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MINUTES OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE
FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND
HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE & STEERING COMMITTEE
V SPECIAL MEETING -BENEFITS WORKSHOP
Orange County Sanitation District
Wednesday, June 15, 2006, 5:00 p.m.
A joint meeting of the Finance, Administration and Human Resources Committee and the
Steering Committee of the Orange County Sanitation District was held on June 15, 2006, at
5:00 p.m., in the Sanitation District's Administrative Office.
(2) The roll was called and a quorum declared present, as follows:
FAHR COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
DIRECTORS PRESENT:
Darryl Miller, Chair
Mike Duvall, Vice Chair
Bill Dalton
Rich Freschi
Phil Luebben
Joy Neugebauer
Mark Waldman
Jim Ferryman, Vice Board Chair
James W. Silva
DIRECTORS ABSENT:
Steve Anderson, Board Chair
STAFF PRESENT:
Jim Ruth, Interim General Manager
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Finance
Mike White, Controller
Jeff Reed, Human Resources Manager
Rich Spencer, Human Resources Supervisor
Paul Loehr, Human Resources Supervisor
Kim Erickson, Human Resources Analyst
Penny Kyle, Committee Secretary
OTHERS PRESENT:
Brad Hogin, General Counsel
Keith Bozart
Ryal Wheeler
(3) APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR PRO TEM
No appointment was necessary.
(4) PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
(5) a. ARBA Update
Paul Loehr, Human Resources Supervisor, described the efforts underway by
OCERS to establish a medical investment trust. He also reported staff was
reviewing an actuarial report on ARBA.
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Social Security
• fvledicare Contributions -employees hired
after March 31. 1986
• Government Pension Offset -reduced
spouse's benefit paid
• Windfall Elimination Provision -lower
Social Security benefit for government
employees
Service Retirement
• Eligibility based on service credits
(years of service) and age
• Pension formula
• Ventura Decision
• IRS maximums
• COLA
Service Retirement
Eligibility
Age 50
10 Years of Service
Age 55 Part-time
Employee
5 Years of Service +
1 O Years of active
employment with an
employer covered
byOCERS
Any Age
30 Years of Service
Age 70
Any Years of Service
2
Disability Retirement
• Service Connected (incapacitated,
work-related)
• Non-Service Connected (incapacitated,
not work-related)
Retiree Medical Benefits
2.5 Month
Premium ARBA
Eligibility Hired Prior to Hired After 7 /1 /88
7/1/88 or 2.5 Month
Benefit Expired
Retirees 37 99
Monthly Cost $33,258 $17,000
Survivor Benefits
• Active / deferred members
• One-time death benefit
• Service/ non-service connected
death options
• Retiree unmodified option
• Alternatives
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procedure, methodology an9 assumptions and amendment of the retirement plan.
As follow up to the Segal report, the OCERS Board formed an ad hoc group which held public meetings
and discussed the actuarial methods and assumptions used by OCERS for the past several years.
Subsequently OCERS made a few adjustments to its methodology and assumptions, but did not change
the demographic assumptions made by Segal. These adjustments, in addition to the change by the
OCERS Board on the investment rate of return from 7.5% to 7.75%, resulted in an annual employer
contribution by the County of $249 million.
On July 19, 2005, your Board directed the County Executive Office to evaluate CalPERS as a possible
alternative to OCERS. The Board also directed staff to evaluate other potential alternatives to OCERS
such as the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA), San Bernardino
County Employees Retirement Association (SBCERA) and TIAA-CREF. In addition to the
aforementioned, CEO staff also evaluated two other alternatives: 1) creating a Joint Retirement and
Benefits Organization for Riverside and Orange Counties; and 2) establishing a Board-governed
County Retirement Plan. , ,
Each of these options would require passage of State legislation in order for the County to leave OCERS
and most of these would require legislation for the County to create or join a different retirement plan.
CEO Legislative Affairs staff advised the staff team on the schedule and process for accomplishing the
required passage of legislation, if any would be ultimately proposed by the Board.
Since any change to a different retirement plan would constitute a change in the terms and conditions of
employment, a proposed change would be subject to the meet and confer process with the employee
unions pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Government Code Section 3500 et seq.). Thereafter,
this proposal would be subject to the vote of County employees.
