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Approved by City Council on December 2, 2002 • AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REORDAINING SECTION 19-139 OF ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 19 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE, 1990, AS AMENDED, AND ADDING A NEW SECTION NUMBERED 19-95.2 IN ARTICLE IV OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY CODE, 1990, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FOR RETIRED EMPLOYEES AND PURCHASE OF SERVICE CREDIT TOWARD RETIREMENT. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, that Section 19-139 of Article V of Chapter 19 of the Charlottesville City Code, 1990, as amended, is hereby amended and reordained, and a new section numbered 19-95.2 in Article IV of Chapter 19, is hereby added to the Charlottesville City Code, 1990, as amended„ to read as follows: Sec. 19-95.2. Same - Purchase of prior service. (a) Any member in service who has completed five (5) or more years of creditable service may purchase credit for service for all or part of the following: (1) Certified creditable service in the Virginia Retirement System or in is the retirement system of another state or of a political subdivision in this or another state which is not considered in the calculation of a retirement benefit; (2) Time employed by the city under the CETA program; (3) Any period of full-time service rendered to the City of Charlottesville on a temporary or seasonal basis, provided that such period has not been previously included in the creditable service. (4) Active military service in the armed forces of the United States, provided that the member's discharge from the armed forces was not dishonorable. b) For each year of prior service to be credited, the member must pay ten percent (10%) of: (i) the member's present annual compensation or (ii) the member's average annual creditable compensation during the member's thirty-six (36) highest consecutive months of creditable service with the City, whichever is greater. For each year of prior service to be credited, members who are employed as police officers, firefighters, sheriffs, or sheriffs deputies, must pay fifteen percent (15%) of (i) the member's present annual compensation or(ii) the member's average annual creditable compensation during the member's thirty-six (36) highest consecutive months of creditable service with the City, whichever is greater. • (c) Service purchased under this section shall be included in the calculation of creditable service as defined in Section 19-91, but shall not be considered in determining eligibility for