KRS 67A.530: Board of trustees to operate fund and direct policies -- Membership --

How chosen.

(1) The responsibility for the proper operation of the fund and the direction of its

policies shall be vested in a board of trustees of twelve (12) members, co nsisting of

the mayor, the commissioner of public safety, the commissioner of finance, the

director of human resources, two (2) retired members of the fund, the chiefs of the

police and fire department, and two (2) active members of each department, who

shall be elected by ballot by the active members of the respective departments and

shall serve for alternating terms of two (2) years under rules adopted by the board.

One of the active members representing each department shall be elected on even -

numbered years; and the other active member representing the department shall be

elected on odd-numbered years. In the event of a vacancy of an elected member, the

pension board shall fill the vacancy by appointment until the next regular election.

(2) The retired f und members shall be selected by retired fund members by ballot to

serve two (2) year terms. One (1) retired fund member shall be a retired fire

department member, and the other shall be a retired police department member.

Retired fund members of a departm ent shall submit the names of at least three (3)

nominees from their department to the pension board not less than three (3) months

before the term of office is due to expire. The retired members of each department

shall have the right to vote for nominees of the department from which the member

retired. For the term beginning October 15, 2000, names of nominees from each

department shall be submitted to the pension board by no later than August 15,

2000, and August 15 of each subsequent election year. The pension board shall

cause to be prepared an official ballot of the retired nominees for each respective

department, which shall be distributed to all retired fund members from each

respective department from which the member retired by mail to their last k nown

address. The ballot shall contain the name and address of each of the candidates.

Retired fund members shall be instructed to vote for one (1) nominee. Any ballot

marked with more than one (1) vote per ballot shall be disqualified and not counted.

In the event of vacancy of an elected retired fund member of the board, the retiree

receiving the next largest number of votes from the department for which the

vacancy exists shall fill the vacancy until the next election for a representative of

that retiree 's department. Retired fund members shall vote for one (1) candidate

from the department from which the member retired by marking a square opposite

the name of the candidate of his or her choice and returning the marked ballot to the

secretary of the pension board. Votes shall be tabulated by a committee of three (3)

pension board members appointed by the chairman for that purpose. The tabulating

committee shall report in writing to the pension board the results of the election and

the name of the retired fund member who shall serve on the board.