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PERA-PUBLIC EMPLOYEES POLICE AND FIRE FUND (CONTINUED) <br /> 2018 CHANGES IN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS <br /> • The mortality projection scale was changed from MP-2016 to MP-2017. <br /> 2018 CHANGES IN PLAN PROVISIONS <br /> • Post-retirement benefit increases were changed to 1.00 percent for all years,with no trigger. <br /> • An end date of July 1,2048 was added to the existing$9.0 million state contribution. <br /> • New annual state aid will equal $4.5 million in fiscal years 2019 and 2020, and $9.0 million <br /> thereafter,until the plan reaches 100.00 percent funding, or July 1, 2048, if earlier. <br /> • Member contributions were changed from 10.80 percent to 11.30 percent of pay, effective <br /> January 1,2019, and 11.80 percent of pay, effective January 1,2020. <br /> • Employer contributions were changed from 16.20 percent to 16.95 percent of pay, effective <br /> January 1,2019, and 17.70 percent of pay, effective January 1,2020. <br /> • Interest credited on member contributions decreased from 4.00 percent to 3.00 percent, <br /> beginning July 1, 2018. <br /> • Deferred augmentation was changed to zero percent, effective January 1,2019. Augmentation <br /> that has already accrued for deferred members will still apply. <br /> • Actuarial equivalent factors were updated to reflect revised mortality and interest assumptions. <br /> 2017 CHANGES IN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS <br /> • Assumed salary increases were changed as recommended in the June 30, 2016 experience <br /> study. The net effect is proposed rates that average 0.34 percent lower than the previous rates. <br /> • Assumed rates of retirement were changed,resulting in fewer retirements. <br /> • The CSA load was 30.00 percent for vested and nonvested deferred members. The CSA has <br /> been changed to 33.00 percent for vested members, and 2.00 percent for nonvested members. <br /> • The base mortality table for healthy annuitants was changed from the RP-2000 Fully <br /> Generational Table to the RP-2014 Fully Generational Table (with a base year of 2006), with <br /> male rates adjusted by a factor of 0.96. The mortality improvement scale was changed from <br /> Scale AA to Scale MP-2016. The base mortality table for disabled annuitants was changed <br /> from the RP-2000 Disabled Mortality Table to the mortality tables assumed for healthy retirees. <br /> • Assumed termination rates were decreased to 3.00 percent for the first three years of service. <br /> Rates beyond the select period of three years were adjusted, resulting in more expected <br /> terminations overall. <br /> • Assumed percentage of married female members was decreased from 65.00 percent to <br /> 60.00 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 of female members electing joint and survivor annuities was <br /> increased. <br /> • The assumed post-retirement benefit increase rate was changed from 1.00 percent for all years, <br /> to 1.00 percent per year through 2064,and 2.50 percent thereafter. <br /> • The single discount rate was changed from 5.60 percent per annum to 7.50 percent per annum. <br /> 2016 CHANGES IN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS <br /> • The assumed post-retirement benefit increase rate was changed from 1.00 percent per year <br /> through 2037,and 2.50 percent per year thereafter,to 1.00 percent per year for all future years. <br /> • The assumed investment return was changed from 7.90 percent to 7.50 percent. <br /> • The single discount rate changed from 7.90 percent to 5.60 percent. <br /> • The assumed future salary increases, payroll growth, and inflation were decreased by <br /> 0.25 percent to 3.25 percent for payroll growth, and 2.50 percent for inflation. <br /> -74- <br />