City of Spokane

Spokane Municipal Code

***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

Home
Title 03
Chapter 03.05
Section 03.05.130
 

Title 03 Administration and Personnel

Chapter 03.05 Spokane Employees' Retirement System

Section 03.05.130 Service Retirement

Retirement of members for service is made by the board as follows:

  1. Any member in the City service may voluntarily retire by filing with the retirement system a written application, stating a desire to be retired and the effective date of retirement, which date shall not be earlier than the date on which such application is filed with the retirement system and the member’s Normal Retirement Date as described in the following:.

  2. Normal Retirement Date, for members retiring under Tier 1 or Tier 2:
    A member’s normal retirement date is the first day of the calendar month coincident with or next following the latest of the day on which the member has:

    1. attained the age of sixty-two (62), or

    2. completed five (5) years of City service.

  3. Normal Retirement Date, for members retiring under Tier 3 or Tier 4:
    A member’s normal retirement date is the first day of the calendar month coincident with or next following the latest of the day on which the member has:

    1. attained the age of sixty-five (65), or

    2. completed seven (7) years of City service.

A member is fully vested upon attaining the member’s normal retirement date, provided the member remains actively employed with the City through such normal retirement date.

Date Passed: Monday, January 8, 2018

Effective Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2018

ORD C35574 Section 9