HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 7470 HCFCA MembershipRESOLUTION NO. 7470
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, Orono Fire is 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, Orono Fire Department membership in the HCFCA as a nonprofit
organization will benefit Orono and its Fire Department and will provide for the betterment and
improvement of Orono’s Fire Department operations surrounding fire safety and emergency
response;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Orono City Council as follows:
1.Orono 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 Orono Fire Department’s Fire
Chief is designated as Orono Fire Department’s representative to HCFCA.
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ADOPTED,by the Orono City Council on the 22
nd day of April, 2024.
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Orono’s Mayor Dennis Walsh
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Orono’s City Clerk Christine Lusian