§ 2-1264. Conditions for retirement.

(a)

Voluntary retirement—Tier 1. Any Tier 1 member in service as a firefighter for compensation or on authorized sick leave not exceeding one year, or who shall hereafter enter service as a firefighter, may retire when he has completed 25 or more years of creditable service or, if he first enters the pension system as fire chief and retires as fire chief, when he has completed 10 or more years of creditable service.

(b)

Voluntary retirement—Tier 2. Any Tier 2 member in service as a firefighter for compensation or on authorized sick leave not exceeding one year, or who shall hereafter enter service as a firefighter, may retire when he has completed 27 or more years of creditable service or, if he first enters the pension system as fire chief and retires as fire chief, when he has completed 10 or more years of creditable service.

(c)

Disability retirement. If a member, while a participant in this plan, contracts an illness or suffers an accident rendering him permanently and totally disabled, he shall be entitled to pension benefits in accordance with the terms and provisions of section 2-1267.

(d)

Application for retirement. Any member eligible for retirement as provided in this division may retire upon written application to the board of trustees, which shall establish the retirement date, but not later than the first day of the month following the happening of the event set out in this division as a condition for the type of retirement.

(Ord. No. 991491, § 1, 11-23-99; Ord. No. 120189, § 1, 3-1-12; Ord. No. 140034, § 1, 2-20-14 )