§ 11:3047 — Administration

A.(1) The system shall be administered as a trust for the exclusive benefit of the employees by a retirement board consisting of three members to be selected and appointed in the following manner: One member shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City, one member by the appointive officers and employees who are members of the system, and a third member who shall be selected by the two members so appointed. As a qualification for membership on the retirement board, a member must have been a qualified elector of the City for a period of at least two years prior to the date of appointment.
(2) Not more than two members of the board, at the time of appointment, shall be members of the system, and not more than one member of the board shall be an appointive officer or employee from any one city department. The original appointees on the board shall serve for the following terms: The member appointed by the Mayor shall serve for a term of three years; the member appointed by the officers and employees shall serve for a term of two years; the member selected by the other two members shall serve for a term of one year. Thereafter, as their terms of office expire, successors shall be appointed or selected in the same manner that governed the appointment of the member whose term has expired, and the terms of office of successor members shall be four years. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term of the member whose office was vacated and by the same authority that governed the office in which the vacancy exists.
(3) Any member may be removed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council for incompetency, dereliction of duty, malfeasance or other good cause, only after the filing of charges, in writing, against the member and after notice and public hearing.
B. Two members of the board shall constitute a quorum, and at least two concurring votes shall be necessary for any action by the board at any meeting. Regular meetings shall be held quarterly, and special meetings may be held from time to time as may be necessary. All meetings shall be open to the public. The board shall elect a chairman from its own members.
C. The board shall appoint a Secretary who shall not be a member thereof. The Secretary shall be in charge of the books, records, accounts, files and all papers and documents belonging to the board other than those in the possession or under the control of the City Treasurer; shall receipt for all payments made to the system and deposit the same with the City Treasurer; shall, together with the Chairman, sign vouchers for the payment of moneys by the system in accordance with the authorization of the board.
D. The City Treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer of the system, and shall be official custodian of all cash and securities belonging to the system, which shall be maintained in a special trust fund for the account of the system. He shall receive all moneys and securities for the account of the system and shall make payments for purposes specified in this Part upon voucher signed by the Chairman and Secretary in accordance with authorization of the board.
E. The City Attorney shall be legal advisor to the board.
F. All costs and expenses incurred in the administration of the system shall be paid by the City.
Designated from Acts 1952, No. 184, §17, by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3, eff. June 25, 1991.