4816 Fireman's Relief Association4 y CZ
ORDINANCE NO* 4816
(Published in the Salina Journal )
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Firemen's Relief Association of Salina
and the funds of said Association and the administration
of such Association and such funds, and repealing ordinance
j No. 1498 of the City of Salina.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. The Firemen's Relief Association of Salina, Kansas
as heretofore created and incorporated shall be composed of all full
paid members of the Fire Department of the City of Salina including
the Chief and other officers of the Fire Department, and the members
of such Fire Department shall continue to be members of such Associa-
tion only so long as they remain members of said Fire Department and
their membership in said Association shall cease immediately upon the
termination of their employment as members of such Fire Department.
The Chief of the Fire Department shall be ex -officio President of
the Firemen's Relief Association and the affairs of said Association
shall be administered by a Board of Directors of five members con-
sisting of the President and a Vice President, a Secretary and two
members who shall be elected by the members of said Association. Said
Association shall by a majority vote of its members adopt such by-laws,
rules and regulations as it may deem advisable to carry out and promote
the objects of said Association, not inconsistent with this ordinance
or with the laws of the State of Kansas, and said by-laws shall become
effective by approval of the Board of Commissioners. The Secretary of
the Association shall keep a complete record of all of the transactions
of the Association, including the minutes of all meetings of the Associa-
tion and of the Board of Directors and all records of the Association
shall be open and subject to inspection at all times by the governing
body of said city*
Section 2, The City Treasurer of the City of Salina shall
be the Treasurer of said Association and the custodian of all funds
and securities belonging to the Firements Relief Association and
shall be liable on his official bond for the security of such funds.
He shall keep said funds separate and apart from all other funds and
shall credit such funds from time to time with moneys for such funds
from any source and shall pay out the same only on warrants issued
by authority of the Board of Directors of said Association, which
shall be signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary
of the Association and when so signed and countersigned such funds
shall be paid only on the approval of such warrants by the Board of
Commissioners of said city and of the amount and purpose specified
therein and upon appropriation for such warrant duly made by the
Board of Commissioners.
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Section 3. All of the moneys received by the Firemen's Relief
Association from the sources provided for by Article 17, Chapter 140,
General Statutes 1935 and from any and all other sources shall be used
and set apart and appropriated by the governing body of said city solely
and entirely for the object and purposes of said Association as author-
ized by said Article 17 and any amendments thereto and under such pro-
visions as shall be made by the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Salina, provided that not to exceed 90% of all moneys in such fund at
any time may be.used in purchasing and investing in bonds in the City
of Salina or bonds of the United States as provided by law*
Section 4. All funds of said Association shall be held in trust
and used as a fund for the relief of any member of the Fire Department
of said city when injured or physically disabled in or by reason of the
discharge of his duties and for the relief of or the payment of gratuities
to the widow or those dependent upon any member of such fire department
who may be killed in the discharge of his duties as firemen or who may
die from the effect of injuries so received or from disease contracted
by reason of his duties as such and for the payment of the necessary
funeral expenses of any member of such Fire Department, when killed in
the discharge of duties as fireman or in case of death resulting from
the injuriesso received or disease so contracted by reason of his duties
as such or :for purchase of life, accident and health insurance upon the
members of such fire department and for the purpose of paying a pension
to full paid members of the Fire Department who are unfit for service
after having.Berved a period of not less than 20 years on the fire depart -
meat, such pension nto to exceed an amount of one-half of the monthly
salary of such firemen at the date of retirement, provided however that
such Firemen's Relief Association is hereby authorized to loan part or
all of such funds to the City of Salina to be used by such city in the
improvements of its Fire Department and equipment thereof then the city
shall issue to the treasurer of such Firemen's Relief Association its
warrant therefore, bearing interest payable semi-annually at a rate not
to exceed 6% per annum, provided further that no moneys shall be expended
as provided in this section until approved by the Board of Commissioners
in the amount and purpose for which the same is paid and the conditions
of the payment thereof and except upon appropriation therefore made by
ordinance.
