Revised Resolution No. 103, as amended, approved by the City Commission on May 1, 2007, established a Police and Fire Retiree Health Care Insurance Board consisting of five persons, serving staggered three-year terms. The Board’s purpose shall be, consistent with any decisions of the City Commission making such funds available, the adoption of policies governing the further allocation of any funds that may be available pursuant to Section 401(h) of the Internal Revenue Code through the levy of the millage authorized by Public Act 345 of 1937.
Members of the Board, whose terms commenced on June 1, 2007, continue until each appointee’s successor is approved, shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the approval of the City Commission.
The Board shall consist of: a City Commissioner; a currently employed City firefighter with at least ten years of service; a currently employed City police officer with at least ten years of service; and two City residents
The City resident appointees to the Board shall be registered City electors, and shall not be a City Police or Fire Department retiree, or the spouse, child, or grandchild of a City Police or Fire Department retiree.
The Board shall adopt bylaws and rules of procedure to govern the conduct of its meetings, such meetings being subject to the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, MCL 15.261, et seq., and the City Manager shall make available staff to assist the Board in its duties.
Decisions of the Board allocating any available funds to classes of retirees or their surviving spouses may be made on the basis of demonstrated need, hardship, equity, or other similar grounds, such decisions being quasi-judicial in nature and only reviewable by writ of certiorari.
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