§ 154-401. Board of trustees.  


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  • The name of the system shall be the Fulton County Public Safety Employees' Pension Fund. It shall be governed by a board of trustees composed of five members, one of whom shall be a member of the board of commissioners, appointed by the chairman of the board of commissioners; one of whom shall be the county manager; one of whom shall be a citizen of Fulton County, who shall not be an employee of Fulton County and who shall be appointed by the county commission member and the county manager; one of whom shall be a member of the county police; and one of whom shall be a member of the county fire department. Both the policeman and the fireman members of the board of trustees shall be active members in good standing of the pension fund. The policeman member shall be elected by the policemen members of the fund, and the fireman member shall be elected by the firemen members of the fund, in February of each even-numbered year, and shall serve a term of two years, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The director of finance, or such person who shall perform the duties which are now performed by the director of finance, shall be the treasurer of the public safety employees' pension fund, and shall handle and disburse all funds in control of the board of trustees. The secretary of the public safety employees' fund shall be the secretary of the general employees' pension fund and shall perform such duties as may be necessary. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of the public safety employees' pension fund to operate and maintain said fund for the benefit of the members of said fund. Said board of trustees shall meet at least once a month.

(Code 1983, § 24-4-1)