HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 77-37RESOLUTION #77- 37
ENDORSING CHAPTER 374 OF THE MIh%~SOTA LAWS OF 1977 P~LATING TO
THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS; PROVIDING FOR POLICE DEPART.~ENT
RELIEF ASSOCIATION; M]L%BERSHIP THEREIN; BENEFITS ;~ND CONTRIBbTIONS;
MEmbERSHIP OF CERTAIN POLICE PERSONNEL IN TU_E PUBLIC Eb~LOYEES'
POLICE AND FIRE FI/ND; PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATION AND BENEFITS
OF TILE COLUMBIA HEIGHTS FIRE>~N'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION; AMEIfDING LAWS
1975, CHAPTER 424, SECTION 9; tLEPEALINGLAWS 1965, CH3dPTER 605,
SECTION 6; AND LAWS 1975, CHAPTER 424, SECTION 3.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CiTY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS~
that
WHEREAS, a mutually acceptable bill relating to the Columbia Heights Police
Department, retired Columbia Heights police officers, Public Employees
Retirement Association, paid firemen and volunteer firemen was prepared
in a cooperative effort between the aforementioned parties and the City
Council representatives,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby approves the
Act known as House File #411, being the bill passed by the House and Senate
of the 1977 Minnesota Legislature and signed by the Governor on June 2, 1977.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Council does recognize that the basic
changes to ~the former laws relate to the following matters: increasing
individual police officer's contribution to the Columbia Heights Police
Relief Association pension fund, providing for the administration of the
Columbia Heights Police Relief Association and the Cc!umbia Heights Fire
Department Relief Association, setting disability, service pension and survi%~or
benefits for members of the Columbia Heights Police Relief Association,
setting service pension benefits for volunteer members of the Columbia
Heights Fire Department and authorizing the City Council to set disability
and survivor benefits for volunteer members of the fire department, directing
the City Council to be the board of trustees of the Columbia Heights Fire De-
partment volunteer division pension fund, providing a method of n~ing a board
of trustees in the future for the paid division of the Columbia Heights Fire
Department Relief Association and the Columbia Heights Police Relief Association
and requiring that police officers hired on or after June 15, 1972 become
members of the Public Employees Relief Association, and providing certain
other changes relating to the police and fire department pension plans.
Passed this 21st day of
Offered by: Heintz
Seconded by: Hentges
Roll Call: Ail Ayes
JLLrte
Secretary
, 1977~
Bruce G. ~a~z~ocki, >~.yor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution
adopted by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights on the'' day of
, 1977.
John E. Schedler, City Clerk