City of Burlington in the Year Two Thousand Twenty-Five an Ordinance in Relation to Raising the Mandatory Retirement Age for Class A Employees

ORDINANCE 5.16

Sponsor: Councilors Barlow, Grant, Singh, Ordinance Committee

Public Hearing Dates:

First reading: 09/29/25

Referred to: Ordinance Committee

Rules suspended and placed in all stages of passage:

Second reading: 11/17/25

Action: adopted as amended

Date: 11/17/25

Signed by Mayor: 11/18/25

Published: 11/26/25

Effective: 12/16/25

It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows:

That Chapter 24, Personnel, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and hereby is amended by amending Article II, Retirement System, Sections 24-14, Definitions; and 24-22, Retirement; benefits; as follows:

24-14 Definitions.

Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases as used in this article shall have the following meanings:

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Mandatory retirement age shall mean age sixty-three (630) for Class A members.

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24-22 Retirement; benefits.

(a) As written.

(b) Any Class A employee in service who attains age sixty-three (630) shall be retired forthwith on a service retirement benefit; provided, that any official appointed for a definite term may remain in service until the end of the term.

(c) – (k) As written.

* Material stricken out deleted.

** Material underlined added.

Ordinances 2025/Raising Mandatory Retirement Age for Class A Employees/BCO Ch. 24, Art. II

Secs. 24-14 and 24-22.

11/13/2025