to retire voluntarily an or after the Participant's normal retirement date. Until actual retirement, a Participant shall continue to participate in the Plan. Section 6.2 -- Determination of RPneficiarv. (a) Desianatian of RPriaf;r;aries. A Participant shall have the right to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries and one or more contingent beneficiaries to receive the Participant`s interest in the Trust Fund upon his death, such designation to be made on the form prescribed by and delivered to the Retirement Board. The Participant shall have the right to change ar revoke any such designation from time to time by filing a new designation ar notice of revocation with the Retirement Board, and no notice to any beneficiary nor consent by any beneficiary shall be required to effect any such change or revocation. (b) Determination of PPnpf;ciarv When There is no Designated Beneficiary. If a Participant shall fall to designate a beneficiary before the Participant's death, or if all designated beneficiaries ar contingent beneficiaries should die, cease to exist or disclaim their interests prior to distribution, the Retirement Board shall pay the Participant's interest in the Trust Fund to the Participant's surviving spouse, if any, or if none, then to the personal representative of the Participant's estate. If, however, no personal representative shall have been appointed, and the actual notice thereof given to the Retirement Board within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Participant's death, the SAW15208A192679.2 -~.6- • ~ • r Retirement Board may pay the Participant's interest to such person or persons as may be entitled thereto under the laws of the state where such Participant resides at the date of the Participant's death, and in such case, the Retirement Board may require such proof of right or indemnity from such person or persons as the Retirement Board may deem necessary. (c) Insurance Policies. The beneficiary of any insurance contract on a Participant's life shall be determined and designated as provided in the Trust Agreement established in conjunction with this Plan. ARTICLE VTT DISTRIBUTION FROM TRUST FUND Section 7.1 -- Wh_.P_n rnfi.erP~t.s 13QCc~tnP_ nistributab~P end Effect Thereof. When a Participant dies, suffers total disability, retires or terminates his or her employment for any other reason, the Participant's vested interest in the Trust Fund shall thereupon became distributable as hereinafter provided in this Article. Distribution shall not be permitted prior to the occurrence of one of the foregoing events other than to comply with the distribution commencement date requirements of Section 7.4. Section 7.2 -- Notification of Trustee and Transfer of Interest to Searecrated Account. (a) Notification of Trustee. As soon as possible after a Participant's vested interest shall have become distributable, the Retirement Board will determine the Participant's address, the amount of the Participant's vested interest which has become distributable, the reason for its having become distributable and the manner of distribution in accordance with the Plan. {b) Transfer to SearPa~fiPd Account. The Retirement Board may transfer a Participant's distributable interest from the general Trust Fund into a segregated account within the Trust Fund to the credit of such Participant. If such interest is not transferred, the Retirement Board shall make such distribution, in cash or in kind, directly from the general Trust Fund. (c) Seareaated Account for Particit~ants Who Attain the Aae of Fiftv X50? When a Participant who has a one hundred percent (100%) vested interest in his or her Employer Contribution Account attains the age of fifty {50), he shall have the option to direct the Retirement Board to establish a segregated account within the Trust Fund to which will be allocated the entire balance -i~- SAW152064192679.2 •. 3 to the Participant`s credit attributable to bath employee and Employer contributions. Such option shall be exercised by a written election filed with the Retirement Board at ].east three (3} months in advance of the date on which the segregation will take place. Once such an election has been filed, it shall be irrevocable and all future contributions to the Plan shall be made to such ,segregated account. The assets of the segregated account attributable to the employee and the Employer contributions will.be invested as provided in subparagraph {d} below. (d) Investment of Seareaated Account. Any segregated account maintained for a Participant's interest shall be invested by the Retirement Board in any one or more of the investments authorized in the Trust Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan, the segregated account of a Participant shall alone participate in the income, gains or losses of the property so segregated and alone shall be liable upon contracts made for its benefit or liabilities arising from the investment of such account. Any expenses resulting from the investments made for the benefit of such account shall be borne solely by such Participant's account, unless otherwise determined by the Retirement Board. Anticipated earnings or interest on any such investments shall be taken into account in determining the amount of the equal installments to be paid to the Participant or the Participant's beneficiary. Section 7.3 -- Time of Distribution. (a) Distribution Upon R__erirPmPnt- nr Disability. If a Participant retires nn or after the Participant's normal retirement age or becomes totally disabled, his interest shall be distribu- table cammericing no later than the earlier of sixty (64} days after the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant's termination of employment occurs, or the required distribution commencement date set forth in Section 7.