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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 31-214, 31-222, AND 31-229, OF ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 31 THEREOF, PERTAINING TO THE PORTSMOUTH SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM; REPEALING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 31 THEREOF, PERTAINING TO THE PORTSMOUTH EMPLOYEES SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Sections 31-214, 31-222 and 31-229 of Article IV of Chapter 31 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be amended to read as follows: Section 31-214. Composition; appointment, term, suspension or removal and compensation of members; vacancies. The board shall consist of seven (7) members to be ap- pointed by the City Council and two (2) ex officio members. One (1) ex. officio member shall be the director of finance or his designee and the other ex officio member shall be the director of personnel or his designee. Of the voting members, one (1) shall be an employee who is a member of the Portsmouth Supplemental Retirement System, one (1) shall be an employee who is a member of the Fire and Police Retire- ment System, and five (5) shall be other than employees or otherwise in the employ of the City. The first appointment hereunder of members other than employees or otherwise in the employ of the City shall be for terms as follows: one (1) for three (3) years and one for four (4) years. Thereafter all appointments shall be made for a term of four (4) years, except an appointment to fill a vacancy which shall be for the unexpired term. Appointment of the member who is a men, er of the Fire and Police Retirement System shall alternate each term between a member who is an employee of the police department and a member who is an employee of the fire depart- ment. Members who are employees of the department from which the appointment shall be made may propose names of employees for consideration of Council. The Council may suspend or remove any member of the board at its pleasure. Members of the board who are not employees or otherwise in the employ of the City shall receive as his compensation ten dollars ($10.00) per day for each day or part thereof actually spent in the discharge of his duties; members who are in the employ of the City shall receive as his compensation ten dollars ($10.00) for each day or part thereof actually spent in the discharge of his duties if such day or part thereof is not otherwise a part of the regular working hours of the employee. No member shall receive as compensation the aggregate more than one hundred twenty dollars ($120.00) mn any one year. Members shall be reimbursed for the expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.