Specifically, under CalPERS law: 1) a general election would be held in which a majority (50+ 1) of all
active County employees would be required to disapprove a proposed contract with CalPERS. If a
contract were approved at this point, one option is that the County could enter CalPERS for prospective
employees while maintaing the existing plan at OCERS for current employees; or 2) if by a second
election an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of active OCERS members is attained, the
County could transfer all existing assets and service records from OCERS to CalPERS.
Should a change to a different retirement plan be ultimately approved, an evaluation would be required
for the transfer of assets and liabilities from OCERS to the new plan. After considering all other
options, staff concluded that CalPERS could most feasibly be compared with OCERS. The other
retirement plan options are not feasible for the following reasons:
LA CERA -this option is not feasible because it requires approval of the voters of Los Angeles County
to permit Orange County representation on the LACER.I\ Board.
SB CERA -this option also requires voter approval of San Bernardino County for Orange County
representation on the SBCERA Board.
TIJ.1.A-CREF -TIAA-CREF would change the current defined benefit (DB) pension plan to a defined
contribution (DC) plan for future County employees. During the past several years, some public
institutions for higher education have converted from a DB to a DC plan. Maintaining both a DB plan
for active employees arid DC plan for future employees would probably be more expensive for several
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years at the onset, although the cost of a DC plan would be less expensive in the long term.
However, it appears unlikely at this time that the labor unions would support such a conversion.
Additionally, the vast majority of governmental employers offer DB retirement plans. A conversion by
the County to a DC plan would be detrimental for the County's efforts to retain some of its active
employees and recruit new employees in the future.
Joint Retirement and Benefits Organization - a joint retirement and benefits organization such as, with
Riverside County is an option for designing a plan to meet the specific needs of two jurisdictions. In
order to effect this change, the costs to the County at least at the onset would be higher as compared to
maintaining the current retirement plan. However, the County is currently the major sponsor in OCERS
and represented on the OCERS Board. It is unknown whether the formation of a new retirement system
with another county would be beneficial with respect to representation on the retirement board, or would
result in reduced employer costs in the long term.
Board-Governed Retirement Plan -presently the Board governs a retirement plan for employees who
work part time, or on an extra help or temporary basis. Pursuant to Ait icle XVI, Section 17 of the
California Constitution (Pension Protection Act of 1992) the governing board of a retir~:rnent plan must
exercise their duties to primarily benefit members of the retirement system, including both active
employees and retirees. Under fujs type of plan, the Board's duty to minimize employer costs is
subordinate to the duty to administer the plan for the benefit of the members. Such a dual ro1e could
create conflicts between duties of a retirement plan governing board on behalf of its members and the
Board of Supervisors on behalf of the County as the employer and thereby, increase the likelihood of
legal challenges from employee unions and others.
CalPERS OpJion
As the other options above were considered, CalPERS emerged as offering the most feasible option to
the current OCERS retirement plan. Established in 1932, CaIPERS is a very large system which serves
approximately I million active and inactive members and 500,000 retirees plus eligible families_ As of
February 2006, the market value of the CaLPERS fund was approximately $207 .1 billion . CalPER
administers retirement programs for the majority of State of California employees and contractually for
numerous cities, counties and other governmental agencies throughotit the State.
In comparison, OCERS which was established in 1945 serves approximately 24,000 active and deferred
members and I 0,000 retirees plus eligible families. As of February 2006, the market value of the
OCERS fund was approximately $6.4 billion. The County employees total approximately 17,000 and
comprise over 70% of the OCERS plan.
CEO staff confirmed that legislative change would be required to both leave OCERS and join
CalPERS. Staff also established contact with representatives of CalPERS to research the transfer
process and other considerations. The principal CalPERS contacts were Ken Marzion, Assistant
Executive Officer, and Rick Santos, Associate Pension Actuary. At the onset CalPERS staff indicated
that the County retirement benefit structure could not be accommodated in the current CalPERS pension
allowance payment system. Therefore, in addition to legislation permitting the County to leave OCERS
and join CalPERS, legislation would also be required for CalPERS to offer the same benefit structure
and level as OCERS.
After further di sc ussion , CalPERS staff agreed that they could provide information which would refle ct
the cost of offering the County 's retirement benefits consistent with the CalPERS actuarial assumptions
and methodology. The objective was to have the ability to make a fair comparison of costs of the
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County's benefits within the CalPERS structure and the OCERS structure. However, in order to
accomplish thi s objecti ve, Ca!PERS nctu aries were required to perfonn add itional ach1arin.l calculations,
using new benefit formulas not norrn aU used by Ca!PERS. This increased the cost of CalPERS'
actuarial calculations, beyond the ost that was originally estimated as further discussed b elow.
