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Nyle Zikmund From: Mike Scott <MScott@cityofeagan.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 11:30 AM To: Nyle Zikmund Cc: T. John Cunningham; BJ Jungmann (BJ.Jungmann@Burnsvillemn.gov); Jim McCoy Subject: RE: Follow Up Nyle, As City Administrator, as indicated by your email address below, I'm baffled why you are using Mounds View city resources to send me an email at 4:20am concerning fire department related items that you are not part -of. I believe as usual you may be misrepresenting what I said at the meeting you called with the Auditor. I'm going to step outside my "humble bubble" and tell you that I have been active in the Public Safety profession for 36 years, and grew up in an all -volunteer department since 1971. I know you feel that you are the self -described expert on all things fire, but the truth is, there are many people in the State that have been around longer and care more about the fire service than you may think you do. Please stop sending me any correspondence and do the right thing by letting those actively serving in the fire service do theirjobs. Mike Scott Fire Chief 1001 Station Tr 1 Eagan, MN 55123 Office: 651-675-5901 httos://www.citvofeaaan.com From: Nyle Zikmund <nyle.zikmund@moundsviewmn.org> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:20 AM To: Mike Scott <MScott@cityofeagan.com> Subject: Follow Up Morning Mike, just wanted to follow up on yesterday's meeting to make sure I have an accurate understanding. 1. You indicated Chief Associations believes the volunteer pension system may not be the most effective recruitment and retention tool and that those dedicated funding resources may be better utilized/targeted to such things as additional training, certifications or other programs? 2. Chiefs Association has concern regarding the "double dipping" issue and that should be talked about? 3. Chiefs Association was not opposed to having a discussion on the surplus/benefit increase reform but as opposed to having it done as an interim LCPR Legislator Led format, you were comfortable with the State Auditors Volunteer Working Group process taking it up (typically they start meeting in October/November) later this year? Let me know so I can get back to Chair Murphy that progress will continue. As I indicated the goal of these task forces is to transform the work into legislation and prior to these past study groups, they were LCPR legislator led (but is has been a number of years) which ensures a high degree of probability of the work product becoming law. Given the perfect 15 year record that the OSA has of transforming their work product into law, and given their apparent willingness to 1