This two day course will focus on the advanced towing and recovery including basic/advanced hook-ups and roll-overs/embankments with hands-on training instructed by Ron Feist, Ron Gardas Jr. and the Minnesota Professional Towing Association Board of Directors.

Registration Form

September 24, 2024:
7:30 am  Registration
8:00 am to 5:00 pm  Classroom & Hands-On Training
6:00 pm   Annual Meeting at:

Doubletree Hotel
2540 Cleveland Ave
Roseville, MN 55113

September 25, 2024:
8:00 am to 4:00 pm  Classroom & Hands-On Training

Payment Card Interchange Fee Settlement Opens for Claims

Claim notices began mailing out December 1.

December 05, 2023

In March, a federal appeals court upheld a $5.6 billion antitrust class-action settlement consisting of more than 12 million retailers. The claims process is now moving forward as claims forms began mailing on December 1, 2023, and will continue being sent for most of December.

The lawsuit is about the excessive fees merchants had to pay in order to accept Visa and Mastercard cards after the companies violated antitrust laws. With the $5.54 billion settlement, every merchant in the Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class that did not exclude itself from the class by the deadline and filed a valid claim (“Authorized Claimant”) will be paid from the settlement fund. The part of the litigation challenging Visa and Mastercard’s rules and price setting is continuing.

The Rule 23(b)(3) Settlement Class consists of persons, businesses and other entities that have accepted any Visa-branded cards and/or Mastercard-branded cards in the United States at any time from January 1, 2004, to January 25, 2019.

The deadline for merchants to file their claim is May 31, 2024. Once you have received your claim notice, you may file either online or mail your claim to the settlement office.

For more information on the claims process and the settlement itself, visit Payment Card Settlement | Official Court-Authorized Website – Home. That is the official website for the settlement and will include all official court notices relating to the settlement.

If you did not receive a claim form and did not opt out, visit the official website and notify the claims administrator to receive and file a claim form. No organization will receive funds without filing a claim.

The one day course will focus on the basics of everyday towing of heavy duty equipment with hands-on training instructed by the Minnesota Professional Towing Association Board of Directors.

7:30am-4:30pm

1 Day Basic Heavy Duty Registration Form

The Eve of Destruction

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Elko Invite, Registration Form & Sponsorship Form

As Electric Vehicles (EV’s) become more popular on Minnesota and regional highways, MPTA has partnered up with EVsafe for a training class on Wednesday, June 28^th from 8:00am to 11:00am at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Roseville. At this time, MPTA is hosting a morning class with a maximum of 50 students and may add another class in the afternoon if there are more attendees. This class consists of three hours of combined Presentation/Classroom and Hands-on training.

 

Please feel free to send this information out to your local law enforcement and first responders if necessary.  Please see the attached registration form for more information. MPTA does have a small block of discounted rooms at the DoubleTree in Roseville if an overnight is needed for the evening of Tuesday, June 27^th.

 

Please feel free to contact the MPTA office for more information if needed.

EVsafe Awareness Course Registration Form

Hotel Room Link:

https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=MSPACDT&groupCode=CDTMPT&arrivaldate=2023-06-27&departuredate=2023-06-28&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT

MPTA Board meeting will be held on February 28, 2023 at the MPTA Office. Weather Permitting.

2886 Middle Street

Little Canada, MN 55117

Dinner at 6:00pm

Meeting at 6:30pm