2008 Minnesota Statutes

422A.03 MEETINGS; EMPLOYEES; RULES AND REGULATIONS.

Subdivision 1.Meetings; employees.

The retirement board shall meet on the third Tuesday of each calendar month of each year and may adjourn from time to time. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the president. The board shall, by a four-sevenths vote of all members of the board, appoint an executive director, who shall have charge of the performance of the duties required by the provisions of this chapter, and who shall appoint other necessary employees to positions approved in advance by the board. If at the time of appointment as executive director the appointee holds a position subject to the civil service rules and regulations of the city the appointee shall be deemed to be on leave of absence from the civil service position during tenure as executive director, and upon termination of service shall be returned to the appointee's permanent civil service classification. If no vacancy is available in the appointee's permanent civil service classified position, seniority shall prevail, and the person most recently certified to the position shall be returned to the permanent civil service classification held prior to such certification.

Subd. 2.Removal of executive director; classification of employees.

The executive director may be removed by a four-sevenths vote of all members of the board at a meeting called for that purpose. Before exercising the power of removal, 15 days' written notice shall be given to the executive director setting forth the cause for removal and stating the time and place where the charges will be heard. The hearing shall be open to the public. Other employees under the supervision of the board and employees appointed hereafter shall be subject to applicable civil service laws and rules of the city unless the board determines that they should be unclassified. The compensation of the executive director and the other employees under the supervision of the board shall be fixed by the board.

Subd. 3.Officers.

At the regular meeting in January each year, the board shall elect from among its members a president, a vice-president, and a secretary-treasurer, who shall hold office for one year or until successors have been elected and qualified. The president, if present, shall preside at all meetings. In the absence of the president the vice-president shall preside and have all the powers of the president while acting as such. The recording secretary shall keep a record of all proceedings of the board, which shall be open to public inspection. At least one of the officers of the board shall be one of the representatives elected by the employees of the city to the board.

Subd. 4.Rules.

Subject to the limitations of law, the board shall from time to time establish rules and regulations for the administration of the fund or funds created by this chapter and for the transaction of its business. Roberts rules of order shall be the rules of order of the board except as otherwise specifically adopted.

Subd. 5.Powers of executive director.

For the purpose of administration, except as otherwise herein provided, the executive director, under the direction of the board, shall perform any and all acts and make regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

History:

1973 c 133 s 3; 1977 c 429 s 52; 1979 c 293 s 5,6; 1980 c 607 art 16 s 2-5,17 subd 3; 1983 c 160 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 206 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 80