~, subject to the consent requirements of subsection (e) of this Section. {b) Distribution Unon Death. Tf a Participant dies,. the Participant's interest sha11 be distributable commencing no later than sixty {64) days after the close of the Plan Year in which the Participant's death occurs. {c) Distribution Unon Other Termination of Emolovment. rf a Participant terminates his or her employment for any reason other than retirement after attaining normal retirement age, disability or death, the Participant's interest shall be distributable commencing no later than sixty .(60) days after the Participant incurs a Break in Service, or, if later, within sixty (64) days after the regular valuation as of the end of the Plan Year is completed, subject to the consent requirements of subsection (e} of this Section. 5AW152084192679.2 --18- a (d) Distribution of Participant's Interest in Employer's Contribixti~n. fir YPa:C' of Termination. The vested interest of the Participant in the Employer's contribution for the year of termination shall be distributed to the Participant or his or her beneficiary as soon as practicable after the end of such year by the allocation of such interest to the Participant's account. (e) Participant Consent and Deferral Election. No distribution under this Plan may be made to a Participant whose vested interest exceeds Three Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars (53,500) prior to the later of the Participant's normal retirement age, or the Participant's sixty--second (s2nd) birthday without the Participant's written consent. A Participant may elect, with the consent of the Retirement Board, to have the commencement of the Participant's benefit deferred until a date later than the date specified in subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 7.3, but in no event shall the commencement of distribution be later than the required distribution commencement date specified in Section 7.4. Any election under this subsection shall be made by submitting to the Retirement Board a written request, signed by the Participant which describes the benefit and the date on which the payment of such benefit shall commence. (f ) Distribution of ~ P~.rti_r.i n_ an_t' s Contributions . Any other provision of this Section 7.3 to the contrary notwithstanding, a Participant, in the event of the termination of his or her employment for any reason, shall be entitled to receive payment in one lump sum of his or her interest in the Trust Fund represented by the contributions actually made by him, provided he makes written demand therefor upon the Retirement Board. The earnings, gains and increases in fair market value of the Participant's voluntary contributions account shall be distributed at the same time and in the same manner as the Participant's interest attributable to Employer contributions. Section 7.4 -- Recruired Distribution Commencement Date. Distribution of a Participant`s interest must begin no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which takes place the later of the date the Participant attains the age of seventy and one-half {7D-1/2) or the date the Participant retires. Section 7.5 -- Manner of Distribution. When a Participant's interest shall became distributable, the Participant shall elect the form and timing of the distribution. The Participant shall determine the form of distribution by filing a written election with the Retirement Board. Distribution may be made in one or more of the following methods: SAWIS20$4192679.2 .~Ig.. ~ ~ (1) Lump Sum Distribution. The Participant's interest may be paid to the Participant or his or her beneficiary by the distribution of the total vested balance of the Participant's account in one lump sum. (2) Installments. The Participant's interest may be paid to the Participant or his or her beneficiary in substantially equal periodic installments (not more frequently than monthly). Such installments shall not extend over a period exceeding the Participant's or beneficiary's life expectancy. . (3) Annuities. The Participant's interest may be distributed in the farm of a straight-life annuity, an annuity with a term certain of five (5), ten (10) or fifteen (15) years, or an annuity with a one-half {1/2) ar two-thirds (2/3rds) survivor annuity, provided any such annuity contract shall be non- transferable with respect to such Participant. Section 7.6 -- Limitation on Duration of Payments. Whenever an amount becomes distributable to a Participant, such amount shall be distributed over a period not exceeding the longer of (i) the longer of the life or the life expectancy of the Participant, or (ii) the longer of the joint lives or the joint life expectancies of the Participant and an.individual designated as a beneficiary by the Participant. To the extent distribution is made after the Participant attains the age of seventy and one-half (70-1/2), if not paid in a sump sum, the distribution must be made in substantially equal periodic installments at least annually over the period prescribed in this subsection subject to acceleration of payment at the election of the Participant or beneficiary. The present value of the benefits payable solely to the Participant under any elected method must exceed fifty percent (500) of the total benefits payable to the Participant and his or her benefi- ciaries, unless distribution is in the form of a qualified joint and survivor annuity. Section 7.7 -- Special Rules for Distributions After the Participant's Death. {a} Distributions Commencing Prior to Death. If distribution of a Participant's interest had commenced prior to the Participant's death in accordance with Section 7.6, the remaining interest of the Participant sha11 be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of the Participant's death. (b) Distributions Commencing After Death. If distri- bution of a Participant's interest did not commence prior to the Participant's death, the entire interest of the Participant shall be distributed within five (5) years after the death of the sAw~szasa~926~9.2 -ao- . r Participant, provided that a distribution commencing within one (1} year after the Participant's death to or for the benefit of a designated beneficiary over the longer of the life or the life expectancy of the designated beneficiary will be treated as having been distributed within such five (~} year period. If the surviving spouse of the Participant is the designated beneficiary, distribution is not required to commence until the date on which the Participant would have attained the age of seventy and one-half (70-1/2} and if distribution had not commenced as of the date of death of such surviving spouse, the provisions of this .paragraph shall be applied as if such spouse were the Participant. (c} Beneficiaries. If a Participant should die after receiving some part, but not all, of his or her account, the remaining balance thereof shall be distributed to his or her beneficiary in manner determined pursuant to this Section 7.7. If the beneficiary of the Participant should die cease to exist ar disclaim his or her interest prior to the completion of distribu- tion of the Participant's interest, the remaining distribution shall be made to the contingent beneficiary designated by the Participant, if any. Tf any contingent beneficiary should die, cease to exist or disclaim his or her interest, distribution of the remainder of the Participant's interest shall be made to the next contingent beneficiary. In the event there is not a beneficiary or contingent beneficiary designated by the Participant to receive distribution of the Participant`s interest, the Participant's interest shall be distributed in a manner determined pursuant to this Section 7.7 to the recipient determined pursuant to Article VI above. Section 7.8 -- Withdrawals. (a) Emr~lover Contributions. A Participant may not at any time withdraw any part of his or her interest in the Employer contributions and the earnings, losses and changes in the fair market value thereof. (b) Participant's Voluntary Contributions. A Participant may request the withdrawal from his or her voluntary contributions account of any amount in such account, including earnings and funds in such account. A Participant desiring such a withdrawal shall file a written request with the Retirement Board stating the amount to be withdrawn. The Retirement Board shall then distribute the amount requested to the Participant. The right to withdraw such contributions shall be available to all Participants in a non-discriminatory manner. Section 7.9 -- Soendthrift Provisions. Except as otherwise provided hereunder, all amounts payable hereunder by the Retirement Board shall be paid only to the person snw~szasai~zsz9.z -21- • ,. ar persons entitled thereto, and all such payments shall be paid directly into the hands of such person or persans and not into the hands of any other person c transfers to other qualif: retirement accounts at the w~ such payments shall not be engagements of any such persc attachment or garnishment c proceedings; nor shall any su alienate, anticipate, commutE payments or the benefits, pro nothing herein shall affect setoff, lien or security int ~r corporation whatsoever except for ed retirement plans or individual itten direction of a Participant, and liable for the debts, contracts or z or persons, or taken in execution by r by any other legal or equitable ~h person or persons have any right to pledge, encumber or assign any such seeds or avails thereof ; provided that restrict or abridge any right of 'rest which the Trust may have in r.hP ~arC.ac3pant' s interest as a result of its use as security for a Participant loan to such Participant. Section 7.1.0 -- Insurance Contracts. If there has been an investment in a life insurance contract for the benefit of any Participant whose interest becomes distributable for any reason other than death, such Participant may, subject to any limitation set forth elsewhere in this Plan, obtain an absolute assignment of any such life insurance contract by informing the Retirement Board of the Participant's election. If the interest of a Participant electing such an assignment is not one hundred percent (1.00%} vested, the Participant's vested interest shall first be satisfied out of the values of any such contracts, and if his or her total vested interest is less than the fatal values of such contracts, such Participant may obtain such assignment only by paying to the Retirement Board an amount equal to the difference in the values of such contracts and his or her vested interest. If such election is not exercised within thirty (30) days after the termination of employment, the Retirement Board shall cause such contract to be surrendered and shall add the proceeds of such surrender to