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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY, MINNESOTA NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2020 2. PEPFF Pension Costs At December 31, 2020, the City reported a liability of $3,122,595 for its proportionate share of the PEPFF’s net pension liability. The net pension liability was measured as of June 30, 2020 and the total pension liability used to calculate the net pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of that date. The City’s proportionate share of the net pension liability was based on the City’s contributions received by PERA during the measurement period for employer payroll paid dates from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, relative to the total employer contributions received from all of PERA’s participating employers. The City’s proportionate share was 0.2369% at the end of the measurement period and 0.2442% for the beginning of the period. The State of Minnesota also contributed $13.5 million to PEPFF during the plan fiscal year ended June 30, 2020. The contribution consisted of $4.5 million in direct state aid that does meet the definition of a special funding situation and $9.0 million in fire state aid that does not meet the definition of a special funding situation. The $4.5 million direct state was paid on October 1, 2019. Thereafter, by October 1 of each year, the state will pay $9 million to the Police and Fire Fund until full funding is reached or July 1, 2048, whichever is earlier. The $9 million in fire state aid will continue until the fund is 90 percent funded, or until the State Patrol Plan (administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System) is 90 percent funded, whichever occurs later. As a result, the State of Minnesota is included as a non-employer contributing entity in the PEPFF Schedule of Employer Allocations and Schedule of Pension Amounts by Employer, Current Reporting Period Only (pension allocation schedules) for the $4.5 million in direct state aid. PEPFF employers need to recognize their proportionate share of the State of Minnesota’s pension expense (and grant revenue) under GASB 68 special funding situation accounting and financial reporting requirements. For the year ended December 31, 2020, the City recognized pension expense of $225,645 for its proportionate share of the Police and Fire Plan’s pension expense. In addition, the City recognized an additional $22,625 as pension expense (and grant revenue) for its proportionate share of the State of Minnesota’s contribution of $4.5 million to the PEPFF. The State of Minnesota is not included as a non-employer contributing entity in the Police and Fire Pension Plan pension allocation schedules for the $9 million in fire state aid. The City also recognized $21,321 for the year ended December 31, 2020 as revenue and an offsetting reduction of net pension liability for its proportionate share of the State of Minnesota’s on-behalf contributions to the Police and Fire Fund. 67