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I-1 - Preliminary Official Statement - UR Loan Agreement
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Notes to Other Information – Pension Liability
Year ended June 30, 2019
Changes of benefit terms:
Legislation enacted in 2010 modified benefit terms for Regular members. The definition of final
average salary changed from the highest three to the highest five years of covered wages. The vesting
requirement changed from four years of service to seven years. The early retirement reduction
increased from 3% per year measured from the member’s first unreduced retirement age to a 6%
reduction for each year of retirement before age 65.
Changes of assumptions:
The 2018 valuation implemented the following refinements as a result of a demographic assumption
study dated June 28, 2018:
• Changed mortality assumptions to the RP-2014 mortality tables with mortality
improvements modeled using Scale MP-2017.
• Adjusted retirement rates.
• Lowered disability rates.
• Adjusted the probability of a vested Regular member electing to receive a deferred
benefit.
• Adjusted the merit component of the salary increase assumption.
The 2017 valuation implemented the following refinements as a result of an experience study dated
March 24, 2017:
• Decreased the inflation assumption from 3.00% to 2.60%.
• Decreased the assumed rate of interest on member accounts from 3.75% to 3.50%
per year.
• Decreased the discount rate from 7.50% to 7.00%.
• Decreased the wage growth assumption from 4.00% to 3.25%.
• Decreased the payroll growth assumption from 4.00% to 3.25%.
The 2014 valuation implemented the following refinements as a result of a quadrennial experience
study:
• Decreased the inflation assumption from 3.25% to 3.00%.
• Decreased the assumed rate of interest on member accounts from 4.00% to 3.75%
per year.
• Adjusted male mortality rates for retirees in the Regular membership group.
• Reduced retirement rates for sheriffs and deputies between the ages of 55 and 64.
• Moved from an open 30-year amortization period to a closed 30-year amortization
period for the UAL (unfunded actuarial liability) beginning June 30, 2014. Each year
thereafter, changes in the UAL from plan experience will be amortized on a separate
closed 20-year period.
The 2010 valuation implemented the following refinements as a result of a quadrennial experience
study:
• Adjusted retiree mortality assumptions.
• Modified retirement rates to reflect fewer retirements.
• Lowered disability rates at most ages.
• Lowered employment termination rates.
• Generally increased the probability of terminating members receiving a deferred
retirement benefit.
• Modified salary increase assumptions based on various service duration.
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