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1/15/2026 <br />2 <br />RiversideCA.gov <br />7 <br />•Annual pension costs have more than tripled since 2007 <br />•As % of payroll, Safety costs have escalated to 53%; <br />Miscellaneous to 34% <br />HISTORICAL CalPERS COST TRENDS <br />Annual UAL and Normal Cost Payments <br />53.3% <br />0.0% <br />5.0% <br />10.0% <br />15.0% <br />20.0% <br />25.0% <br />30.0% <br />35.0% <br />40.0% <br />45.0% <br />50.0% <br />55.0% <br /> $- <br /> $5,000,000 <br /> $10,000,000 <br /> $15,000,000 <br /> $20,000,000 <br /> $25,000,000 <br /> $30,000,000 <br /> $35,000,000 <br /> $40,000,000 <br />Safety Plan <br />UAL PaymentEmployer Normal CostTotal Employer Payments as % of Payroll <br />34.4% <br />0.0% <br />5.0% <br />10.0% <br />15.0% <br />20.0% <br />25.0% <br />30.0% <br />35.0% <br />40.0% <br />45.0% <br />50.0% <br />55.0% <br /> $- <br /> $5,000,000 <br /> $10,000,000 <br /> $15,000,000 <br /> $20,000,000 <br /> $25,000,000 <br /> $30,000,000 <br /> $35,000,000 <br /> $40,000,000 <br />Miscellaneous Plan <br />UAL PaymentEmployer Normal CostTotal Employer Payments as % of Payroll <br />RiversideCA.gov <br />8 <br />HISTORICAL CalPERS COST TRENDS <br />Annual UAL Balance Owed to CalPERS <br />96.8% <br />71.5% <br />87.8% <br />77.9% <br />0.0% <br />10.0% <br />20.0% <br />30.0% <br />40.0% <br />50.0% <br />60.0% <br />70.0% <br />80.0% <br />90.0% <br />100.0% <br /> $- <br /> $100,000,000 <br /> $200,000,000 <br /> $300,000,000 <br /> $400,000,000 <br /> $500,000,000 <br /> $600,000,000 <br /> $700,000,000 <br />2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 <br />Miscellaneous Plan UAL Safety Plan UAL <br />Funded Status (Safety)Funded Status (Miscellaneous) <br />UAL has grown from $38M to $627M (6/30/2018) <br />Due to PERS assumption changes and under-performance <br />of investments (all impacts out of City’s control) <br />6/30/2020 projected UAL of $642M which incorporates <br />last phase of discount rate reduction <br />Funded status at 71.5% (Safety) and 77.9% (Misc.) <br />RiversideCA.gov <br />9 <br />$642M UAL PROJECTED REPAYMENT SCHEDULE <br />Annual Citywide Payments to CalPERS on UAL <br />$0 <br />$10,000,000 <br />$20,000,000 <br />$30,000,000 <br />$40,000,000 <br />$50,000,000 <br />$60,000,000 <br />$70,000,000 <br />20 <br />2 <br />1 <br />20 <br />2 <br />2 <br />20 <br />2 <br />3 <br />20 <br />2 <br />4 <br />20 <br />2 <br />5 <br />20 <br />2 <br />6 <br />20 <br />2 <br />7 <br />20 <br />2 <br />8 <br />20 <br />2 <br />9 <br />20 <br />3 <br />0 <br />20 <br />3 <br />1 <br />20 <br />3 <br />2 <br />20 <br />3 <br />3 <br />20 <br />3 <br />4 <br />20 <br />3 <br />5 <br />20 <br />3 <br />6 <br />20 <br />3 <br />7 <br />20 <br />3 <br />8 <br />20 <br />3 <br />9 <br />20 <br />4 <br />0 <br />20 <br />4 <br />1 <br />20 <br />4 <br />2 <br />20 <br />4 <br />3 <br />20 <br />4 <br />4 <br />20 <br />4 <br />5 <br />20 <br />4 <br />6 <br />Safety Plan UAL Miscellaneous Plan UAL <br />RiversideCA.gov <br />10 <br />GENERAL FUND ONLY: UAL + OTHER BOND DEBT <br />40% Miscellaneous + 100% Safety + GF Bonds/Loans <br />$0 <br />$10,000,000 <br />$20,000,000 <br />$30,000,000 <br />$40,000,000 <br />$50,000,000 <br />$60,000,000 <br />$70,000,000 <br />20 <br />2 <br />1 <br />20 <br />2 <br />2 <br />20 <br />2 <br />3 <br />20 <br />2 <br />4 <br />20 <br />2 <br />5 <br />20 <br />2 <br />6 <br />20 <br />2 <br />7 <br />20 <br />2 <br />8 <br />20 <br />2 <br />9 <br />20 <br />3 <br />0 <br />20 <br />3 <br />1 <br />20 <br />3 <br />2 <br />20 <br />3 <br />3 <br />20 <br />3 <br />4 <br />20 <br />3 <br />5 <br />20 <br />3 <br />6 <br />20 <br />3 <br />7 <br />20 <br />3 <br />8 <br />20 <br />3 <br />9 <br />20 <br />4 <br />0 <br />20 <br />4 <br />1 <br />20 <br />4 <br />2 <br />20 <br />4 <br />3 <br />20 <br />4 <br />4 <br />20 <br />4 <br />5 <br />20 <br />4 <br />6 <br />Safety Plan UAL 40% of Miscellaneous Plan UAL GF POB/Lease Debt <br />Other General <br />Fund Bond <br />Debt <br />40% of Miscellaneous Plan UAL <br />100% of Safety Plan UAL <br />By 2023, total General <br />Fund combined debt <br />payments expected to <br />be about 20% of the <br />General Fund budget <br />RiversideCA.gov <br />11 <br />RIVERSIDE HAS HISTORICALLY TAKEN PRO-ACTIVE <br />STEPS TO MANAGE PENSION COSTS <br />2003-2005: City issued <br />POBs to extinguish UAL at that time and reduce payments <br />2011-2012: All new <br />employees begin paying the employee portion of PERS pension costs <br />2013: Established lower pension benefits for new employees, resulting in lower pension costs (PEPRA) <br />2016: City bargaining units agree to begin paying for their share of pension costs (phased in over several years) <br />2017: Refinanced $30 million Bond Anticipation Note; fixed rate POB and <br />accelerated 10-year amortization <br />2017 – 2019: Finance <br />Committee and Budget Engagement Committee presentations <br />2018-2019: CalPERS <br />Challenge project initiated with weekly meetings + Adoption of Pension Funding Policy + Creation of Section 115 Trust <br />2018 – 2020: Pre-pay UAL <br />at beginning of FY to save 3.5% ($1.2M to $1.5M annually) <br />Every Year: Implement operational efficiencies, where possible, to minimize costs and impact to service levels as CalPERS costs increase <br />II. GENERAL FUND DEFICIT STRATEGIES <br />7 8 <br />9 10 <br />11 12 <br />Docusign Envelope ID: BB80A86F-2853-4F40-B02D-18F5B9DD615F