Membership in the Retirement System.
Ann Arbor City Code § 1:553
in effect1:553. - Membership in the Retirement System.
(a) The membership of the Retirement System shall include all officers and employees of the City unless otherwise excluded under subparagraph (d). Officers of the City who are eligible for membership in the Retirement System shall become Members on the date they assume the office to which they have been elected or appointed. No officer who becomes a Member of the System shall lose any Service Credit acquired prior to becoming an officer of the City.
(b) Employees and former employees of the Fifteenth District Court shall be Members of the Retirement System subject to the following conditions:
(1) Subject to the provisions of sections 1:554 and 1:565(f), persons who were employees of the City and the Fifteenth District Court may have their Service credit determined by combining the periods of employment with the City and the Fifteenth District Court.
(2) The Final Average Compensation shall be computed on the basis of Compensation provided by the City and shall not include portions of compensation provided by the State of Michigan.
(3) In lieu of the foregoing, persons who have been employed by both the City and the Fifteenth District Court may elect to have Retirement Benefits from the City and from the Fifteenth District Court determined in accordance with the Reciprocal Retirement Act, Public Act No. 88 of 1961, as amended, being MCLA 38.1101 et seq.
(c) Employees of the Board of the Retirement System may be eligible for Membership in the Retirement System subject to approval of the Board.
(d) No person shall be eligible for Membership in the Retirement System:
(1) Solely by reason of Membership on the Council.
(2) Solely by reason of Services provided to the City or the Board on a fee or contractual basis.
(3) Solely by reason of employment by the City in a position that is classified as part-time, working less than 960 hours per year or less than 80 hours in a calendar month.
(4) Solely by reason of employment by the City as a school crossing guard.
(5) Solely by reason of employment by the City on a temporary basis.
(6) Who is the City Administrator, City Attorney, City Clerk, the head of any administrative department, the head of the City's personnel/human resources function, or Mayor's secretary, provided that the individual employee enters into alternative Retirement arrangements at the time of initial employment, meeting the applicable requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)-1(a)(3)(iv).
(7) Who is an employee of the Board and upon commencement of employment, has not been determined by the Board to be a Member of the Retirement System.
(8) Who is a Retirant of the Retirement System.
(e) An employee who is a Dual Retirement Plan Participant is a Member of the Retirement System, provided, however, that only those Members who also meet the requirements of section 1:602(14) and 1:603 to participate in the Dual Retirement Plan are Dual Retirement Plan Participants.
(f) In all cases of doubt, the Board shall decide who is a Member within the meaning of the provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 16-28, § 1, 1-3-17; Ord. No. 17-15, § 1, 9-5-17)
Source: City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mi/ann_arbor/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIAD_CH18EMRESY_1_553MERESYFetched: 11/8/2026