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CITY OF CENTERVILLE, MINNESOTA NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2015 Note 4: DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS - STATEWIDE - CONTINUED GERF benefits 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 Method 1, the annuity accrual rate for a Basic Plan member is 2.2 percent of average salary for each of the first ten years of service and 2.7 percent for each remaining year. The annuity accrual rate for a Coordinated Plan member is 1.2 percent of average salary for each of the first ten years and 1.7 percent for each remaining year. Under Method 2, 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. For members hired prior to July 1, 1989, a full annuity is available when age plus years of service equal 90 and normal retirement age is 65. For members hired on or after July 1, 1989, normal retirement age is the age for unreduced Social Security benefits capped at 66. C. Contributions Minnesota statutes, chapter 353 sets the rates for employer and employee contributions. Contribution rates can only be modified by the state legislature. GERF contributions Basic Plan members and Coordinated Plan members were required to contribute 9.10 percent and 6.50 percent, respectively, of their annual covered salary in calendar year 2015. The City was required to contribute 11.78 percent of pay for Basic Plan members and 7.50 percent for Coordinated Plan members in calendar year 2015. The City's contributions to the GERF for the years ending December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 were $37,110, $35,215 and $38,179, respectively. The City's contributions were equal to the contractually required contributions for each year as set by Minnesota statute. D. Pension costs GERF pension costs At December 31, 2015, the City reported a liability of $430,149 for its proportionate share of the GERF's net pension liability. The net pension liability was measured as of June 30, 2015, and the total pension liability used to calculate the net pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of that date. The City's proportion of the net pension liability was based on the City's contributions received by PERA during the measurement period for employer payroll paid dates from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 relative to the total employer contributions received from all of PERA's participating employers. At June 30, 2015, the City's proportionate share was 0.0083 percent which was a decrease of 0.001 percent from its proportion measured as of June 30, 2014. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the City recognized pension expense of ($4,586) for its proportionate share of GERF's pension expense. -63-