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<br />- 27 - <br />Labor Contracts <br /> <br />The status of labor contracts in the City is as follows: <br /> <br /> No. of Expiration Date <br />Bargaining Unit Employees of Current Contract <br /> <br />LELS -- Patrol 19 December 31, 2017 <br />LELS -- Sargent 5 December 31, 2017 <br />49ers – Public Works 15 December 31, 2017 <br />AFSCME 20 December 31, 2017 <br /> <br />Subtotal 59 <br />Non-unionized employees 10 <br /> <br />Total employees 69 <br /> <br /> <br />Employee Pensions <br /> <br />All full-time and certain part-time employees of the City are covered by defined benefit pension plans <br />administered by the Public Employees Retirement Association of Minnesota (PERA). PERA administers <br />the General Employees Retirement Fund (GERF) and the Public Employees Police and Fire Fund <br />(PEPFF), which are cost-sharing multiple-employer retirement plans. GERF members belong to either <br />the Coordinated Plan or the Basic Plan. Coordinated members are covered by Social Security and Basic <br />members are not. All new members must participate in the Coordinated Plan. All police officers, fire <br />fighters and peace officers who qualify for membership by statute are covered by the PEPFF. The City’s <br />contributions to GERF and PEPFF are equal to the contractually required contributions for each year as <br />set by State Statute, and are as follows for the past five years: <br /> <br /> GERF PEPFF <br /> <br />2015 $182,102 $393,560 <br />2014 162,934 314,426 <br />2013 160,392 290,737 <br />2012 164,317 315,541 <br />2011 187,186 285,356 <br /> <br />For more information regarding the liability of the City with respect to its employees, please reference <br />“Note 6, Pension Plans” of the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for fiscal year ended <br />December 31, 2015, an excerpt of which is included as Appendix IV of this Official Statement. <br /> <br />Sources: City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports. <br />