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NOTE 13 — OTHER POST -EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (OPEB) PLAN (CONTINUED) <br />Since the plan is not funded by an irrevocable trust, the discount rate is equal to the 20-year municipal bond <br />yield. <br />G. Changes in the Total OPEB Liability <br />Total O P EB <br />Liability <br />Beginning Balance $ 794,822 <br />Changes for the year <br />Service cost 91,803 <br />interest 35,055 <br />Differences between expected and actual experience 433,178 <br />Changes of assumptions 66,721 <br />Benefit payments (42,119) <br />Total net changes 584,638 <br />Ending Balance $ 1,379,460 <br />Assumption changes since the prior measurement date include the following: <br />• The discount rate was changed from 4.05 percent to 3.77 percent. <br />• The inflation rate was increased from 2.50 percent to 2.60 percent. <br />• The healthcare trend rates were updated for changes in recent studies and inflationary adjustments. <br />H. Total OPEB Liability Sensitivity to Discount and Healthcare Cost Trend Rate Changes <br />The following presents the total OPEB liability of the City, as well as what the City's total OPEB liability <br />would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is 1 percentage point lower or 1 percentage point <br />higher than the current discount rate: <br />1% Decrease in <br />Discount Rate <br />C)PEE1 discount ratc 2.77% <br />Total OPE13 liability <br />Discount <br />Rate <br />1 z Increase in <br />Discount Rate <br />3.77 % 4.77 % <br />$ I ,502,004 $ I ,379,460 $ 1 ,267, 123 <br />The following presents the total OPEB liability of the City, as well as what the City's total OPEB liability <br />would be if it were calculated using healthcare cost trend rates that are 1 percentage point lower or 1 <br />percentage point higher than the current healthcare cost trend rates: <br />OPEB healthcare trend rate <br />1% Decrease in <br />Healthcare Cost Trend Rate <br />Healthcare Cost Trend 1% Increase in <br />Rate Healthcare Cost Trend Rate <br />6.75% grading to 3.00% 7.75% grading to 4.0% <br />over several decades over several decades <br />8.75% grading to 5.00% <br />over several decades <br />Total OPEB liability $ 1,216,895 $ 1,379,460 $ 1,571,982 <br />92 <br />