BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INFORMATION FORM

Name of Board/Commission	Firemen's Relief Fund Board of Trustees	Date 7/17/06
Authority for Creation	The Firemen's Relief Fund Board of Trustees was established pursuant to authority of the North Carolina Code of 1939.
Purpose/Function	To govern the disbursement of funds as requested by those people that deem the need for assistance from that fund and to manage and direct the local relief fund.
Method of Appointment	Two trustees are appointed by members of the City Council upon recommendation of the Mayor; two by the local fire department; and one by the State Insurance Commissioner.
Number of Members	Five
Terms of Office	Two years
Meeting Date and Time	First Wednesday of February and August - 4:30 p.m.
Chief Staff Person Linwood Baker	Title District Fire Chief	Telephone Number (336) 727-2454

Current Membership – Firemen’s Relief Fund Board of Trustees
Name	Race/Gender	Term	Expiration
City Council Appointments
Raphael O. Black	BM	N/A	6/08
Carl J. Nutt	WM	N/A	3/08

N. C. Insurance Commission Appointments
Patrick M. Allen	N/A	N/A

Fire Department Appointments
Scott Gauldin	WM	1	12/06
Arlin D. Sechrist	WM	2	12/08

Special Notes:

The fund has a small number of persons receiving benefit. The fund receives a distribution of the one-half of one percent tax on annual fire insurance premiums paid in the Winston-Salem fire district from the N. C. State Insurance Commissioner’s Office. The Firemen’s Relief Fund Board of Trustees transfers the largest portion of the insurance premium tax to the Winston-Salem Firemen’s Retirement Fund Association, a private association of members of the Winston-Salem Fire Department that has no relationship with the City of Winston-Salem. Although the Mayor and City Council of the City of Winston-Salem appoint two members to the five member Board of Trustees, the Firemen’s Relief Fund is not considered an entity of the City of Winston-Salem.