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Home My WebLink AboutAdjusted Remuneration Paid to Reflect Change Augusta Richmond GA DOCUMENT NAME: A J ~ Ll <; 'f6 ~ Ie {'; rn lll'll ca. A-17 0 tV 1> A' () t- t> 12.,.(2/ ec;r C {--t fl-rV lj e S DOCUMENT TYPE: 4~~e:J11;zqJ T YEAR: ,~~<t BOX NUMBER: '7 FILE NUMBER: I ~ ::t?- q NUMBER OF PAGES: b \ ~mplo~.e.e5' ~.efir.em.enf ~~5f.em Two NORTHSIDE 75, SUITE 300, ATLANTA, GA 30318-7778 (404) 352-6400 RUDOLPH JOHNSON, DIRECTOR JIM LARCHE, DEPUTY DIRECTOR May 18, 1999 1.0. No. 69-0580467 J ! Ms. Lori S. D'Alessio, Assistant County Attorney Augusta -Richmond County Commission Room 901 Municipal Bldg. (11) Augusta, GA 30911 Re: Excluding Election Official and Election Worker Positions Who Earn Less than $1000 in a Calendar Year Until 1999 and the Adjusted Remuneration Paid to Reflect Changes in the Economy Thereafter Effective - January 1, 1998 Dear Ms. D'Alession: We have been informed by the Social Security Administration that the Federal-State Agreement has been modified to exclude employees in election official and election worker positions who earn less that $1000,00 in a calendar year until 1999 and the adjusted remuneration paid to reflect changes in the economy thereafter. We are enclosing an approved, signed copy of the Modification to Plan and Agreement. We emphasize if the new $1000.00 is reached, the services of an individual in the position of election official or election worker will not qualify for the election official/worker exclusion and, in the absence of some other basis for non-coverage will be subject to coverage from the first dol!ar paid in that calendar year. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Sincerely, ~b=~ Social Security Analyst Senior /bj Enclosure .. MODIFICATION TO STATE OF GEORGIA, SOCIAL SECURITY AGREEl\1ENT MODIFICATION TO PLAN AND AGREEMENT Au..~ u..s m. I C:eev5 It{ The State of Georgia, acting through its representative designated to administer its responsibilities, the Employees' Retirement System of Geor~a, under the original agreement between the State Agency and officials of WI' ~ \.A$ W I &t)V5 i 0. ,hereby modify said agreement effective _,'Januarv 1. 199~ to €.xclude the following services: Services performed by election officials or election workers for each calendar year prior to the year 2000 in which the remuneration paid for such services is less than $1000, and for each year after 1999 in which the remuneration paid is less than the adjusted amount, as described below, beginning with services performed in the year that this modification was mailed or delivered by other means to the Commissioner. The $1000 limit on the excludable amount of remuneration paid in a calendar year for the services specified in this modification will be subject to adjustment for calendar years after 1999 to reflect changes in wages in the economy without any further modification of the agreement, with respect to such services performed during such calendar years, in accordance with Section 218(c)(8)(B) of the Social Security Act. Approved for jlie A~ \)_5'\-0" &mrg'lf.), . Georgia, this hay of lXc.. 199~_ TIIII docIJnenllllllRMd u ~~' Y II 21st December 8 APPROVED FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA this _ day of , 199__ > ~ -Af.~/ O~-,- 0?t...~ '"II Rudolph Johnson, reasurer Employees' Retirement System of Georgia . '- RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXCLUSION FROM SOCIAL SECURITY WITHHOLDING AS TO SERVICES PERFORMED BY ELECTION OFFICIALS OR ELECTION WORKERS FOR EACH CALENDAR YEAR PRIOR TO. THE YEAR 2000 IN WHICH THE REMUNERATION PAID FOR SUCH SERVICES IS LESS THAN $1,000.00, AND FOR EACH YEAR AFTER 1999 IN WHICH THE REMUNERATION PAID IS LESS THAN AN AMOUNT SET PURSUANT TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. WHEREAS, the former City Council of Augusta, Georgia and the Richmond County Board of Commissioners, did each enter into