(A) The general administration, management and responsibility for the proper operation of the retirement system, and for construing and making effective the provisions of the retirement system are vested in a Board of Trustees.
(B) The Board of Trustees shall consist of the following 5 persons:
(1) One City Commissioner, inclusive of the Mayor, to be selected by the City Commission and to serve at the pleasure of the City Commission;
(2) The City Manager, by virtue of his or her position;
(3) A person who is an elector of the city and who is not a member, spouse of a member, or child of a member; to be nominated and approved by a majority of the remaining members of the Board;
(4) Two members of the retirement system, one an active member and one a retired member, to be elected by the members of each respective group, i.e. the active member shall be elected by the active members and the retired member shall be elected by the retired members of the System. Representation shall not be exclusively from any one city department unless all existing candidates are from the same department. In the event there are no longer any active members, both positions shall be filled by retired members. Elections of member trustees shall be held in accordance with rules adopted by the Board of Trustees.
(C) Alternate members of the Board of Trustees shall be selected in accordance with this section and shall have the power of a voting member in the absence of their respective representative. The alternates shall consist of the following:
(1) One alternate City Commissioner to be selected by the City Commission for a 2-year term.
(2) One alternate elector of the City who shall be nominated and approved by a majority of the remaining members of the Board who shall possess the same qualifications as the elector described in division (B)(3) above. The elector shall be approved by the Board for a 4-year term.
(3) Two alternate members of the retirement system as classified in division (B)(4) above to be nominated in accordance with the rules adopted by the Board of Trustees, each for a 4-year term. Alternates approved by the Board may be from the same city department as an elected Board of Trustee member, however, an alternate shall have no official power when a regular Board member from said alternate member's department is present.
(D) Quasi-judicial body. The Board shall be a quasi-judicial body and its actions shall be reviewable by writ of superintending control only.
(Ord. passed 11-20-1980; Am. Ord. 09-01, passed 2-5-2009; Am. Ord. 2019-003, passed 2-21-2019)