Chapter 2.40
DISABILITY BOARD
Sections
2.40.040 Reimbursement for travel expenses.
2.40.010 Established.
There is hereby established under chapter 41.26 RCW, as now in effect or as hereafter amended, a disability board having jurisdiction over all claims for disability by Plan 1 LEOFF members employed by or retired from Des Moines. [Ord. 1403 § 1(1), 2007.]
2.40.020 Composition.
The disability board shall be composed of the following four members:
(1) Two members of the city council to be appointed by the mayor;
(2) One active or retired law enforcement officer to be elected by the law enforcement officers employed by or retired from the city;
(3) One member from the public at large who resides within the city to be appointed by the other three members heretofore designated in this subsection.
Retired members who are subject to the jurisdiction of the board have both the right to elect and the right to be elected under this section. [Ord. 1403 § 1(2), 2007.]
2.40.030 Terms.
Each of the elected members shall serve a two-year term.
The members appointed pursuant to this section shall serve for two-year terms. [Ord. 1403 § 1(3), 2007.]
2.40.040 Reimbursement for travel expenses.
The city disability board shall not receive compensation for its service upon the board, but said members shall be reimbursed by the city for all expenses incidental to such service as to the amount authorized by law. [Ord. 1403 § 1(4), 2007.]
2.40.050 Duties.
The disability board established by this section shall perform all functions, exercise all powers, and make all such determinations as specified in chapter 41.26 RCW, as now in effect or as hereafter amended. [Ord. 1403 § 1(5), 2007.]
2.40.060 Procedures.
The disability board created in this chapter shall have such powers as are necessary to complete the duties imposed upon it by state law including, without limitation, the power to prescribe its own rules of procedure, times, and places for meetings. [Ord. 1403 § 1(6), 2007.]