a Plan and Agreement (the ("Agreement") with the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia for extending to their employees the insurance system established by Title II of the Social Security Act; and . WHEREAS, the original agreements did include the services of election officials and election workers; and WHEREAS, Public Law 103-296 increased the Social Security exclusion for election workers from $100 to $1,000 remuneration in any given calendar year; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of Augusta, Georgia, acting by and through the Augusta-Richmond County Commission, as successor to the City Council and the Richmond County Board of Commissioners, to exclude the services performed by election officials or election workers for each calendar year prior to the year 2000 in which the remuneration paid for such services is less than $1,000, and for each year after 1999 in which the remuneration paid is less than the adjusted amount, as described , below; and WHEREAS, the $1,000 limit on the excludable amount of remuneration paid in a calendar year for the services specified will be subject to adjustment for calendar years after 1999 to reflect changes in wages in the economy without any further modification of the Agreement, with respect to such services performed during such calendar years, in accordance with Section 218(c)(8)(B) of the Social Security Act. NOW, therefore, be it resolved, that the contracts approved and accepted by the Employees' Retirement System of Georgia for the City Council of Augusta, Georgia and the Richmond County Board of Commissioners be and are hereby, amended to exclude the above services effective January 1, 1996. L i ':!),J.IJ], , '- ~~:J IJ 'i] , .::- !.' I I -.; , '-... I\,} S - '., -i!. \J -. 4..'_", - -" '. .j), 0 fdJ.t7 LI :[)/Q [ _ - ADN 0661 03I1J.:J:)3~ or .., .. ). '- ). BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this amendment shall be effective as of January 1, 1996. ,Il Duly Adopted by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission, this 20 day of (K~I.Je;2... , 1998, by a vote of /0 ayes, () nays, and t) abstaining. AUGUSTA-R CHMONDCOUNlYCOMMISSION d;'f'~ GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNlY I do hereby certify that I am Clerk of the Augusta-Richmond County Commission of Augusta, Georgia, and that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of a Resolution adopted by the Commission at a meeting held on the ~ day of IRq; , 199L, and which appears on record in the office of the Clerk of Commission located in Richmond County, Georgia. This .di2.. day of J&1Jtte. , 199 g , ~1if'~ . .~~!;J.'~'OJJ JO !r./], S ' S "']"Jl; _.. '" . 't:f. -:. C i -i 'U- 7 '1.1_ '. --'''I <J"'I3 LJ :01 d [- AOII Bbb! 0311/303& .' - .. AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION BOB YOUNG Mayor JAMES B. WALL CITY A TIORNEY P. O. Box 2125 454 GREENE STREET AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30903 Bus, (706) 821-2488 Fax No, (706) 722-5984 E-Mail: Jwall15391@aol.com ULMER BRIDGES JERRY BRIGHAM HENRY H. BRIGHAM RICHARD L. COLCLOUGH FREDDIE L. HANDY WILLIAM B, KUHLKE, JR. WM. "WILLIE" H. MAYS, ill J, B. POWELL STEPHEN E, SHEPARD LEE BEARD Mayor Pro Tern CHARLES R. OLIVER, P E, CPA Administrator May 26, 1999 Ms. Lena Bonner Clerk, Commission 8th Floor, City-County Bldg. Augusta, GA 30911 Dear Lena: I am enclosing a copy of a letter from Barbara Jenkins, with an attached signed copy of the Modification to Plan and Agreement so as to exclude from social security withholding as to services performed by election officials as set forth in the Resolution adopted by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission on October 20, 1998. Please include this in the City's permanent records. By carbon copy of this letter, I am forwarding copies to John Etheridge and Lynn Bailey. With best personal regards, I am JBW/sjp Enclosure Cc: John Etheridge Lynn Bailey