Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 12/31/2005

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IMMO Iwo CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2005 Note 6 DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS — STATEWIDE (CONTINUED) B. FUNDING POLICY Minnesota Statutes Chapter 353 sets the rates for employer and employee contributions. These statutes are established and amended by the state legislature. The City makes annual contributions to the pension plans equal to the amount required by state statutes. PERF Basic Plan members and Coordinated Plan members are required to contribute 9.10% and 5.10% respectively, of their annual covered salary. Contribution rates in the Coordinated Plan will increase in 2006 to 5.5 %. The City is required to contribute the following percentages of annual covered payroll: 11.78% for Basic Plan PERF members, and 5.53% for Coordinated Plan PERF members. Employer contribution rates for the Coordinated Plan will increase to 6.0% effectively January 1, 2006. The City's contributions to the Public Employees Retirement Fund for the years ending December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003 were $136,230, $128,263, and $124,431, respectively. The City's contributions to the Public Employees Police & Fire Fund for the years ending December 31, 2005, 2004, and 2003 were $158,282, $146,820, and $139,726, respectively. The City's contributions were equal to the contractually required contributions for each year as set by state statute. Note 7 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES During 1971, the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission (MWCC) was organized to provide for consolidation of the sanitary sewer collection, treatment and disposal in the seven county metropolitan area surrounding Minneapolis and St. Paul. Previously, these operations were maintained by the city governments on an individual or collective basis. The MWCC merged with the Metropolitan Council during 1994 to form Metropolitan Council Wastewater Services (MCWS) and is now called the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES). The MCES bills the City annually based upon estimated volume and budgeted costs. The City follows the accounting policy of recognizing these charges as an expense of the sewer utility operation in the year for which they are billed. Note 8 STEWARDSHIP COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY Deficit Fund Balances The City has deficit fund balances at December 31, 2005 as follows: Fund Balance Deficit Dedicated Parks $ (734,870) Municipal State Aid (49,353) Tax Increment Financing 1 -11 (23,977) Birch Hodgson Street Improvement (36,728) CSAH 14/8 Reconstruction Project (14,912) The City intends to fund these deficits through future tax levies, special assessment levies, tax increments, transfers from other funds, and various other sources.