0596 Police PensionORDINANCE NO. 596
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 421 OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PERTAINING TO RETIREMENT
FOR POLICE OFFICERS OF THE CITY; AMENDING SECTION X;
PROVIDING FOR REQUIREMENTS AND MANNER OF APPOINTMENT OF
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION ONE: Section X of Ordinance Number 421 of the City of
Okeechobee Code of ordinances is hereby amended as follows:
"Section X. ADMINISTRATION
1. The general administration and responsibility for the
proper operation of the Retirement System and for making
effective the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby vested
in a Board of Trustees, consisting of tl~e-agar--E-er
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five members, two of whom, unless otherwise prohibited by
law, shall be legal residents of the City, who shall be
appointed by the City Council, and two of whom shall be
full-time police officers, as defined in Fla. Stat. 185.02
(1 1986), who shall be elected by a majority of the police
officers who are members of this System. The fifth member
shall be chosen by a majority of the previous four members
as provided for herein, and such person's name shall be
submitted to the City Council. Upon receipt of the fifth
person's name, the City Council shall, as a ministerial
duty, appoint such person to the Board of Trustees as its
fifth member. The fifth member shall have the same rights
as each of the other four members appointed or elected as
herein provided and may succeed himself in office. Each
resident shall serve as trustee for a period of two years,
unless sooner replaced by the City council at whose pleasure
he shall serve, and may succeed himself as a trustee. Each
police officer member shall serve as trustee for a period of
two years, unless he sooner leaves the employment of the
City as a police officer, whereupon the City Council shall
choose his successor in the same manner as an original
appointment. Each police officer may succeed himself in
office. The Board of Trustees shall meet at least quarterly
each year. Each Board of Trustees shall be a legal entity
with, in addition to other powers and responsibilities
contained herein, the power to bring and defend lawsuits of
every kind, nature and description.
2. 1Phe-Myer-sbeeii-ire- a-e e3 tas--o-f-ire--boeT41:--The
Board of trustees shall by a majority vote elect arrc-e€-its
•teml9erg--ate a chairman and a Secretary of the Board. The
Secretary shall keep a complete minute book of the actions,
proceedings, or hearings of the Board."
SECTION TWO: This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
its adoption and shall apply retroactively to October 1,
1986.
Introduced and passed on first reading and public hearing as
an emergency ordinance on this 7th day of July 1987.
MAYOR OAKLAND R. PKAPMAN
ATTEST:
A/5
BONNIE THOMAS, CITY CLERK
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