Article II Board of Trusts and Charities

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Title	Adopted	Subject	Affects
Ord. No. 13-2025 - Combining Existing Boards into a City Appeals Board pdf	2025-12-16	Boards, Commissions, Etc.: Board of Appeals; Building Construction and Floodplain Management Amendment; Construction Codes, Uniform Amendment; Fire Prevention Amendment; Historic Districts Amendment; Lead Poisoning Prevention and Lead Hazard Control Amendment; Noise Amendment; Plumbing Amendment; Property Maintenance Amendment; Rental Property Amendment; Sewers Amendment; Signs Amendment; Stormwater Management Amendment; Stormwater Management Fee Amendment; Vacant and Abandoned Property Amendment	Ch 22, Ch 109, Ch 116, Ch 142, Ch 155, Ch 182, Ch 198, Ch 215, Ch 223, Ch 238, Ch 249, Ch 255, Ch 260, Ch 261, Ch 282
Ord. No. 14-2025 - Eliminating the City Treasurer Position pdf	2025-12-16	Administrative Departments and Bureaus: Department of Administrative Services Amendment; Boards, Commissions, Etc.: Board of Trusts and Charities Amendment; Budgets and Control Amendment; Officers and Employees: Treasurer Amendment; Pensions and Retirement: Policemen's Relief Amendment; Fire Fighters' Relief Fund Amendment; Emergency Management Amendment; Insurance: Fire Insurance Claims Amendment; Solid Waste: Dumps Amendment; Streets and Sidewalks: Street Excavations Amendment; Taxation: Tax Exemptions for Improvements Amendment; Telephone Companies Amendment; Trees Amendment; Vehicles and Traffic Amendment; Water: Water Mains Amendment	Ch 5 Art IV, Ch 22 Art II, Ch 30, Ch 55 Art III, Ch 64 Art I, Ch 64 Art III, Ch 136, Ch 173 Art I, Ch 258 Art I, Ch 262 Art VI, Ch 270 Art VI, Ch 271, Ch 273, Ch 285, Ch 295 Art X

[Adopted as Article 143 of the Codified Ordinances]

§ 22-5 Board created; duties.

A Board of Trusts and Charities is hereby created which shall:

Take custody and control of all funds now held by the Board of Trusts created by an ordinance of March 6, 1906, and hereby repealed.

Accept, in its discretion, on behalf of the City any gifts, by will or otherwise, which may hereafter be made to the City or to City officials by virtue of their office, in trust for poor persons in the City, or for any other benevolent or charitable purpose.

Invest and/or expend and distribute the principal and/or interest of gifts so accepted according to the provisions of each gift or trust or, in the absence or incompleteness of such provisions, according to lawful regulations which the Board may establish.

§ 22-6 Composition.

The Board of Trusts and Charities shall be composed of the Mayor, the City Treasurer and the City Controller.

§ 22-7 Rules and regulations.

The Board shall establish such rules and regulations for its conduct as shall best safeguard the funds in its charge.

§ 22-8 Annual report.

The Board shall present a detailed report of all its proceedings to the Council at its first meeting in April of each year.