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C ITY OF P LYMOUTH
R ESOLUTION N O. 2022-056
R ESOLUTION A UTHORIZING A F IRE S TATE A ID A LLOCATION A GREEMENT B ETWEEN T HE C ITY OF
P LYMOUTH AND T HE P LYMOUTH F IRE R ELIEF A SSOCIATION
WHEREAS, State Statute 477B.042, Allocation of Fire State Aid For Relief Associations, was
passed May of 2020, allowing municipalities and their affiliated relief association to develop an
agreement that allocates fire state aid between the relief association and the public employees police
and fire retirement plan by entering into an aid allocation agreement; and
WHEREAS, the agreement must specify the percentage of the fire state aid, a dollar amount, or
a formula for determining the amount of fire state aid that will be transmitted to the relief association
annually, the period of time covered by the agreement and the date on which the agreement expires
and must be agreed upon by the municipality and the relief association and submitted to the state
auditor by March 1; and
WHEREAS, the agreement may be modified or terminated, provided that the modification or
termination is in writing and signed by the parties if the amount of fire state aid paid to a municipality or
independent nonprofit firefighting corporation by the commissioner changes by an amount greater than
50 percent of the prior year's amount.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA that;
1. For the year ending December 31, 2022, $100,000 of the fire state aid will be retained by
the City for the City’s annual contribution to Police and Fire PERA eligible personnel, and the
remaining fire state aid will be transmitted to the relief association.
2. This Agreement will expire on December 31, 2022, unless mutually extended by written
consent of both the City and the Fire Relief Association.
APPROVED by the City Council on this 22nd day of February, 2022.