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eligibility and enrollment OTHER GROUPS AMBULANCE SERVICE PERSONNEL Basic and advanced life-support emergency medical service personnel who are employed by any public ambulance service may elect to participate in DCP. Participation in the plan is optional and there is no minimum salary requirement. Your DCP election must be made within 30 days of the service's election to participate or 30 30 days from the date the you begin providing DAYS service to the agency, whichever is later. You may revoke their DCP election at any time. HOW TO ENROLL To enroll, the employer must complete the Defined Con- tribution Plan Membership Certification for Certain Ambu- lance, Rescue, or Volunteer Fire fighter Positions form. RESCUE SQUAD Eligible groups include municipal rescue squads associated with City of Litchfield of Meeker County and county rescue squads associated with Kandiyohi County, who perform emergency management services. Individuals cannot be affiliated with a fire department or ambulance service. how it works ----------------------------------------------- For rescue squad and volunteer firefighters, your DCP election is irrevocable and must be made with 30 days of the date on which , you begin providing services to the agency. ------------------------------------------- HOW TO ENROLL To enroll, the employer must complete the Defined Con- tribution Plan Membership Certification for Certain Ambu- lance, Rescue, or Volunteer Firefighter Positions form. CERTAIN VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS DCP coverage is available to any volunteer or emergency on -call firefighters serving in a municipal fire department or an independent nonprofit firefighter corporation not eligi- ble for PERA's Police and Fire Plan, the Statewide Volun- teer Firefighter Retirement Plan or a municipal fire relief association. The decision to join is made on an individual basis by firefighters, but once made, it becomes irrevocable. HOW TO ENROLL To enroll, the employer must complete the Defined Con- tribution Plan Membership Certification for Certain Ambu- lance, Rescue, or Volunteer Fire fighter Positions form. CONTRIBUTIONS Participating employees contribute a percentage of their gross salary, based on qualifying employment, and the public employer may also make a contribution based on plan provisions. DCP Contribution Rates IL. Plan Employee Contribution Employer Contribution Elected officials 5.0% WM 5.0% Physicians 5.0% 5.0% City Managers 6.5% 6.5% Ambulance and rescue Participating ambulance and rescue squad emergency services determine the contribution amount. squad emergency services Employers must establish a fixed percentage of compensation to contribute on behalf of salaried employ- ees. Members may then choose to make member contributions up to the same amount. Employers making contributions for volunteer or largely uncompensated personnel may assign a unit value for each call or each period of alert duty for the purpose of calculating contributions. Certain Volunteer 7.5% or more — either solely from compensation paid to the covered firefighter or through a combina- Firefighters tion of member and employer contributions. 3