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CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA <br />NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS <br />December 31, 2021 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />F. DISCOUNT RATE <br /> <br />The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability in 2021 was 6.5%. The projection of cash <br />flows used to determine the discount rate assumed that contributions from plan members and employers <br />will be made at rates set in Minnesota Statutes. Based on these assumptions, the fiduciary net position <br />of the GERF and the PEPFF was projected to be available to make all projected future benefit payments <br />of current plan members. Therefore, the long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments <br />was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the total pension liability. <br /> <br /> <br />G. PENSION LIABILITY SENSITIVITY <br /> <br />The following presents the City’s proportionate share of the net pension liability, calculated using the <br />discount rate disclosed in the preceding paragraph, as well as what the City’s proportionate share of the <br />net pension liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate one percentage point lower or <br />one percentage point higher than the current discount rate: <br /> <br />1% Decrease in 1% Increase in <br />Discount Rate (5.5%) Discount Rate (6.5%) Discount Rate (7.5%) <br />Proportionate share of the <br /> GERF net pension liability $3,405,428 $1,669,745 $245,512 <br />Proportionate share of the <br /> PEPFF net pension liability $5,474,714 $1,724,411 ($1,349,908) <br /> <br />H. PENSION PLAN FIDUCIARY NET POSITION <br /> <br />Detailed information about each pension plan’s fiduciary net position is available in a separately-issued <br />PERA financial report that includes financial statements and required supplementary information. That <br />report may be obtained at www.mnpera.org. <br /> <br /> <br />I. PENSION EXPENSE <br /> <br />Pension expense recognized by the City for the year ended December 31, 2021 is as follows: <br /> <br />GERF ($34,541) <br />PEPFF (234,087) <br />Fire Pension Plan (Note 8) 116,950 <br />Total ($151,678) <br /> <br />Note 8 DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN – FIRE DIVISION <br /> <br />A. PLAN DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />The Lino Lakes Public Safety Department – Fire Division participates in the Statewide Volunteer <br />Firefighter Retirement Plan (SVF), an agent multiple-employer lump-sum defined benefit pension plan <br />administered by the Public Employees Retirement Association of Minnesota (PERA). The SVF plan <br />covers volunteer firefighters of municipal fire departments or independent nonprofit firefighting <br />corporations that have elected to join the plan. At December 31, 2021 (measurement date), the plan <br />68