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• <br />RESOLUTION NO. 8 S--C 3 <br />RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF MINNESOTA STATUTES TO ALLOW FOR <br />THE PAYMENT OF PENSION BENEFITS AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. <br />WHEREAS, the Cities of Circle Pines, Lino Lakes, and Center- <br />ville have entered into a joint powers agreement to create the <br />Centennial Fire Department; and <br />WHEREAS, the Circle Pines and Centerville Fire Departments <br />were merged to create the Centennial Fire Department; and <br />WHEREAS, the Centennial Fireman's Relief Assocation was in- <br />corporated to provide pension benefits to members of the new Fire <br />Department; and <br />WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes required that the Circle Pines <br />and Centerville Fireman's Relief Associations be dissolved and that <br />all pension funds be distributed; and <br />WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes prohibit the Centennial Fireman's <br />Relief Association from distributing pension benefits for at least <br />ten years, and then only on a partially vested basis; and <br />WHEREAS, members of the former Circle Pines and Centerville <br />Fire Departments will reach twenty years of fire service but will <br />be prohibited from receiving a pension due to Statutory limitations; <br />then <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of <br />hereby supports the adoption of special legis- <br />lation that will allow the Centennial Fireman's Relief Association <br />to pay a pension to each member of the previous Circle Pines and <br />Centerville Fire Departments, after 20 years of combined service. <br />Such pension to be determined by the member's accrued liability in <br />the Centennial Relief Association; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Senators Novak and Dahl, and <br />Representatives Voss and Quinn be requested to work toward passage <br />of such legislation during the current session of the Legislature. <br />Adopted this / / day of 44-1-4-c,c_t -lV ' <br />ATTEST: <br />CIT Y CLERK <br />, 1985. <br />