Legal Documents of Jefferson City

Code of Jefferson City

Jefferson City
Title 4 : Municipal Personnel
Chapter 3 : Miscellaneous Personnel Regulations

4-301 : Retirement.

  1. City employees shall retire when unable to demonstrate that the employee is mentally and/or physically able to perform the essential functions of the job which he/she is normally assigned to perform, unless otherwise provided by state or federal law.
  2. Employees with a minimum of 20 years service and after having reached the age of 62 may retire and continue to receive individual and/or family health insurance benefits on the same basis as full-time employees until age 65.
  3. Employees of the police and fire departments who mandatorily retire at age sixty (60) with a minimum of twenty (20) years of service may retire and continue to receive individual and/or family health insurance benefits on the same basis as full-time employees until age sixty-five (65).
  4. In the event that any retired employee who is receiving health insurance benefits pursuant to paragraphs (2) or (3) obtains employment which qualifies the employee for health insurance benefits from their new employer, the insurance benefits as set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3) shall terminate within thirty (30) days. (1996 Code, § 1-901, as amended by Ord. #2019-17, Nov. 2019 Ch14_12-2-19)
Date Last Updated: 01/05/2026
Codification Date: 08/01/2001

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Mitch Cain

Vice Mayor - Kevin Bunch

Council Member - Ailene Combs

Council Member - Dennis (Rocky) Melton

Council Member - Shelia Purkey

City Manager - James A. Gallup

Recorder - Bettina Chandler