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<br />r I ---"( <br />( II <br />fill River <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br /> <br />ITEM 4.2. <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />LORI JOHNSON, FINANCE DIRECTOR~~ <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />DATE: JULY 22, 1993 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: FIRE RELIEF ASSOCIATION BENEFIT <br />REQUEST <br /> <br />Members of the Fire Relief Association will be present on <br />Monday to make a second request for a City contribution to the <br />Elk River Fire Relief Association. They will also be <br />requesting an increase in their benefit amount for 1994. The <br />amount of increase will depend on the level of contribution <br />from the City in 1993. I will try to provide as much <br />information as possible in order for the Council to make an <br />informed decision. Because the laws regarding the Relief <br />Association and the City's responsibility as it relates to the <br />Relief Association are somewhat complex, there are numerous <br />items that need to be brought to the Council's attention. <br /> <br />First, I would like to address the questions Councilmembers had <br />last Monday. Councilmember Dietz questioned whether the Elk <br />River Relief Association was receiving a higher than normal <br />contribution from the City. I have attached a copy of the <br />report from Lawrence Martin, Executive Director of the <br />Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement which <br />addresses that question. This report was also distributed last <br />year when the Relief Association made its presentation to the <br />Council. At that time the Council was made aware that the City <br />of Elk River is listed in this report as a community making an <br />unusually large contribution to the Relief Association. There <br />were 43 Relief Associations listed whose municipal contribution <br />was very large in comparison to the amount of State fire aid <br />received and the amount of the Relief Association's computed <br />annual financial requirement. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dietz also questioned how much a pay increase to <br />$12 and $16 per hour would cost the City. Currently there have <br />been 128 fires through June and the firefighters have put in a <br />total of 2,022 hours on those fires. In addition, 612 training <br />hours have been logged. An increase to $12 per hour would cost <br />approximately $21,000 plus benefits, and an increase to $16 per <br />hour would cost approximately $42,000 per year plus benefits. <br />Currently the assistant chiefs are paid at $9 per hour, while <br />other firefighters are paid $8 per hour. Councilmember Dietz <br />further requested detail information on each employee including <br />the number of hours worked and the number responses. That <br />information is attached. <br /> <br />P.O. Box 490 · 13065 Orono Parkway · Elk River, MN 55330 · (612) 441-7420 · Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />