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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY, MINNESOTA NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2014 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. GERF Basic Plan members and Coordinated Plan members were required to contribute 9.1% and 6.25%, respectively, of their annual covered salary in 2014. PEPFF members were required to contribute 9.6% of their annual covered salary in 2014. The City was required to contribute the following percentages of annual covered payroll in 2014: 11.78% for Basic Plan GERF members, 7.25% for Coordinated Plan GERF members, and 14.4% for PEPFF members. The City's contributions to the General Employees Retirement Fund for the years ending December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 were $144,654, $143,131, and $141,004, respectively. The City's contributions to the Public Employees Police and Fire Fund for the years ending December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 were $384,556, $350,488, and $339,281, respectively. The City's contributions were equal to the contractually required contributions for each year as set by state statute. Contribution rates will increase on January 1, 2015 in the Coordinated Plan (6.5% for members and 7.5% for employees) and in the Police and Fire Fund (10.8% for members and 16.2% for employers). C. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION (PERA) - DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN DESCRIPTION All council members of the City are covered by the Public Employees Defined Contribution Plan (PEDCP), a multiple -employer deferred compensation plan administered by the Public Employees Retirement Association of Minnesota (PERA). The PEDCP is a tax qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and all contributions by or on behalf of employees are tax deferred until time of withdrawal. Benefit Provisions and Contribution Rates Plan benefits depend solely on amounts contributed to the plan plus investment earnings, less administrative expenses. Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 353D.03, specifies plan provisions, including the employee and employer contribution rates for those qualified personnel who elect to participate. Plan provisions are established and can be amended by State Statutes. An eligible elected official who decides to participate contributes 5 percent of salary which is matched by the elected official's employer. Employer and employee contributions are combined and used to purchase shares in one or more of the seven accounts of the Minnesota Supplemental Investment Fund. For administering the plan, PERA receives 2 percent of employer contributions and twenty-five hundredths of one percent of the assets in each member's account annually. Plan benefits depend solely on amounts contributed to the plan plus investment earnings, less administrative expenses. 69