March 16, 2021, Pension Commission Meeting

Agenda

1. Approval of March 2, 2021, meeting minutes. - Approved


2. HF1107 (Murphy): PERA Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan; Permits the allocation of fire state aid between the SVF plan and the municipality. - Passed
   • H1107 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Doug Anderson, Executive Director, Public Employees Retirement
     • Nyle Zikmund, Moundsview City Administrator
     • Mark Rosenblum, President, Minnesota State Fire Department Association


3. SF2056 (Rosen); HF2145 (Nelson, M.): State Auditor's fire relief association working group recommendations. - Passed
   • S2056-H2145 Summary
   • 2020 Fiscal Note
   • Testifiers:
     • State Auditor Julie Blaha
     • Rose Hennessy Allen, Pension Division Director, Office of the State Auditor
     • Ron Johnson, working group member, Minnesota State Fire Dept. Assoc. member


4. SF1925 (Abeler); HF2192 (Heinrich): Ramsey Fire Relief Association and Nowthen firefighters; Provides full vesting and distribution of accounts to firefighters assigned to the Nowthen fire station. - Passed
   • SF1925 Summary
   • Testifiers:
     • Matt Kohner, Ramsey Fire Chief
     • Jeff Pilon, Mayor of Nowthen


5. SF950 (Pappas); HF407 (Nelson, M.): MSRS; Increases the benefit for a former Dept. of Labor & Industry employee due to erroneous benefit estimate information from MSRS. - Passed
   • S0950-H0407 Summary and Attachment
   • Testifier:
     • David Musielewicz (Musielewicz handout)


6. Report on the LCPR Study of Postretirement Adjustments (COLA). - Laid over
   • Study Report (Text-only version)
   • Amendment COLA-1A, suggested by staff
   • Motion alternatives
   • Staff documents from the March 2 meeting:
     • Presentation
     • LCPR Principles
   • Testifiers:
     • Brian Rice, representing the Minnesota Police Fraternal Association (Rice handout)
     • Chris Parsons, President, Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters
     • Louise Sundin, Minneapolis Committee of Thirteen
     • Ethan Vogel, Legislative Director, AFSCME Council 5 (PEPC Letter)
     • David Johnson, representing the Minnesota Municipal Retirement Assoc. (Johnson handout)

TESTIFYING: If you wish to testify or submit written testimony on any of the agenda items, please contact Commission Assistant Lisa Diesslin at lisa.diesslin@lcpr.mn.gov by 6:00 PM on Monday, March 15, and you will receive further instructions.

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This meeting is being held in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 13D.021, and Legislative Coordinating Commission guidelines.