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Kandiyohi council opts into statewide volunteer firefighter retirement plan
Summary
The Kandiyohi City Council on July 21 approved Resolution 202512 to join the Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan and transfer the Fire Relief Association's Special Fund to PERA, effective Jan. 1, 2026. The measure passed 3–0 with one abstention for conflict of interest.
The Kandiyohi City Council voted July 21 to join the Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan and transfer the Fire Relief Association’s Special Fund into the Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA), effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Council Member Jeff Clark moved to approve Resolution 202512, and Council Member Scott McGillivray seconded. Mayor Jon Lindstrand, Council Member Jeff Clark and Council Member Scott McGillivray voted yes. Council Member Toby Giese abstained, citing a conflict of interest; Council Member Spencer Hunt was absent. The motion carried.
The resolution was presented at the meeting as a response to the Fire Relief Association’s request to move its special fund into the statewide retirement framework. The transcript records the effective date named in the resolution as Jan. 1, 2026. No additional financial figures for the local impact of the transfer were given during the meeting.
Clerk/Treasurer Julie Woltjer recorded the action for the minutes. The Council did not vote on implementing language or specific administrative steps at the meeting; those details were left to the Fire Relief Association and PERA to finalize per the resolution.
The Council handled the firefighter plan vote as part of its regular business; no public testimony or extended debate on the merits was recorded in the transcript. The next procedural steps are implementation steps with PERA and any administrative coordination required to effect the fund transfer.
