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CITY OF PLEASANTON <br />NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS <br />FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022 <br />Note 11: Defined Benefit Pension Plan (Continued) <br />c.Safety (Police) Plan <br />Benefits Provided – CalPERS provides retirement and disability benefits, annual cost of <br />living adjustments and death benefits to plan members, who must be public employees, <br />and their beneficiaries. Benefits are based on years of credited service, equal to one year <br />of full time employment, age and the average of the final one year of compensation <br />for Tier 1 members and the average of the final three years’ of compensation for Tier 2 and <br />PEPRA members. Members with five years of total service are eligible to retire at <br />age 50 with statutorily reduced benefits. All members are eligible for non-duty disability <br />benefits after ten years of service. The death benefit is one of the following: the <br />Basic Death Benefit, the 1959 Survivor Benefit, or the Optional Settlement 2W Death <br />Benefit. The cost of living adjustments for each plan are applied as specified by the <br />Public Employees’ Retirement Law. <br />The plan’s provisions and benefits in effect at June 30, 2022, are summarized as follows: <br />Tier 1 Tier 2 PEPRA <br />3% @ 50 3% @ 55 <br />1 2.7% @ 621 <br />5 Years Service 5 Years Service 5 Years Service <br />Monthly For Life Monthly For Life Monthly For Life <br />50 50-55 50-57 <br />3% 2.4% to 3% 2% to 2.7% <br />9%9%13% <br />23.71%20.64%13.13% <br />Safety (Police) Plan <br />Benefit Formula <br />1 Newly hired Safety (Police) Employees will be enrolled in the 3% @ 55 or 2.7%@ 57 formula, dependent on <br />the individual's eligibility, as per, AB 340. <br />Required Employer Contribution Rates <br />Benefit Vesting Schedule <br />Benefit Payment <br />Monthly Benefits, as a % of Eligible Compensation <br />Retirement Age <br />Required Employee Contribution Rates <br />Beginning in FY 2016/17, CalPERS collects employer contributions for the <br />cost-sharing plan as a percentage of payroll for the normal cost portion as noted in the <br />rates above and as a dollar amount for contributions toward the unfunded liability and <br />side fund. The City’s required contribution for the unfunded liability and side fund was <br />$4,906,207 in FY 2021/22. <br />Contributions – Section 20814(c) of the California Public Employees’ Retirement Law <br />requires that the employer contribution rates for all public employers are determined on <br />an annual basis by the actuary and shall be effective on July 1 following notice of change <br />in the rate. Funding contributions for the plan are determined annually on an actuarial <br />basis as of June 30 by CalPERS. The actuarially determined rate is the estimated amount <br />necessary to finance the costs of benefits earned by employees during the year, with an <br />additional amount to finance any unfunded accrued liability. The City is required to <br />contribute the difference between the actuarially determined rate and the contribution rates <br />of employees. <br />100