After this objective was established, a series of working sessions followed which addressed issues,
including the following:
• Legislation required for the County to leave OCERS and join CalPERS
• Legislation required for CalPERS to offer County benefits
• Methodology to determine amount of assets to be transferred
• Other approval requirements
• Review of timing of asset and liability determination
• Review of process and mechanics of transfer
The parties involved in working through these issues included representatives of the County Executive
Office Human Resources and County Counsel; CalPERS; OCERS; and the various County labor
organizations. Subsequently a core team of professional actuaries and consultants representing all of the
aforementioned entities worked diligently in reviewing the actuarial and economic issues and
assumptions/methodology underlying all of the cost calculations.
The final product of all of the analysis and calcuJation is two hypothetical cases, one for CalPERS and
one for OCERS, which compare the annual costs of each system to provide the County's current
retirement benefit. Exhibit A summarizes the rates for each of the County's four rate groups and also
gives an aggregate total for each of the retirement systems. The rates shown are expressed as a
percentage of pay in each rate group and in total. Exhibit B summarizes the same information except
that it is expressed in dollars instead of percentage of pay.
Since adjustments were made for the rate calculations so that CalPERS and OCERS could be directly
compared the results are hypothetical and would not be actual rates. For example the OCERS asset
value is based on actual market. In the OCERS normal rate setting process, market gains and losses are
phased in over five years using a smoothing methodology which is a standard actuarial practice. For the
purpose of this report both systems use full market value. Additionally, the information used for the
rate calculations is subject to change over time.
Looking at the summary totals for the two systems as expressed in Exhibit A, the Employer rates are
24.39% for CalPERS and 23.77% for OCERS, a difference of .62% (sometimes also referred to as 62
basis points). Exhibit B reflects the difference in dollars which is $6 million.
Investment_Allocation and Performance Analysis
The final step in the staff analysis of the Ca!PERS option was the review of the comparative historical
and projected investment earning rates for CalPERS and OCERS. An independent investment
consultant, PFM Advisors, was engaged to conduct a review of both of the retirement systems. The
evaluation included the following:
• Analysis of the investment allocation policies
• Identification of the similarities and differences
• Analysis of whether the policies of each system confirm the present rate of return
• Evaluation of the "social responsibility" investment criteria used by CalPERS
• Conclusions and actions required to potentiaily transfer assets to CalPERS
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REVIEWING AGENCIES:
County Counsel, Human Resources
EXHIBIT(S):
Exhibit A -Comparison of CalPERS & OCERS Contribution Rates and Exhibit B -Comparison of
CalPERS & OCERS Expected Contributions
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• County Rate • Normal Cost • UAL Amortization
• Total
o Average Member Rate
• Total
OCERS/Segal c2>
• County Rate
• Normal Cost
• UAL Amortization
• Total
• Average Member Rate
• Total
Projected Payroll
(I) As provided by CalPERS.
(~) As provided by The Segal Company.
Exhibit A
Comparison of CalPERS & OCERS Contribution Rates
General
AFSCME 2. 7% @ 55 Probation
8.32% 10.71% 25.29%
2.09% 11.22% 9.24%
10.41% 21.93% 34.53%
6.96% [0.09% 12.44%
17.37% 32.02% 46.97%
9.19% 11.90% 20.86%
2.28% 9.70% 9.58%
11.47% 21.60% 30.44%
7.32% 10.36% 11.61 %
18.79% 31.96% 42.05%
$ 43.8 $ 722.5 $ 55.8
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22.03%
15.07%
37.10%
11.93%
49.03%
21.12%
14.70%
35.82%
11.68%
47.50%
$ 143.4 $
Total
13.12%
11.27%
24.39%
10.35%
34.74%
13.67%
10.10%
23.77%
10.49%
34.26%
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Exhibit B
Comparison of CalPERS & OCERS Expected Contributions
General Law
AFSCME 2.7%@55 Probation Enforcement Total
CalPERS(tl
• County Rate
D Normal Cost $ 3.6 $ 77.4 $ 14.1 $ 31.6 $ 126.7
0 UAL Amortization 0.9 8 l. l 5.? 21.6 108.8
0 Total 4.6 158.5 19.3 53.2 235.5
• Estimated Average Member Rate 3.0 72.9 6.9 17.1 100.0
• Total 7.6 231.3 26.2 70.3 --335.4
OCERS/Segal <2>
• Connty Rate • Normal Cost $ 4.0 $ 86.0 $ 11.6 $ 30.3 $ 132.0
• UAL Amortization 1.0 70.1 5.3 21. l 97.5 • Total 5.0 156.1 17.0 51.4 229.5
• Average Member Rate 3.2 74.9 6.5 16.7 101.3
• Total 8.2 230.9 23.5 68.1 330.8
Projected Payroll $ 43.8 $ 722.5 $ 55.8 $ 143.4 $ 965.5
<ll i-\s provided by CalPERS.
