Agenda - Council Work Session - 06/10/2025

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NOTE 10 — DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS — STATE-WIDE (CONTINUED) The following changes in actuarial assumptions occurred in 2024: 1. GERF • Rates of merit and seniority were adjusted, resulting in slightly higher rates. • Assumed rates of retirement were adjusted as follows: increase the rate of assumed unreduced retirement, slight adjustments to Rule of 90 retirement rates, and slight adjustments to early retirement rates for Tier 1 and Tier 2 members. • Minor increase in assumed withdrawals for males and females. • Lower rates of disability. • Continued use of Pub-2010 general mortality table with slight rate adjustments as recommended in the most recent experience study. • Minor changes to form of payment assumptions for male and female retirees. • Minor changes to assumptions made with respect to missing participant data. The following changes in plan provisions occurred in 2024: 1. GERF • The worker's compensation offset for disability benefits was eliminated. The actuarial equivalent factors updated to reflect the changes in assumptions. 2. PEPFF • The State contribution of $9 million per year will continue until the earlier of 1) both the PEPFF and the State Patrol Retirement Fund attain 90% funded status for three consecutive years (on an actuarial value of assets basis) or 2) July 1, 2048. The contribution was previously due to expire after attaining a 90% funded status for one year. • The additional $9 million contribution will continue until the PEPFF is fully funded for a minimum of three consecutive years on an actuarial value of assets basis, or July 1, 2048, whichever is earlier. This contribution was previously due to expire upon attainment of fully funded status on an actuarial value of assets basis for one year (or July 1, 2048 if earlier). G. Discount Rate The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability in 2024 was 7.0%. The projection of cash flows used to determine the discount rate assumed that contributions from plan members and employers will be made at rates set in Minnesota Statutes. Based on these assumptions, the fiduciary net positions of the GERF and the PEPFF were projected to be available to make all projected future benefit payments of current plan members. Therefore, the long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the total pension liability. H. Pension Liability Sensitivity The following presents the City's proportionate share of the net pension liability for all plans it participates in, calculated using the discount rate disclosed in the preceding paragraph, as well as what the City's proportionate share of the net pension liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate one percentage point lower or one percentage point higher than the current discount rate: 88