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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY, MINNESOTA NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2017 liability in the year ended December 31, 2018. Other amounts reported as deferred outflows and inflows of resources related to pensions will be recognized in pension expense as follows: Pension Year Ended Expense December 31,Amount 2018 $9,315 2019 9,315 2020 (117,389) 2021 (324,187) Thereafter (1,073,861) ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS The total pension liability in the June 30, 2017 actuarial valuation was determined using the following actuarial assumptions: Inflation 2.50% per year Active Member Payroll Growth 3.25% per year Investment Rate of Return 7.50% Salary increases were based on a service-related table. Mortality rates for active members, retirees, survivors and disibilitants were based on RP-2014 tables for both plans for males or females, as appropriate, with slight adjustments to fit PERA’s experience. Cost of living benefit increases for retirees are assumed to be one percent per year for the GERF through 2044 and PEPFF through 2064 and then 2.5% thereafter. Actuarial assumptions used in the June 30, 2017 valuation were based on the results of actuarial experience studies. The most recent four-year experience study in the GERF was completed in 2015. The most recent five-year experience study for PEPFF was completed in 2016. The following changes in actuarial assumptions occurred in 2017: General Employees Fund  The Combined Service Annuity (CSA) loads were changed from 0.8% for active members and 60% for vested and non-vested deferred members. The revised CSA loads are now 0.0% for active member liability, 15.0% for vested deferred member liability and 3.0% for non- vested deferred member liability.  The assumed post-retirement benefit increase rate was changed from 1.0% per year for all years to 1.0% per year through 2044 and 2.5% per year thereafter. Police and Fire Fund  The single discount rate was changed from 5.6% to 7.5%.  Assumed salary increases were changed as recommended in the June 30, 2016 experience study. The net effect is proposed rates that average 0.34% lower than the previous rates.  Assumed rates of retirement were changed, resulting in fewer retirements.  The Combined Service Annuity (CSA) load was 30% for vested and non-vested deferred members. The CSA has been changed to 33% for vested members and 2% for non-vested members.  The base mortality table for healthy annuitants was changed from the RP-2000 fully generational table to the RP-2014 fully generational table (with a base year of 2006), with 68