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Update on Municipal Pension Plans & OPEBs
David Matkin, PhDAssistant Professor
Askew School of Public Administration & PolicyFlorida State University
Research FellowLeRoy Collins Institute
October 27, 2011
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Reports in Process
• Status of Pension Plans in FY2009 – Target: November
• “Best Practices” in Municipal Pensions – Target: End of Year
• Status of County and Municipal OPEBs– Target: Early 2012
• Trends in Municipal Pension Plans– Target: Early 2012
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Trends in Pension Funding
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FY2009 Status Report
• Florida Local Governments– Largest 100 Cities (populations > 20,000)– 208 Unique Defined Benefit Plans
• Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports– Fiscal Year 2009
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TABLE 1: GRADING SUMMARY
GRADE PERCENT FUNDED NUMBER OF CITIES
RECEIVING
PERCENTAGE OF CITIES RECEIVING
A
More than 90% funded
30
14%
B 80 to 90% funded 48 23% C 70 to 80% funded 63 30% D 60 to 70% funded 36 17% F
Less than 60% funded 31 15%
Pension Plan Grades
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Grades & Participant Type
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Plan Costs by Grades
TABLE 4: ANNUAL COSTS OF PLANS BY GRADE
GRADE MEDIAN COST PER PARTICIPANT
A $ 5,784 B $ 12,666 C $ 12,410 D $ 18,886 F $ 26,305
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Plan Costs by Participant Type
TABLE 5: ANNUAL COSTS OF PLANS BY PARTICIPANT
MEDIAN COST PER PARTICIPANT Elected Officials $ 50,773 Police & Firefighters $ 21,738 Firefighters Only $ 17,819 Police Only $ 15,245 General Only $ 9,297
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COUNTY AND CITY OPEB PLANS
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The OPEB Concept
• Other Post-Employment Benefits– Retirement insurance subsidies (primarily healthcare)
• Explicit and Implicit Benefits
• Actuarial Liabilities– Benefit policies (qualifications & subsidy calculation)– Actuarial method– Assumptions (e.g., discount rate, payroll trends, trends in
healthcare costs)
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Accounting Standards
• Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
• Statements No. 43 & 45
• Timeline:– Exposure Drafts in 1989, 2003 & 2004– Statements issued in 2004– Implemented in three phases (~FY’s 2008 – 2010)
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Data
• Florida Local Governments– All 67 Counties– Largest 100 Cities (populations > 20,000)
• Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports– Fiscal years 2008 – 2010– Basic Financial Statements– Notes to the Financial Statements– Required Supplemental Information
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What Explains Liability Size?
• Consistent and Substantive Effects– Explicit v. Implicit benefits– Payroll Size– Actuarial Method– Household Income Levels
• Inconsistent Effects– Actuarial Assumptions– Form of Government– Public Safety Spending Per Capita– Republican/Democrat– Labor Unions
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What did governments do?
Increase Benefits?
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What did governments do?
Decrease Benefits
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What did governments do?
• Fund the Liability
– Explicit Benefits (n=67)• Pay-as-you-go = 45• Prefund (Non-GAAP qualified) = 4• Prefund (GAAP qualified) = 18
– Implicit Benefits (n=83)• Pay-as-you-go = 76• Prefund (Non-GAAP qualified) = 2• Prefund (GAAP qualified) = 5
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What did governments do?
• Explicit Benefits, FY2010
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What did governments do?
• Implicit Benefits, FY2010
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Thank You & Questions