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NOTE 13 — OTHER POST -EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (OPEB) PLAN (CONTINUED) <br />I. OPEB Expense and Related Deferred Outflow of Resources and Deferred Inflows of Resources <br />For the current year ended, the City recognized OPEB expense of $145,570. As of year-end, the City <br />reported deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to OPEB from the <br />following sources: <br />Deferred Deferred <br />Outflows of Inflows of <br />Resources Resources <br />Differences between expected and actual experience $ 747,437 $ 186,110 <br />Changes of assumptions 102,801 366,306 <br />City contributions subsequent to the measurement date 49,708 - <br />Total $ 899,946 $ 552,416 <br />A total of $49,708 reported as deferred outflows of resources related to OPEB resulting from city <br />contributions subsequent to the measurement date will be recognized as a reduction of the total OPEB <br />liability in the year ending December 31, 2025. Other amounts reported as deferred outflows of resources <br />and deferred inflows of resources related to OPEB will be recognized in OPEB expense as follows: <br />December 31, <br />2025 <br />2026 <br />2027 <br />2028 <br />2029 <br />Thereafter <br />Total <br />$ <br />NOTE 14 — TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENTS <br />Amount <br />18,712 <br />18,712 <br />18,712 <br />17,511 <br />19,431 <br />204,744 <br />297,822 <br />The City, in order to spur economic development, housing and redevelopment will enter into private <br />development and redevelopment agreements to encourage a developer to construct, expand, or improve <br />new or existing properties and buildings or clean-up and redevelop blighted properties. The City made <br />payments on six private development agreements: four redevelopment and two housing that would be <br />considered a tax abatement under GASB Statement 77 as of December 31, 2024. <br />The City issued these six agreements through the economic development vehicle known as tax increment <br />financing whereby tax increment revenue is generated on the incremental increase in value above a base <br />established on the date that the tax increment district is created. Per these agreements, the developer shall <br />initially pay for the development property and any site improvements with the City reimbursing these <br />expenses through the issuance of a tax increment revenue note payable solely from the tax increments <br />generated from the project. <br />93 <br />