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C ITY OF P LYMOUTH
R ESOLUTION N O. 2019-160
R ESOLUTION R ATIFYING B ENEFIT L EVELS FOR P LYMOUTH F IRE R ELIEF A SSOCIATION
AND M UNICIPAL A LLOCATION OF F IRE S TATE A ID
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth and the Plymouth Fire Relief Association wish to stipulate to
certain agreements; and
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth and the Plymouth Fire Relief Association intend to continue
efforts seeking state legislation to allow municipalities with “combination” fire departments to retain a
portion of the fire state aid that now is required to be transferred in full to the relief association to pay
employer contributions to PERA on behalf of the municipality’s career (full-time) firefighters; and
WHEREAS, the Plymouth Fire Relief Association is the beneficiary of special state legislation
adopted in 2018 that allows the annual pension benefit to be increased to a maximum of $12,500.
WHEREAS, the Plymouth Fire Relief Association and the City of Plymouth wish to extend the
agreement approved by Resolution on December 11, 2018, which will provide for:
1. The City Council ratified pension amount for the Plymouth Relief Association shall increase
according to the following schedule:
July 1, 2020: $10,500 per year of service
July 1, 2021: $11,000 per year of service
July 1, 2022: $11,500 per year of service
July 1, 2023: $12,000 per year of service
July 1, 2024: $12,500 per year of service
2. An allocation of State Fire Aid to the City of Plymouth, to be used for municipal
contributions made to the Public Employees Retirement Association on behalf of Full-Time
Firefighters shall be made in an amount to be calculated as follows: Fire State Aid less
$6,676 per PFRA member receiving service credit for any portion of that calendar year,
adjusted by annual growth in State Fire Aid. The remaining balance of State Fire Aid shall be
directed to the Plymouth Fire Relief Association, as well as all supplemental fire aid from the
State of Minnesota.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA that;
1. The City Council ratified pension amount shall increase by $500 to $9,000 per year of service
on July 1, 2019.
2. This agreement in its entirety shall be null and void if legislation authorizing a municipal
allocation of fire state aid is not secured and signed into law prior to June 30, 2020.
R ESOLUTION N O. 2019-160
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APPROVED by the City Council on this 28th day of May, 2019.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, certifies
that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the Plymouth City Council on May 28, 2019
with the original thereof on file in my office, and the same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this ___________day of
__________________, __________.
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City Clerk