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CITY OF HUGO <br />HUGO FIRE FIGHTERS RELIEF ASSOCIATION WORKSHOP <br />WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM <br />HUGO FIRE HALL <br />MEETING MINUTES <br />Acting Mayor Becky Petryk called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. <br />Present: Haas, Petryk, Weidt, Miron (7:10) <br />Absent: Klein <br />Also Present: City Administrator Mike Ericson, Finance Director Ron Otkin, Fire Chief <br />Jim Compton, Firefighters Tony Bronk, Jim Compton, Jr., Kevin Colvard, Tim Lorinser, <br />and Dave Jenson <br />The Hugo City Council met with the Hugo Firefighters Relief Association to discuss the <br />role the Association plays in providing benefits to firefighters who are paid per call and <br />who volunteer their time to the City of Hugo. The Relief Association has been in <br />existence since 1939 and reports to the State of Minnesota. <br />President of the Hugo Firefighters Relief Association Tony Bronk provided the Council <br />with a PowerPoint Presentation explaining the purpose of the Relief Association and the <br />roles of the officers and the City of Hugo. The Association is made up of nine members <br />including 3 ex -officio members: Fire Chief (Jim Compton), Mayor or Designee (Chuck <br />Haas) and Finance Director (Ron Otkin). In short, the association is charged with <br />providing authorized benefits to plan participants and beneficiaries. <br />Tony spoke about issues including size of department, square miles covered, call volume, <br />average pension amount, City contribution, pay and average medical calls versus fire <br />calls. He then spoke about retention and issues related to it which Council was very <br />interested in. The City has an employee recognition program and tuition reimbursement <br />program which some of the members were unaware of. Members acknowledged that the <br />transition of the department to BLS ambulance service in evenings has raised some issues <br />with the firefighters. <br />After excellent discussion by the Council and the department, Mayor Fran Miron agreed <br />to schedule another workshop with the Hugo Fire Department Relief Association to listen <br />to concerns from the entire department. Staff agreed to work with Tony to schedule it on <br />a training night for the third Tuesday in July or August. <br />Petryk made motion, Weidt seconded, to adjourn at 8:40 p.m. <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br />Michael A. Ericson <br />City Administrator <br />