the interest of the Participant. Section 7.11 -- Authorization of Loans to Participants. requirements which the Retirement Board determines are necessary or appropriate provided such loans remain available on an equal, non- discriminatory basis to all Participants. {a) Availabilitv of Le~~ns. The Employer may permit Participant loans. Any such loan shall be made at the request of the Participant or beneficiary and shall be subject to the re- quirements set forth in this Section. To the extent loans are. made available, such loans shall be available to all Participants or beneficiaries on a reasonably equivalent and non-discriminatory basis. The Retirement Board may maintain a Participant Loan Policy, which may impose additional limitations, restrictions and SAWL52084142679.2 -22- • • • H ~ (b) Limitation on Amount of Loans,. Any loan, when combined with the principal balance due on all other loans made to the Participant by any qualified retirement plan maintained by the Employer, shall not exceed the lesser of Fifty Thousand Dollars {50,000), reduced by the highest outstanding balance of such loans to the Participant during the one year period ending on the day before the date a loan is made, or fifty percent (500} of such Participant's vested interest. (c) Rez~avment of Loans. Any loan must be repaid in substantially level amortized installments of principal and interest, payable at least quarterly over the term of the loan. Any loan shall be repaid within five (5) years unless such loan is for the purpose of the acquisition of a principal residence for the Participant. Such a loan for a residence must be repaid aver a reasonable period of time. (d) Interest Rate. Participant Loans shall bear a reasonable rate of interest, as determined under the Participant Loan Policy. {e) Security. All Participant loans shall be adequately secured. Fifty percent (500) of the vested interest of the Participant in the Trust Fund shall be security far the repayment of such loan and the Retirement Board may require security in addition to the Participant's vested interest if it deems it necessary or if the Participant fails to consent to the use of his ar her vested interest as security. (f) Default. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, if a Participant loan made pursuant to this Section is in default, the Retirement Board may not foreclose upon the Par- ticipant's vested interest prior to termination of employment to satisfy such loan. Until a loan in default is satisfied, it shall continue to bear interest at the rate provided in the note plus adda.tional interest of two percent {2%) per annum. Section 7.12 -- Hardshib Distributions. (a) Procedure. In the event of an unforeseeable emergency, a Participant may request a withdrawal for Hardship by submitting a written request to the Retirement Board, accompanied by evidence that his or her financial condition warrants an advance release of funds and results from an unforeseeable emergency which is beyond the Participant's control. The Retirement Board shall review the request and determine whether payment of any such amount is justified. Tf payment is justified, the amount shall be limited to an amount reasonably needed to meet the emergency. The Retirement Board shall determine the amount and form of payment with payment to be made as soon as possible following approval. SAWL5 2 0 84192 6 7 9.2 -23- y' r (b} Hardship Defined. "Hardship" means a severe financial setback of the Participant resulting from a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or a dependent of the Participant, loss of the Participant's property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances, arising from events beyond the Participant's control. Whether circumstances constitute an unforeseeable emergency depends on the facts of each case, but, in any case, payment may not be made to the extent that such hardship is or may be relieved: {1) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise; {2) by liquidation of the Participant`s assets, to the extent that liquidation itself would not cause severe financial hardship; or . {3) by cessation of Voluntary Employee Contributions under the Plan. In the event hardship distributions are made available, such distributions shall be available to all Participants on a non- discriminatory basis. Section 7.13 -- Claims Procedures. Upon a Participant's termination of service with the Employer for any reason, the Participant or the Participant's beneficiary will be advised by the Retirement Board of his or her rights to benefits under the Plan. If at any time the Participant or the Participant's beneficiary feels that he or she is entitled to benefits, he or she may make a claim for benefits by writing a Letter to the Retirement Board requesting the benefits and stating why he or she feels he or she is entitled to them. If the claim for benefits under the Plan of any Participant or beneficiary has been denied, the Retirement Board shall provide adequate notice, in writing, to such Participant or beneficiary within ninety (9q) days after the claim is filed. Such notice shall set forth the specific reasons for such denial, specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based, a description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect his or her claims, if any, and an explanation of why such material or information is neces- sary, and appropriate information as to the steps to be taken if the Participant or beneficiary wishes to submit his or her claim for review. If