John, You asked for any site that might explain the charge....after going through a lot of info the only thing I could come up with is www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cityhall/laws/ordinances
City ordinances...go to police and fire Ordinance 173.720 Charges for equipment and personnel base charge for equipment and personnel actually used for fire protection shall be 400 hundred dollars per hour per vehicle for service on state trunk highway..leaving fire station until time of return to station. .. there must be another ordinance some place, however, it seems strange that they would charge me $400.00 for seven minutes or so when they charge $400 per hour as a normal fee with the wording of "actually used for fire protection" go to 176.40...false alarms...you can have electronic false alarms go off and it is not until the third one do you pay a fee of $200. 4th is $300. 5th is $400.00. What would be more time consuming than going to false alarms? I am assuming it is for fire or could be police....... ooooooooooooooo Another item...once again I will state " I was told" but there is a site in city health... police early retirement for secretaries and office workers is $15,000.00 plus 5 years of health care (@12,000.?) This is early retirement...contracts signed for their pension is @$18,000.00. Tim made the statement that the $15,000 was their pension..that is not correct. They will get $33,000. plus 5 years of health care by leaving early... dorie rae gallagher nokomis REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
