Section 45-49A-63.120 - Appointment of board(a) The board is responsible for the general administration of the plan and for carrying out the plan. The board shall consist of (i) three members to be elected from the uniformed officers in the city's police department by the uniformed officers in that department, (ii) three members to be elected from the uniformed officers in the city's fire department by the uniformed officers in that department, (iii) two persons, who must be city residents, at least age 21 and not receiving any salary from the city for services as an employee of the city and not related beyond the limits of the nepotism law for state service as prescribed in Section 41-1-5, to any active employee of the city fire department or police department, appointed by the city council or like governing body of the city, and (iv) the city's finance director. All board members, except the finance director, shall serve three year terms. The person serving as finance director shall serve as a board member as long as he or she remains in that position. Any member of the board may resign by delivering his or her written resignation to the secretary of the board.(b) The mayor or like governing body of the city shall appoint, subject to the merit system of the city and subject to the approval of the board, an executive secretary to the board. The secretary shall be responsible for maintaining all records required by this plan, shall keep and maintain records of retired members containing a full and complete history and record of the board's action in retiring the members, including the member's name, dates of entering service in the city's police or fire departments, periods of employment, written requests from members desiring retirement, dates of retirement, the reasons for such retirements, and other such information as the board may require, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board. The mayor or like governing body of the city may appoint from time to time, subject to the merit system of the city, an assistant to the executive secretary. The city shall pay the salary of the secretary and any assistant to the secretary appointed pursuant to this section.Ala. Code § 45-49A-63.120 (1975)