a notice of the denial of a claim is not furnished within ninety {g0} days, the claim shall be deemed to be denied and the claimant shall be permitted to submit his or her claim for review at that time. Each claim submitted for review sha11 be SA W152064192679.2 -24- _ '«' .r r entitled to a full and fair review by the Retirement Board (or by a person designated by the Retirement Board) of all the facts and circumstances and the preliminary decision denying such claim. The Participant or beneficiary may request such a review upon written application, he or she .may review pertinent documents and he or she may submit issues and comments in writing. Any such review must be requested within seventy-five (75) days of the original claim denial, and a decision on such claim shall be made not later than sixty (&0) days after the Plan's receipt of such request. The decision on review shall be in writing and sha11 include the specific reasons for the decision, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant as well as specific references to the pertint~nt Plan provisions on which the decision is based, ARTICLE VIII CONTINUANCE, TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT OF PLAN AND TRUST Section 8.I -- C_gn.t-.~int.ianr.a ~f Plan b Successor Government. A successor government may continue this Plan by proper action of its legislative body by executing a proper supplemental agreement to this Plan and by executing a proper supplemental agreement to the Trust Agreement established in conjunction with this Plan with the Trustee. All Participants in this Plan shall have those rights and obligations they had under the previous government. Section 8.2 -- Distribution of Trust Fund on Termination of Plan. • If the Plan shall, at any time, be terminated by the terms of this Article, the value of the interest of each respective Participant or beneficiary in the Trust Fund shall be vested in its entirety and non-forfeitable as of the date of the termination of the Plan. Upon the termination of the Plan, the Employer in its discretion may either terminate the Trust or continue the Trust in existence. If the Trust is then terminated, the assets of the Trust Fund shall be immediately distributed to the Participants or their beneficiaries in cash or in kind. If the Trust is continued, the assets shall be distributed to the Participants or their beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of Article VII above. Section 8.3 --- Amendment or Termination of Plan and Trust Agreement. (a) In General. The Employer may at any time and from time to time amend this Plan and the Trust Agreement established pursuant to this Plan, or terminate this Plan and the Trust Agreement established pursuant to this Plan provided that pursuant to the requirements of CRS ~ 3~.-30-621, any amendment or act of -25- SAW152064142679.2 i ~ +® . ~.. termination of the Plan or Trust must be approved by a vote of at least sixty-five percent {65%) of the total votes cast by all sworn police officers and firefighters actively employed by the Employer and all former Employees who are entitled to a benefit from the Plan. In addition, no amendment may be made at any time which diverts the Trust Fund to purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their beneficiaries, and provided further that no amendment shall discriminate in favor of Employees who are partners, officers or Highly Compensated Employees. A11 amendments shall be in. writing. {b) Legal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, however, the Plan and Trust Agreement may be amended at any time and from time to time, if necessary, to conform to the provisions and requirements of the federal Internal Revenue Cade or any amendments thereto, or regulations or rulings issued pursuant thereto, and the provisions and requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and no such amendment shall be considered prejudicial to the interest of any Participant or beneficiary hereunder. {c) Vesting Schedule. No amendment shall decrease the percentage of the interest of any Participant which shall theretofore have became vested. ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS Section 9.1 -- Tran.sfP~G BPrweQn, nualified Plans. {1) In General. The Retirement Board is authorized to receive and add to the interest of any Participant, the Participant's vested interest in the assets held under any other qualified employee retirement plan or individual retirement account if such transfer satisfies the requirements under law for transfers between qualified plans or rollover contributions. In such event the assets so received shall be fu11y vested and shall be held in a separate account and shall be administered and distributed pursuant to the provisions of this Plan and Trust concerning Employer contributions. The Retirement Board is also authorized at the request of the Participant to transfer such Participant's vested interest which has become distributable under Article VII hereof, directly to another qualified plan or an Individual Retirement Account for the benefit of such Participant, provided such transfer satisfies the requirements under law for such transfers. {2 ) For Distr3 hl~t i~n~ Made nrk nr 2f~?r Januarv 1. 1993 . Notwithstanding any provision of the plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this Section, SA W152084192679.2 -26- ~.~~.