Section 5. No pensions or other benefits shall be paid to any
member of said Association out of the funds of the Association and no
benefits shall accrue to or be paid to any member of the Association
from any insurance policy of any kind carried and paid for out of the
funds of said Association which will increase the pension or benefits
of such firemen or to any of his dependents in excess of the maximum
pensions and benefits provided for by Section 13-758 to 13-767 inclusive,
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General Statutes of Kansas 1935, as amended by Chapter 128 of the Laws
of 1937, and any amendments thereto, it being the intention of this
ordinance that the maximum pension and benefits to be paid to any such
firemen under any circumstances shall not exceed the total maximum pro-
vided for in said Act last above referred to and amendments thereto
and that there shall be no duplication of sueh_pensions or benefits
from the Firemen's Pension Fund or Firemen's Relief Fund or from other
sources, and it is further provided that all insurance policies carried
and paid for out of the funds of the Firemen's Relief Association shall
be made payable to the Firemen's Relief Association and/or the city
of Salina, Kansas as beneficiaries and that all payments received
from any such policy shall be applied and distributed either to the
Firemen's Relief Association or to the Fire Department Fund of the
City of Salina or as the Board of Commissioners of said city deem
just and proper, and provided further that so long as the salary of
any firemen who is under disability and not on duty shall be paid by
the Fire Department Fund, which shall in no event exceed 30 days,
all benefits from any health or accident policy covering such fire-
men shall be paid into the Fire Department Fund, and during such
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time none of the funds of the Firemen's Relief Association or Fire-
men's Pension Fund shall be payable to or on behalf of any such fire-
men, except expense for medicine and physicians to the extent in this
ordinance provided for, and when any such firemen ceases to be paid
by the fire department fund of said city any and all payments which
he may be entitled to receive by way of pension or other relief shall
be paid to him out of the funds of the Firemen's Relief Association
or the Firemen's Pension Fund subject to all the provisions of this
and other ordinances of the City of Salina•
Section 6. No fireman who is off of active duty by reason of
illness or injury shall be entitled to participate to any extent or
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for any purpose in the funds of the Firemen's Relief Association,
nor shall his salary as firemen be paid by the city, while he is
absent from duty, unless he is determined to be unfit for duty by
reason of illness or injury by examination by a physician selected
by and paid from the funds of the Firemen's Relief Association, and
provided further that except for such first examination all bills
of physician incurred by any such firemen for his treatment, up to
$10.00, shall be paid by such firemen and the Firements Relief
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Association shall pay only such amount of any such bill as shall
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r be paid by such firemen and the Firements Relief Association shall pay
only such amount of any such bill as shall be in excess of $10.00 and
provided further, that a physician appointed by the Firemen's Relief
Association shall at any time have the privilege of examining any such
firemen to determine his physical condition.
Section 7. That ordinance No. 1498 of the City of Salina be and
the same is hereby repealed*
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its publication in the official city paper.
Attest:
Chas. F. Banker
CiVy Clerk
STATE OF KANSAS
Introduced, December 14, 1937
Passed, December 27, 1937
Ed Morgenstern
mayor
) SS
COUNTY OF SALINE )
I, Chas. E.Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina, Kansas, do
hereby certify that the wove and foregoing is a true and correct copy
of Ordinance No. 4816 passed and approved by the Board of Commissioners
of the City of.Salina December 27; and a record of the vote on its f=nal
adoption is found on page.' Journal No. 14e
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(Published in the Salina Journal
ORDINANCE NO. 4816
J/ 1937 )
AN ORDINANCE relating to the Firemen's Relief Association of Salina
and the funds of said Association and the administration
of such Association and such funds, and repealing ordinance
No. 1498 of the City of Salina*
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. The Firemen's Relief Association of Salina, Kansas
as heretofore created and incorporated shall be composed of all
full paid members of the Fire Department of the City of Salina
including the Chief and other officers of the Fire Department,
and the members of such Fire Department shall continue to be
members of such Association only so long as they remain members
of said Fire Department and their membership in said Association
shall cease immediately upon the termination of their employment
as members of such Fire Department. The Chief of the Fire Depart-
ment shall be ex -Officio President of the Firemen's Relief Associa-
tion and the affairs of said Association shall be administered by
a Board of Directors of five members consisting of the President
and a Vice President, a Secretary and two members who shall be
elected by the members of said Association. Said Association
shall by a majority vote of its members adopt such by-laws, rules
and regulations as it may deem advisable to carry out and promote
the objects of said Association, not inconsistent with this ordin-
ance or with the laws of the State of Kansas, and said by-laws
shall become effective by approval of the Board of Commissioners.
The Secretary of the Association shall keep a complete record of
all of the transactions of the Association, including the minutes
of all meetings of the Association and of the Board of Directors
and all records of the Association shall be open and subject to
inspection at all times by the governing body of said city.
Section 2,, The City Treasurer of the City of Salina shall
be the Treasurer of said Association and the custodian of all
funds and securities belonging to the Firemen's Relief Associa-
tion and shall be liable on his official bond for the security
of such funds. He shall keep said funds separate and apart from
all other funds and shall credit such funds from time to time with
moneys for such funds from any source and shall pay out the same
only on warrants issued by authority of the Board of Directors
of said Association, which shall be signed by the president and
countersigned by the Secretary of the Association and when so signed
and countersigned such funds shall be paid only on the approval of
such warrants by the Board of Commissioners of said city and of the
amount and purpose specified therein and upon appropriation for
such warrant duly made by the Board of Commissioners.
