9-954. Board of trustees of fund;
membership
A. The mayor or the mayor's designee, the fire chief, the elected chief and
secretary-treasurer of a fire district or, if administered by a district board, a board
member and the fire chief, four members elected from the fire department or from the fire
district and one lay member appointed by the city, town or district constitute the board
of trustees of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund for that incorporated city or
town or fire district. The board of trustees shall provide for the disbursement of the
fund and designate the beneficiaries of the fund as directed in this article.
B. The fire department of each incorporated city or town and each fire district
shall elect by ballot from its membership four members of the board of trustees, or
number of members as, when added to the incumbent members thereof, will constitute four
members in addition to the chief. If two members in addition to the chief are already on
the board of trustees, two additional members shall be elected to hold office for the
same respective terms as the two incumbent members. At the expiration of the two shorter
terms, and thereafter biennially, two members shall be elected for terms of four years
each.
C. For an incorporated city or town, the mayor, with the council's consent, shall
appoint lay members to fill the elected positions on the board when active volunteers are
no longer available. For a fire district, the fire chief, with district board consent,
shall appoint lay members to fill the elected positions on the board when active
volunteers are no longer available.
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