Establishment; basis of benefits; refund of contributions; compulsory membership; joint contributions by city and members; administrative expenses.

Winston-Salem Related Laws, art. II, § 9

in effect

Sec. 9. - Establishment; basis of benefits; refund of contributions; compulsory membership; joint contributions by city and members; administrative expenses. The governing body of the City of Winston-Salem may establish, by ordinance, a retirement fund which provides for the payment of benefits to employee members of the Winston-Salem Employees' Retirement Fund, or to their beneficiaries, in the following cases: (1) Retirement because of age, (2) Disability, (3) Death. Said ordinance may also provide for a refund of contributions by employees on such basis as may be designated by the ordinance. Membership may be compulsory for such officers and employees of the City of Winston-Salem as shall be so designated in the ordinance. The City of Winston-Salem and such members shall contribute jointly to the Winston-Salem Employees' Retirement Fund in such proportion as shall be stated in [the] ordinance, in order to meet the liabilities accruing against such fund because of personal service rendered to said city by such members after the establishment of such fund; provided, however, that the ordinance may provide benefits which are based, partly or entirely, upon personal services rendered to the City of Winston-Salem prior to the establishment of said fund, and the municipality may contribute the entire cost of benefits based on any such prior service. The expense of administering the fund shall be paid as designated in the ordinance, and the governing body of said city shall provide and appropriate each year sufficient revenue to cover its portion of the expense of the administration and its share of contributions as designated in the ordinance. (Pub.-Local Laws 1939, ch. 296, § 2)

Source: City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nc/winston-salem/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIIRELA_ARTIIWILEEMREFU_S9ESBABERECOCOMEJOCOMEADEXFetched: 11/1/2026