§ 40-31. Number, Appointment, Term.

(a)

The Plan shall be administered by five (5) Trustees.

(1)

Two (2) trustees shall be elected by the police officers employed by the City who participate in the Plan;

(2)

Two (2) trustees shall be appointed by the City Council; and

(3)

One (1) trustee shall be elected by a majority of the previous four (4) trustees.

(4)

The trustees appointed by the City Council must, at all times while serving as a trustee, be a resident of the City of Hialeah Gardens.

(b)

Appointed trustees shall serve for a term of two (2) years, unless sooner replaced by the City Council at whose pleasure they serve.

(c)

Elected trustees shall serve two-year terms, commencing on October 1st of the year in which they are elected, provided that one (1) of the trustees elected initially by the police officers and the trustee elected initially by the other four (4) trustees shall serve terms expiring on September 30, 1991. The City Clerk shall conduct the elections by secret ballot during September prior to the expiration of a trustee's term.

(d)

A vacancy shall occur whenever a trustee resigns is no longer eligible or qualified to serve as a trustee, dies or becomes incapacitated. The vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as was utilized to select the original trustee. Successors to elected trustees shall serve out the unexpired term of the prior trustee.

(Ord. No. 90-33, Ch. I, § 3.1, 5-21-91)