~ • i a distributee may elect,'at the time and in the manner prescribed by the Retirement Board, to have any portion of an eligible rollover distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee in a direct rollover. (3) Definitions. (a) Eligible Rollover ni~firibution. An eligible rollover distribution is any distribution of all or any portion of the balance to the credit of the distributee, except, that an eligible rollover distribution does not include: any distribution that is one of a series of substantially equal period payments (not less frequently than annually) made far the life (or life expectancy) of the distributee or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies} of the distributee and the distributee's designated beneficiary, or for a specified period of ten years or more; any distribution to the extent such distribution is required under section 401(a}(9) of the Code; and the portion of any distribution that is not includible in gross income {determined without regard to the exclusion for net unrealized appreciation with respect to employer securities). (b) Eligible Retirement Plan. An eligible retire- ment plan is an individual retirement account described in section 408 (a) of the Code, an individual retirement annuity described in section 408{b} of the Code, an annuity plan, described in section 403 (a) of the Code, or a qualified trust described in section 401{a) of the Code, that accepts the distributee's eligible rollover distribution. However, in the case of an eligible roll- over distribution to the surviving spouse, an eligible retirement plan is an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity. {c) Distributee. A distributee includes an employee or former employee. Tn addition, the employee's or former employee's surviving spouse and the employee's or farmer employee's spouse or former spouse who is the alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order, as defined in section 414{p) of the Code, are distributees with regard to the interest of the spouse or former spouse. (d) Direct Rollover. A direct rollover is a pay- ment by the plan to the eligible retirement plan specified by the distributee. Section 9.2 -- Benefits to be Provided Solely from the Trust Fund. All benefits payable under this Plan shall be paid or provided for solely from the Trust k'und, and the Employer assumes no liability or responsibility therefor. SA W152064192679.2 --27- ~ • a .~~. Section 9.3 -- Notices from Participants to be Filed with Retirement Board. Whenever provision is made herein that a Participant may exercise any option or election ar designate any beneficiary, the action of each Participant shall be evidenced by a written notice thereof signed by the Participant on a form, if any, furnished by the Retirement Board for such purpose and filed with the Retirement Board, which shall not be effective until received by the Retirement Board. Section 9.4 -- Agent for Service of Process. The agent for service of process for the Plan shall be the Retirement Board unless a different agent shall be designated by the Employer. The agent and the agent's address shall be set forth in the Summary Plan Description distributed to the Participants. Section 9.5 -- Text to Control. The headings of Articles and Sections are included solely for convenience of reference. If there shall be any conflict between such headings and the text of this Plan, the text shall control. Section 9.6 -- Law G~v~rn~nn ~n~ ~P~Terability. This Plan shall be construed, regulated and administered under the laws of the State of Colorado. All contributions received by the Trustee hereunder shah. be deemed to have been received in that state. In the event any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid far any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof. On the contrary, such remaining provisions shall be fully severable and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if said illegal or invalid provisions had never been inserted herein. Section 9.7 -- Employer's Obligations. The adoption and continuance of the Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract between the Employer and any employee or Participant, nor to be a consideration for, or an inducement or condition of, the employment of any person. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to give any employee or Participant the right to be retained in, the employ of the Employer or to interfere with the right of the Employer to discharge any employee or Participant at any time, nor shall it be deemed to give the Employer the right to require the employee or Participant to remain in its employ nor shall it interfere with the right of any employee or Participant to terminate his or her employment at any time. SAW152064142674.2 -28- E y k a The Employer shall not incur any liability whatsoever to the Trust Fund, or any Participants or their beneficiaries, or the Trustee, or any other person for anything done or am~.tted by the Trustee or for the loss or depreciation, in whale or in part, of the Trust Fund. Section 9.8 -- Plan fc~r Excl~i~ive Benefit of Participants: Reversion Prohibited. - This Plan has been entered into for the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their beneficiaries. Under no circumstances shall any funds contributed to or held by the Trustee-hereunder at any time revert to ar be used by ar enjoyed by the Employer nor shall any such funds or assets at any time be used other than far the exclusive benefit of the Participants or their beneficiaries, subject to the provisions concerning the return of certain Employer contributions. 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