Section 3• All of the moneys received by the Firemen's Re-
lief Association from the sources provided for by Article 17,
Chapter 140, General Statutes 1935 and from any and all other
sources shall be used and set apart and appropriated by the govern -
Ing body of said city solely and entirely for the object and pur-
poses of said Association as authorized by said Article 17 and
any amendments thereto and under such provisions as shall be made
by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, provided that
not to exceed 90% of all moneys in such fund at any time may be
used in purchasing and investing in bonds in the City of Salina or
bonds of the United States as provided b law•
Section 4, All funds of said Association shall be held in
trust and used as a fund for the relief of any member of the Fire
Department of said city when injured or physically disabled in or
by reason of the discharge of his duties and for the relief of or
the payment of gratuities to the widow or those dependent upon any
member of such fire department who may be killed in the discharge of
his duties as firemen or jt who may die from the effect of injuries
so received or from disease contracted by reason of his duties as
such and for the payment of the necessary funeral expenses of any
member of such Fire Department, when killed in the discharge of
duties as fireman or in case of death resulting from the injuries
so received or disease so contracted by reason of his duties as such
or for purchase of life, accident and health insurance upon the
members of such fire department and for the purpose of paying a pension
full paid members of the Fire Department who are un-
fit for service after having served a period of not less than 20
years on the fire department, such pension not to exceed an amount
of one-half of the monthly salary of such firemen at the date of
retirement, provided however that such Firemen's Relief Association
is hereby authorized to loan part or all of such funds to the city
of Salina to be used by such city in the improvements of its Fire
Department and equipment thereof then the city shall issue to the
treasurer of such Firemen's Relief Association its warrant therefores
bearing interest payable semi-annually at a rate not to exceed 6.g
per annum, provided further that no moneys shall be expended as pro-
vided in this section until approved by the Board of Commissioners
in the amount and purpose for which the same is paid and the ecn di -
tions of the payment thereof and except upon appropriation therefore
made by ordinance*
Section 5. No pensions or other benefits shall be paid to any
member of said Association out of the funds of the Association and
no benefits shall accrue to or be paid to any member of the Associa-
tion from any insurance policy of any kind carried and paid for out
of the funds of said Association which will increase the pension
or benefits of such firemen or to any of his dependents in excess
of the maxi:mun pensions and benefits provided for by Section 13-758
to 13-767 inclusive, General Statutes of Kansas 1935, as amended by
Chapter 128 of the Daws of 1937s, and any amendments thereto, it
being the intention of this ordinance that the maximum pension and
benefits to be paid to any such firemen under any circumstances shall
not exceed the total maxlzmw provided for in said Act last above
referred to and amendments thereto and that there shall be no dup-
lication of such pensions or benefits from the Firemen's Pension
Fund or Firemen's Relief Fund or from other sources, and it is
further provided that all insurance policies carried and paid
for out of the funds of the Firemen's Relief Association shall
be made payable to the Firemen's Relief Association and/or the
City of Salina, Kansas as beneficiaries and that all payments
received from any such policy shall be applied and distributed
either to the Firemen's Relief Association or to the Fire Depart-
ment Fund of the City of Salina or as the Board of Commissioners
of said city deem just and proper, and provided further that so
long as the salary of any firemen who is under disability and not
on duty shall be paid by the Fire Department Fund, which shall in
no event exceed 34 � days, all benefits from any health or
accident policy covering such firemen shall be paid into the
Fire Department fund, and during such time none of the funds of
the Firemen's Relief Association or Firemen's Pension Fund shall
be payable to or on behalf of any such firemen, except expense
for medicines, and physician ,,to the extent in this ordinance pro-
vided for, and when any such firemen ceases to be paid by the
fire department fund of said city any and all payments which he
may be entitled to receive by way of pension or other relief shall
be paid to him out of the funds of the Firemen's Relief Association
or the Firemen's Pension Fund subject to all the provisions of this
and other ordinances of the City of Salina.
Section 6• No fireman who is off of active duty by reason of
illness or injury shall be entitled to participate to any extent
or for any purpose in the funds of the Firemen's Relief Association,
nor shall his salary as firemen be paid by the eityo while he is
absent from duty, unless he is determined to be unfit for duty by
reason of illness or injury by examination by a physician selected
by and paid from the funds of the Firemen's Relief Association, and
provided further that except for such first examination all bills
of physician incurred by any such firemen for his treatment, up to
$10.000 shall be paid by such firemen and the Firemen's Relief
Association shall pay only such amount of any such bill as shall
be in excess of $10.00 and provided further, that a physician
appointed by the Firemen's Relief Association shall at any time
have the privilege of examining any such firemen to determine his
physical condition•
Section 7. That ordinance Ido. 1498 of the City of Salina be
and the same is hereby repealed•
Section $. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
from and after its publication in the official city paper•
Introduced, De c er-b er 1.4, 1937
Passed,
Attest:
City Clerrc
December 27, 1937
Mayor