Timer not accessed

I have code like this:

using System;
using System.Threading;
public static class SessionManager
{
private static readonly Timer CheckTimer;
static SessionManager()
{
CheckTimer = new Timer(HandleTimerTick, null, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5));
}
private static void HandleTimerTick(object sender)
{
// Do Stuff
}
}

Resharper is saying that CheckTimer is assignd to but never used. Well, sure but in this case it's correct?

I kind of thought I had to have a field to have the timer stay in scope. I haven't tried it (maybe I will now i've thought of it) but wouuld this work?

using System;
using System.Threading;
public static class SessionManager
{
static SessionManager()
{
new Timer(HandleTimerTick, null, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5));
}
private static void HandleTimerTick(object sender)
{
// Do Stuff
}
}

Looks wierd :)

Thanks
Mark