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<br />- 23 - <br />Nineteen parks and playgrounds are maintained by the City and include ball fields, hockey and skating <br />rinks, playground and picnic facilities, and 33 miles of trails. Anoka County also owns a 5,500-acre park <br />and an 18-hole golf course within the City. <br /> <br />The City currently provides municipal sewer and water through the operation of six wells, two water towers, <br />and 15 lift stations. Water Tower No. 3 is currently under construction. The City currently has 5,439 users <br />of its sewer system and 5,175 users of its water system. The City has a policy that municipal water services <br />will be extended only to sewered areas. <br /> <br /> <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 20 December 31, 2022 <br />LELS – Sargent 5 December 31, 2022 <br />49ers – Public Works 16 December 31, 2022 <br />AFSCME 18 December 31, 2022 <br /> <br />Subtotal 59 <br />Non-unionized employees 10 <br /> <br />Total employees 69 <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 (PEPFF), <br />which are cost-sharing multiple-employer retirement plans. GERF members belong to either the <br />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 set <br />by State Statute, and are as follows for the past five years: <br /> <br /> GERF PEPFF <br /> <br />2019 $208,807 $452,731 <br />2018 202,526 420,821 <br />2017 192,510 416,665 <br />2016 193,684 424,970 <br />2015 182,102 393,551 <br /> <br />Lino Lakes Fire Division <br /> <br />Volunteer firefighters of the City’s Public Safety Department – Fire Division are eligible for pension <br />benefits through membership in the Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Retirement Plan (SFV), an agent <br />multiple-employer, lump-sum defined benefit pension plan administered by PERA. The plan is established <br />and administer in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 353G. A member who has completed five <br />or more years of service in the fire department shall at age 50 be entitled to a lump-sum benefit. Plan