MN SF3585

Maplewood Firefighters Relief Association is prohibited from distributing benefits or paying expenses (except administrative costs) until obtaining city consent to plan amendments adopted since January 1, 2018, or paying the city the lesser of: surplus over full funding as of December 31, 2017, or all city contributions since January 1, 1997.

Any payment to the city of Maplewood must be credited to its general fund and used for firefighting or emergency medical services expenditures.

The relief association is dissolved effective December 31, 2018, with dissolution procedures following Minnesota Statutes section 424B.20 as if the fire department had been eliminated.

The board of trustees must complete all required dissolution activities, including transferring special fund assets and winding up affairs, by January 31, 2019.

If the board fails to complete dissolution by January 31, 2019, the city of Maplewood may appoint a three-member board to replace the trustees and complete the dissolution process.