2024-23
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: April 15, 2024 RESOLUTION NO: 2024-23
MOTION BY: McDonald SECONDED BY: Kimber
A RESOLUTION APPROVING MEMBERSHIP IN THE HENNEPIN COUNTY FIRE
CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, INC.
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Fire Chiefs Association (“HCFCA”) is an organization
of fire departments and others in the fire service industry in Hennepin County whose purpose is to
provide a forum to discuss and promote fire safety, to exchange ideas and search for solutions to
fire safety and other emergency response problems, to conduct research, to facilitate educational
programs, to promote legislation, and to promote the spirit of cooperation between fire departments
or other emergency response organizations operating within Hennepin County, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, HCFCA was established as an association in 1961 but was not a formal
corporate entity recognized by the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State;
WHEREAS, the Chanhassen Fire Department is a currently a member of HCFCA;
WHEREAS, HCFCA’s membership and Board of Directors has determined that it is in
the best interests of the association to organize as a nonprofit corporation in order to formalize its
operations and provide the option of applying for federal tax-exempt status;
WHEREAS, on January 8, 2024, the Hennepin County Fire Chiefs Association, Inc., was
registered as a nonprofit corporation with the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State;
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 471.96 provides authority for cities and counties
“to appropriate necessary funds to provide membership of their respective municipal corporations
or political subdivisions respectively in county, regional, state, and national associations of a civic,
educational, or governmental nature which have as their purpose the betterment and improvement
of municipal government operations”; and
WHEREAS, Chanhassen Fire Department’s membership in the HCFCA as a nonprofit
organization will benefit Chanhassen and its Fire Department and will provide for the betterment
and improvement of Chanhassen Fire Department’s operations surrounding fire safety and
emergency response;
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NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Chanhassen City Council as follows:
1. Chanhassen Fire Department’s membership in Hennepin County Fire Chiefs
Association, Inc. is approved, and payment of annual membership dues is authorized.
2. Membership will be through the Fire Department and Fire Chief Andrew Heger is
designated as the City of Chanhassen’s representative to HCFCA.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Chanhassen City Council on this 15 day of April 2024.
ATTEST:
Kim Meuwissen, City Clerk Elise Ryan, Mayor
YES NO ABSENT
Ryan von Oven
McDonald
Schubert
Kimber
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