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CITY OF RAMSEY Notes to Required Supplementary Infoiniation Public Employees Police and Fire Fund (continued) Year Ended December 31, 2021 2018 CHANGES IN PLAN PROVISIONS • Post -retirement benefit increases were changed to 1.00 percent for all years, with no trigger. • An end date of July 1, 2048 was added to the existing $9.0 million state contribution. • New annual state aid will equal $4.5 million in fiscal years 2019 and 2020, and $9.0 million thereafter, until the plan reaches 100.00 percent funding, or July 1, 2048, if earlier. • Member contributions were changed from 10.80 percent to 11.30 percent of pay, effective January 1, 2019, and 11.80 percent of pay, effective January 1, 2020. • Employer contributions were changed from 16.20 percent to 16.95 percent of pay, effective January 1, 2019, and 17.70 percent of pay, effective January 1, 2020. • Interest credited on member contributions decreased from 4.00 percent to 3.00 percent, beginning July 1, 2018. • Deferred augmentation was changed to zero percent, effective January 1, 2019. Augmentation that has already accrued for deferred members will still apply. • Actuarial equivalent factors were updated to reflect revised mortality and interest assumptions. 2017 CHANGES IN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS • Assumed salary increases were changed as recommended in the June 30, 2016 experience study. The net effect is proposed rates that average 0.34 percent lower than the previous rates. • Assumed rates of retirement were changed, resulting in fewer retirements. • The CSA load was 30.00 percent for vested and nonvested deferred members. The CSA has been changed to 33.00 percent for vested members, and 2.00 percent for nonvested members. • The base mortality table for healthy annuitants was changed from the RP-2000 Fully Generational Table to the RP-2014 Fully Generational Table (with a base year of 2006), with male rates adjusted by a factor of 0.96. The mortality improvement scale was changed from Scale AA to Scale MP-2016. The base mortality table for disabled annuitants was changed from the RP-2000 Disabled Mortality Table to the mortality tables assumed for healthy retirees. • Assumed teiniination rates were decreased to 3.00 percent for the first three years of service. Rates beyond the select period of three years were adjusted, resulting in more expected teiniinations overall. • Assumed percentage of married female members was decreased from 65.00 percent to 60.00 percent. 106