1. Approve Resolution R2024-044 Accepting the Voluntary Dissolution of the Shakopee Fire Department Relief Association.
2. Approve job descriptions for Part-Time Firefighter/EMT and Part-Time Lieutenant/EMT effective May 6, 2024.
3. Approve Resolution R2024-042 Declaring Part-Time Firefighter/EMT and Part-Time Lieutenant positions eligible for Police and Fire PERA.

The City of Shakopee's Fire Department is made up of full-time staff, as well as paid-on-call staff. The full-time employees participate in the state's Public Employee Retirement Association (PERA) as part of the city's employee benefit package, and the paid-on-call employees are currently members of the Shakopee Fire Department Relief Association (SFDRA) as is allowed by state statute. At its March 25, 2024 board meeting, the SFDRA unanimously voted to voluntarily dissolve the association, and by considering Resolution R2024-044 the City Council is being asked to accept the association's dissolution. 

By dissolving the SFDRA the paid-on-call members of the department would need to be reestablished as part-time employees that are eligible to participate in PERA the same as other regular full and part-time employees of the city. All current paid-on-call members of the Shakopee Fire Department have been notified of this change and are being asked to consider whether they will participate in this change or voluntarily end their employment upon termination of the SFDRA. The anticipated termination date is May 5, 2024 so the PERA effective date would be May 6, 2024.