2013-12-31 Annual Financial Report

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CITY OF CENTERVILLE, MINNESOTA NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2013 Note 4:DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS - STATEWIDE A.Plan description All full-time and certain part-time employees of the City of Centerville are covered by defined benefit plans administered by the Public Employees Retirement Association of Minnesota (PERA).PERA administers the General Employees Retirement Fund (GERF), which is a cost-sharing, multiple-employer retirement plan.The plan is established and administered in accordance with Minnesota statutes, chapters 353 and 356. GERF members belong to either the Coordinated Plan or the Basic Plan.Coordinated Plan members are covered by Social Security and Basic Plan membersare not.All new members must participate in the Coordinated Plan. PERA provides retirement benefits as well as disability benefits to members, and benefits to survivors upon death of eligible members.Benefits are established by Minnesota statute, and vest after three years of credited service.The defined retirement benefits are based on a member’s highest average salary for any five successive years of allowable service, age and years of credit at termination of service. Two methods are used to compute benefits for PERA’s Coordinated and Basic Plan members.The retiring member receives the higher of a step-rate benefit accrual formula (Method 1) or a level accrual formula (Method 2).Under Method1, the annuity accrual rate for a Basic Plan member is 2.2 percent of average salary for each of the first 10years of service and 2.7 percent for each remaining year.The annuity accrual rate for a Coordinated Plan member is 1.2percent of average salary for each of the first 10 years and 1.7 percent for eachremaining year.Under Method2, the annuity accrual rate is 2.7 percent of average salary for Basic Plan members and 1.7 percent for Coordinated Plan members for each year of service.GERF members hired prior to July 1, 1989 whose annuity is calculated using Method1, a full annuity is available when age plus years of service equal 90. Normal retirement age is the age for unreduced Social Security benefits capped at 66 for Coordinated members hired on or after July 1, 1989. A reduced retirement annuityisalso availabletoeligible members seeking early retirement. erent types of annuities availableto members upon retirement. A single-life annuityisa lifetime annuity that There are diff ceases upon the death of the retiree -- no survivor annuityis payable. There are also various types ofjoint and survivor annuityoptions available whichwill be payable over joint lives.Members mayalsoleave their contributions in the fund upon termination of public service inorderto qualify for adeferred annuity at retirement age. Refunds of contributions are availableat any time to members who leave public service, but before retirement benefits begin. The benefit provisions stated in the previous paragraphs of this section are current provisions and apply to active plan participants.Vested, terminated employees who are entitled to benefits but are not receiving them yet are bound by the provisions in effect at the time they last terminated their public service. PERA issues a publicly available financial reportthat includes financial statements and requiredsupplementary information for GERF.That report may be obtained on the Internetat www.mnpera.org, by writing to PERAat 60Empire Drive, Suite 200, St. Paul, Minnesota 55103-2088 or by calling (651)296-7460 or (800)652-9026. B.Funding policy Minnesota statutes, chapter 353 sets the rates for employer and employee contributions. These statutes are established and amended by the State legislature. The City makes annual contributions to the pension plans equal to the amount required by Minnesota statutes. GERF Basis Plan members and Coordinated Plan members were required tocontribute 9.10percent and 6.25percent, respectively, of their annual covered salary in 2013.In 2013, the City of Centerville was required to contribute the following percentages of annual covered payroll: 11.78 percent for Basic Plan GERF members and 7.25percent for Coordinated Plan GERF members.The City’s contributions to the GERF for the year ended December 31, 2013,2012and 2011were$38,179,$38,899, and $45,034, respectively. The City’s contributions were equal to the contractually required contributions for each year as set by Minnesota statute.