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CITY OF RAMSEY Notes to Required Supplementary Information Public Employees Police and Fire Fund (continued) Year Ended December 31, 2023 2021 CHANGES IN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS (CONTINUED) • Assumed percent married for active female members was changed from 60 percent to 70 percent. Minor changes to form of payment assumptions were applied. 2020 CHANGES IN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS • The mortality projection scale was changed from MP-2018 to MP-2019. 2019 CHANGES IN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS • The mortality projection scale was changed from MP-2017 to MP-2018. 2018 CHANGES IN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS • The mortality projection scale was changed from MP-2016 to MP-2017. 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. 107