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CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA <br />NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS <br />December 31, 2023 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Changes in Plan Provisions: <br /> An additional one-time direct state aid contribution of $170.1 million was contributed to the Plan on October 1, 2023. <br /> The vesting period of those hired after June 30, 2010, was changed from five years of allowable service to three years of <br />allowable service. <br /> The benefit increase delay for early retirements on or after January 1, 2024, was eliminated. <br /> A one-time, non-compounding benefit increase of 2.50% minus the actual 2024 adjustment will be payable in a lump <br />sum for calendar year 2024 by March 31, 2024. <br /> <br />Police and Fire Fund <br />Changes in Actuarial Assumptions: <br /> The investment return assumption was changed from 6.50% to 7.00%. <br /> The single discount rate changed from 5.40% to 7.00%. <br />. <br />Changes in Plan Provisions: <br /> An additional one-time direct state aid contribution of $19.4 million was contributed to the Plan on October 1, 2023. <br /> Vesting requirement for new hires after June 30, 2014, was changed from a graded 20-year vesting schedule to a graded <br />10-year vesting schedule, with 50% vesting after five years, increasing incrementally to 100% after 10 years. <br /> A one-time, non-compounding benefit increase of 3.00% will be payable in a lump sum for calendar year 2024 by March <br />31, 2024. <br /> Psychological treatment is required effective July 1, 2023, prior to approval for a duty disability benefit for a <br />psychological condition relating to the member’s occupation. <br /> The total and permanent duty disability benefit was increased, effective July 1, 2023. <br /> <br />The State Board of Investment, which manages the investments of PERA, prepares an analysis of the reasonableness on a <br />regular basis of the long-term expected rate of return using a building-block method in which best-estimate ranges of <br />expected future rates of return are developed for each major asset class. These ranges are combined to produce an expected <br />long-term rate of return by weighting the expected future rates of return by the target asset allocation percentages. The target <br />allocation and best estimates of geometric real rates of return for each major asset class are summarized in the following <br />table: <br /> <br />Target Long-Term Expected <br />Asset Class Allocation Real Rate of Return <br />Domestic equity 33.5% 5.10% <br />International equity 16.5% 5.30% <br />Fixed income 25.0% 0.75% <br />Private markets 25.0% 5.90% <br />Totals 100% <br /> <br />F. DISCOUNT RATE <br /> <br />The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability in 2023 was 7.00%. The projection of cash flows used to <br />determine the discount rate assumed that contributions from plan members and employers will be made at rates set in <br />Minnesota Statutes. Based on these assumptions, the fiduciary net position of the GERF and PEPFF were projected to be <br />available to make all projected future benefit payments of current plan members. Therefore, the long-term expected rate of <br />return on pension plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the total pension <br />liability. <br /> <br /> <br />68 <br />75