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The Conner Memorial Commission shall handle the bonds and the funds coming to the City from the estate of Thomas Conner, deceased, late of Joplin, Missouri. The net income of such bonds shall be used for the support of the poor of the City. When such bonds are paid, the proceeds shall be reinvested in other bonds, the income of such bonds to be used for the support of the poor of the City. The Commission and its successors shall invest and reinvest in perpetuity, the proceeds arising from the payment of the bonds bequeathed to the City by Thomas Conner, deceased.
(1951 Code Sec. 7.39)
The Mayor shall appoint the Conner Memorial Commission, to be approved by Council, as follows: one member for one year and until his successor is appointed and qualified; one member for two years and until his successor is appointed and qualified; one member for three years and until his successor is appointed and qualified; one member for four years and until his successor is appointed and qualified; one member for five years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The term for which each member shall be appointed shall commence on January 1, 1913. In December of each year thereafter the Mayor shall appoint a member of the Commission for a term of five years, commencing on each January 1 following, and until his successor is appointed and qualified, such appointments to be approved by Council.
(1951 Code Sec. 7.40)
The officers of the Conner Memorial Commission shall all be members of the Commission, and shall consist of a president, who shall be the member having the shortest term to serve, and a vice-president, secretary and treasurer. The secretary and treasurer may be one and the same person. The vice-president, secretary and treasurer shall be elected by the Commission at its first regular meeting in January of each year, each for the term of one year. (1951 Code Sec. 7.41)
The Conner Memorial Commission shall obtain and keep on file and make a part of its records, a certified copy of the last will and testament of Thomas Conner, deceased, together with a certified copy of all opinions, orders and journal entries relating to the bequest made by Thomas Conner, deceased, to the City, in the case of the City of Tiffin v. Jeremiah O'Conner, et al., being case No. 9992 in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri at Joplin.
(1951 Code Sec. 7.43)
(a) The Conner Memorial Commission shall be allowed one clerk or agent, who shall keep the records of the Commission, investigate all applications for relief, and perform such other duties as directed by the Commission.
(Ord. 81-44. Passed 6-1-81.)
(b) The Thomas Connor Memorial Commission is hereby authorized to establish by regulation recorded in its minutes the maximum hours per month or per year that the clerk may be employed at a rate of compensation fixed by the Commission, within its discretion.
(Ord. 97-9. Passed 1-20-97.)
(c) Payment for services performed by the clerk or agent shall be made from the funds available to the Commission from its annual income or from funds added to principal by investment earnings in previous years.
(d) The clerk or agent appointed by the Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission; shall not for any purposes be considered an employee of the City; payments for the clerk's services shall not be subject to deductions for the Public Employees' Retirement System; and he/she further shall not be eligible for participation in hospitalization insurance provided to full-time City employees. The clerk or agent shall not be entitled to compensation related to sick leave or vacation. The Commission may be permitted to engage an interim clerk or agent designated as such during the temporary illness, incapacity, or absence of the clerk or agent. (Ord. 81-44. Passed 6-1-81.)
The treasurer of the Thomas Conner Memorial Commission shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of sixty dollars ($60.00) per annum, payable in equal monthly installments of five dollars ($5.00) each. The other members of the Commission shall receive no salaries, but all members shall receive their necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties, which shall be paid out of the funds of the Commission.
(1951 Code Sec. 7.47)