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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: June 9th, 2025 RESOLUTION NO: 2025-46
MOTION BY: von Oven SECONDED BY: Kimber
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PART-TIME FIREFIGHTERS MEMBERSHIP INTO
PERA POLICE & FIRE RETIREMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the policy of the State of Minnesota as declared in Minnesota Statutes
353.63 is to give special consideration to employees who perform hazardous work and devote
their time and skills to protecting the property and personal safety of others; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 353.64 permits the governing body of a
governmental subdivision to declare coverage in the Public Employees Police and Fire plan for a
non-full-time firefighter who is employed in a fire department, is required by the employing
governmental subdivision to be and is licensed by the Board of Firefighter Training and
Education under section 299N.05, and who is engaged in or exposed to hazardous conditions
resulting from firefighting or fire prevention, suppression, or investigation and is assigned less
than 50 percent of the time to perform employment duties in the same department that are not
within the scope of fire service in Minnesota Statutes Section 353.64, Subdivision 1.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council, of the City of
Chanhassen hereby declares that the position of part-time firefighter, in the Chanhassen Fire
Department satisfies the requirements of a full-time firefighter other than the requirement of full-
time employment, and is assigned less than 50 percent of the time to perform employment duties
in the same department that are not within the scope of fire service in Minnesota Statutes Section
353.64, Subdivision 1.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this governmental unit will provide a copy of this
resolution to PERA each time it provides Police and Fire membership to a person who is hired to
said part-time position and will indicate the name of the employee eligible for such coverage.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the named employee is a member of the Public
Employees Police and Fire Plan effective the date of the employee’s initial Police and Fire Plan
salary deduction by the governmental subdivision.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Chanhassen City Council this 9th day of June, 2025.
ATTEST:
Jenny Potter, City Clerk Elise Ryan, Mayor
YES NO ABSENT
Ryan McDonald
von Oven
Kimber
Schubert
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