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(E) A MEMBER WHO HAS ELECTED ANY ONE OF THE OPTIONS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) AND (C) OF THIS SECTION MAY, AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE LATER OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE MEMBER'S RETIREMENT OR THE DATE THE OPTION BECOMES EFFECTIVE REVOKE SUCH AN ELECTION BY WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THE COMMISSION. THE ELECTION OF ANY ONE OF SUCH OPTIONS SHALL AUTOMATICALLY REVOKE ANY PREVIOUS ELECTION THEN IN EFFECT. (F) THE COMMISSION MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, IF THE AMOUNT OF ANY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE WHICH WOULD BE PAYABLE ON AN OPTIONAL BASIS ELECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION BE LESS THAN TWENTY DOLLARS PER MONTH, DECLINE TO PERMIT ELECTION OF SUCH OPTION. SECTION 2-219.14. SURVIVOR'S ALLOWANCE. SHOULD A MEMBER DIE IN SERVICE AT ANY TIME BEFORE RETIREMENT AND AFTER EITHER BECOMING ELIGIBLE FOR EARLY SERVICE RETIREMENT UNDER SECTION 2-219.4(C) OF THIS CODE, OR COMPLETING AT LEAST THIRTY YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE, THE MEMBER'S WIDOW, IF ANY, SHALL RECEIVE A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE PAYABLE MONTHLY FOR LIFE EQUAL TO AND COMMENCING AT THE SAME DATE AS THE • RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYABLE TO THE MEMBER, COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2-219.5(A) OF THIS CODE, HAD THE MEMBER SURVIVED AND RETIRED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH COINCIDING WITH OR NEXT FOLLOWING THE DATE ON WHICH HIS DEATH OCCURS AND HAD HE ELECTED TO HAVE HIS ALLOWANCE PAID UNDER THE FULL JOINT AND LAST SURVIVOR OPTION PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 2-219.13(8) OF THIS CODE, WITH HIS WIDOW DESIGNATED AS CONTINGENT BENEFICIARY, ASSUMING IN THE CASE OF A MEMBER WHO HAD NOT BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR EARLY SERVICE RETIREMENT AT HIS DATE OF DEATH THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 2-219.4(C) OF THIS CODE WERE SUCH THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR EARLY SERVICE RETIREMENT AND THAT THE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE PAYABLE IN SUCH EVENT WOULD BE REDUCED BY ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT FOR EACH COMPLETE MONTH IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE MEMBER'S DATE OF DEATH AND A DATE FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO HIS NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE. SECTION 2-219.15. POST RETIREMENT SUPPLEMENTS. (A) IN ADDITION TO THE MONTHLY ALLOWANCES PAYABLE UNDER SECTION 2-219.5, 2-219.11, 2-219.13 AND 2-219.14 OF THIS CODE, POST-RETIREMENT SUPPLEMENTS SHALL BE PAYABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO THE RECICIENTS OF SUCH ALLOWANCES. SUCH SUPPLEMENTS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME CONDITIONS OF PAYMENT AS ARE SUCH ALLOWANCES. • (B) THE AMOUNTS OF THE POST-RETIREMENT SUPPLEMENTS PROVIDED FOR HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED AS PERCENTAGES OF THE ALLOWANCES SUPPLEMENTED HEREBY. THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL EQUATE SUCH PERCENTAGE SUPPLEMENT FOR ANY FISCAL YEAR, AS NEARLY AS MAY BE PRACTICABLE TO THE AVERAGE PERCENTAGE INCREASE APPLIED TO THE PAY PLAN FOR CURRENT CITY EMPLOYEES, EXCULSIVE OF MERIT INCREASE, FOR THE SAME FISCAL YEAR. (C) AMOUNTS OF POST-RETIREMENT SUPPLEMENTS SHALL BE DETERMINED INITIALLY AS OF .JULY 1, 1976, AND SUBSEQUENTLY AS OF ANY .JULY 1 AS OF WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL HAVE DETERMINED A FURTHER ADJUSTMENT TO BE NEEDED, PROVIDED AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE COST OF ANY NECESSARY INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF C.