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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA <br />NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS <br />DECEMBER 31, 2018 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(60) <br /> <br />NOTE 7 DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – STATE-WIDE (CONTINUED) <br />D. Pension Costs (Continued) <br />1. GERF Pension Costs (Continued) <br />A total of $42,102 reported as deferred outflows of resources related to pensions <br />resulting from City contributions subsequent to the measurement date will be <br />recognized as a reduction of the net pension liability in the year ended December 31, <br />2019. Other amounts reported as deferred outflows and inflows of resources related <br />to pensions will be recognized in pension expense as follows: <br /> <br />Pension <br />Expenses <br />Year Ended December 31,Amount <br />2019 11,244$ <br />2020 (58,312) <br />2021 (72,832) <br />2022 (19,915) <br />Thereafter - <br />E. Actuarial Assumptions <br />The total pension liability in the June 30, 2018, actuarial valuation was determined using <br />the following actuarial assumptions: <br /> <br />Inflation 2.70% per Year <br />Active Member Payroll Growth 3.25% per Year <br />Investment Rate of Return 7.50% <br />Salary increases were based on a service-related table. Mortality rates for active <br />members, retirees, survivors, and disabilitants were based on RP-2014 tables for males <br />or females, as appropriate, with slight adjustments to fit PERA’s experience. Cost of <br />living benefit increases for retirees are assumed to be 1.25% per year for the General <br />Employees Plan. <br /> <br />Actuarial assumptions used in the June 30, 2018, valuation were based on the results of <br />actuarial experience studies. The most recent four-year experience study in the General <br />Employees Plan was completed in 2015. <br /> <br />The following changes in actuarial assumptions occurred in 2018: <br /> <br /> The mortality projection scale was changed from MP-2015 to MP-2017.   <br /> The assumed post-retirement benefit increase was changed from 1.0% per year <br />through 2044 and 2.50% per year thereafter to 1.25% per year.