(A) Any police officer who has been denied pension or retirement pay from the Board of Trustees where applications for the pension or retirement pay was made or he or she feels that he or she was not given a fair and just consideration may appeal from the decision of the Board to the City Council and the decision of the City Council shall be final.
(B) The appeal above provided for shall be taken by filing in the Office of the City Manager a copy of the entire proceedings had before the Board of Trustees, including all evidence offered and produced at the hearing. The Secretary of the Board of Trustees shall certify that the record so taken on appeal contains all proceedings and the evidence offered before the Board of Trustees.
(`90 Code, § 1-52)