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CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA <br />REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION <br />NOTES TO RSI <br />December 31, 2017 <br />Note A LEGAL COMPLIANCE -BUDGETS <br />The General Fund budget is legally adopted on a basis consistent with accounting principles generally accepted <br />in the United States of America The legal level of budgetary control is at the department level for the General <br />Fund. <br />Note B OPED INFORMATION <br />No assets are accumulated in a trust that meets the criteria in paragraph 4 ofGASB Statement No. 75 to pay <br />related benefits. There are no factors that affect trends in the amounts reported, such as changes of benefit <br />tenns or assumptions. <br />Note C PENSION INFORMATION <br />PERA-General Employees Retirement Fund <br />20 I 7 Changes <br />Changes in Actuarial Assumptions: <br />• The Combined Service Annuity (CSA) loads were changed from 0.8 percent for active members <br />and 60 percent for vested and non-vested deferred members. The revised CSA loads are now 0.0 <br />percent for active member liability, 15.0 percent for vested deferred member liability and 3.0 <br />percent for non-vested deferred member liability. <br />• The assumed post-retirement benefit increase rate was changed from 1.0 percent per year for all <br />years to 1.0 percent per year through 2044 and 2.5 percent per year thereafter. <br />2016 Changes <br />Changes in Actuarial Assumptions: <br />• The assumed post-retirement benefit increase rate was changed from 1.0% per year through 2035 <br />and 2.5% per year thereafter to 1.0% per year for all future years. <br />The assumed investment return was changed from 7 .9% to 7 .5%. The single discount rate was <br />changed from 7.9% to 7.5%. <br />• Other assumptions were changed pursuant to the experience study dated June 30, 20 I 5. The <br />assumed future salary increases, payroll growth, and inflation were decreased by 0.25% to 3.25% <br />for payroll growth and 2.50% for inflation. <br />PERA Public Employees Police and Fire Fund <br />2017 Changes <br />Changes in Actuarial Assumptions: <br />• The single discount rate was changed from 5.6% to 7.5%. <br />Assumed salary increases were changed as recommended in the June 30, 2016 experience study. <br />The net effect is proposed rates that average 0.34 percent lower than the previous rates. <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA <br />REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION <br />NOTES TO RSI <br />December 31, 2017 <br />• Assumed rates of retirement were changed, resulting in fewer retirements. <br />• The Combined Service Annuity (CSA) load was 30 percent for vested and non-vested deferred <br />members. The CSA has been changed to 33 percent for vested members and 2 percent for non- <br />vested members. <br />The base mortality table for healthy annuitants was changed from the RP-2000 fully generational <br />table to the RP-2014 fully generational table (with a base year of 2006), with male rates adjusted <br />by a factor of0.96. The mortality improvement scale was changed from Scale AA to Scale MP- <br />2016. The base mortality table for disabled annuitants was changed from the RP-2000 disabled <br />mortality table to the mortality tables assumed for healthy retirees. <br />• Assumed termination rates were decreased to 3.0 percent for the first three years of service. Rates <br />beyond the select period of three years were adjusted, resulting in more expected terminations <br />overall. <br />• Assumed percentage of married female members was decreased from 65 percent to 60 percent. <br />• Assumed age difference was changed from separate assumptions for male members ( wives <br />assumed to be three years younger) and female members (husbands assumed to be four years <br />older) to the assumption that males are two years older than females. <br />• The assumed percentage offemale members electing Joint and Survivor annuities was increased. <br />• The assumed post-retirement benefit increase rate was changed from 1.00 percent for all years to <br />1.00 percent per year through 2064 and 2.50 percent thereafter. <br />20 I 6 Changes <br />Changes in Actuarial Assumptions: <br />• The assumed post-retirement benefit increase rate was changed from 1.0% per year through 2037 <br />and 2.5% per year thereafter to 1.0% per year for all future years. <br />• The assumed investment return was changed from 7.9% to 7.5%. The single discount rate <br />changed from 7.9% to 5.6%. <br />• The assumed future salary increases, payroll growth, and inflation were decreased by 0.25% to <br />3.25% for payroll growth and 2.50% for inflation. <br />Single Employer -Fire Division <br />There are no factors that affect trends in the amounts reported, such as change of benefit terms or <br />assumptions. With only two years reported in the RSI, there is no additional information to include in the <br />notes. IV-45