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<br />proceedings, or hearings of the Board. The Trustees shall not receive any compensation as such, but <br />may receive expenses and per diem as provided by law. <br />3. Each Trustee shall be entitled to one vote on the Board. Three (3) affirmative votes <br />shall be necessary for any decision by the Trustees at any meeting of the Board. A Trustee shall <br />abstain from voting as the result of a conflict of interest and shall comply with the provisions of <br />Section 112.3143, Florida Statutes. <br />4. The Board shall engage such actuarial, accounting, legal, and other services as shall <br />be required to transact the business of the System. The compensation of all persons engaged by the <br />Board and all other expenses of the Board necessary for the operation of the System shall be paid <br />from the Fund at such rates and in such amounts as the Board shall agree. In the event the Board <br />chooses to use the City's legal counsel, actuary or other professional, technical or other advisors, it <br />shall do so only under terms and conditions acceptable to the Board. <br />S. The duties and responsibilities of the Board shall include, but not necessarily be <br />limited to, the following: <br />A. To construe the provisions of the System and determine all questions arising <br />thereunder. <br />B. To determine all questions relating to eligibility and membership. <br />C. To determine and certifY the amount of all retirement allowances or other <br />benefits hereunder. <br />D. To establish uniform rules and procedures to be followed for administrative <br />purposes, benefit applications and all matters required to administer the <br />System. <br />E. To distribute to Members, at regular intervals, information concerning the <br />System. <br />F. To receive and process all applications for benefits. <br />G. To authorize all payments whatsoever from the Fund, and to notify the <br />disbursing agent, in writing, of approved benefit payments and other <br />expenditures arising through operation of the System and Fund. <br /> <br />6 <br />