<2l i\s provided by The Segal Company.
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ROLL CALL
JOINT FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND
STEERING COMMITTEES
Meeting Date: May 18, 2006 Time: 5:00 p.m.
Adjourn:
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Darryl Miller (Chair)
Mike Duvall (Vice Chair)
Bill Dalton
Richard Freschi
Phil Luebben
Joy Neugebauer
James W. Silva
Mark Waldman
Steve Anderson (Board Chair)
Jim Ferryman (Board Vice Chair)
OTHERS
I Brad Hagin, General Counsel
I I
STAFF
Jim Ruth, Interim General Manager
Bob Ghirelli, Director of Technical Services
Lorenzo Tyner, Director of Financerrreasurer
David Ludwin, Director of Engineering
Jim Herberg, Director of Operations & --Management
Lisa Tomko, Director of Human Resources
Patrick Miles, Director of Information Technology
Nick Arhontes, Director of Regional Assets &
Services
Mike White, Controller
Lilia Kovac, Committee Secretary
Jeff Reed, Human Resources Manager
Paul Loehr, Human Resources Supervisor
Rich Spencer, Human Resources Supervisor
c: Lenora Crane
AGENDA
JOINT FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
AND STEERING COMMITTEES OF THE
ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT
DISTRICT'S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
10844 ELLIS AVENUE
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 92708
SPECIAL MEETING --BENEFITS WORKSHOP
Thursday, June 15, 2006 -5:00 P.M.
1. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Appointment of Chair pro tern, if necessary
4. Public Comments
5. Informational Items
a. ARBA Update
• Presentation -Paul Loehr
b. OCSD Retirement Program Overview
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•
Introduction -Lisa Tomko
Program Overview -Kim Erickson
Actuarial Study Overview -Keith Bozarth (OCERS)
Q & A -OCSD and OCERS staff
15 minutes
15 minutes
10 minutes
5 minutes
15 minutes
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i Committee, the Chair may convene the Committee in closed session to consider matters of pending real !,,.
·) estate negotiations, pending or potential litigation, or personnel matters, pursuant to Government Code
j Sections 54956.8, 54956.9, 54957 or 54957.6, as noted.
J Reports relating to (a) purchase and sale of real property; (b) matters of pending or potential litigation; (c) I employee actions or negotiations with employee representatives; or which are exempt from public disclosure
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6. Closed Session
a. Convene in closed session
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C onference with designatea representatives Lisa Tomko, Director of
Human ResourG~s; Jeff Reed, Hurnam Resources Manager; and Paul
l-oehr, Human Resolllrces Supervisor, re Meet and Confer Update re
contract ne~otiations-for employees rcepresented by t). Orange County
Employees Association; 2). International Uniqn of Operating Engineer:-s,
Local 501, and 3). Sur,,ervisors, Professional Mana@ement Team {part of
Pea·ce Officers Council of California (Government Code Section 54!957.6).
Q. Reconvene in regular session.
6. Adjournment
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FAMR COMMITTEE
AGENDA REPORT
Orange County Sanitation District
FROM: Lisa L. Tomko, Director of Human Resources
Originator: Paul Loehr, Human Resources Supervisor
Meeting Date To Bd. of Dir.
06/15/06
Item Number Item NumE>er
S.(a}
SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL RETIREE BENEFIT ACCOUNT (ARBA) AND RETIREE
PAID MEDICAL PREMIUM BENEFITS UPDATE
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
For information only.
SUMMARY
The second amended ARBA agreement was approved by the Board on May 24,
2006. The agreement will become effective once it is approved by the Orange
County Employee Retirement Systems' (OCERS) Retirement Board on June 19,
2006. OCSD will immediately benefit from this agreement, which will produce an
approximate net savings of $50,000 per year.
This report provides an update on two items:
• May 2006 OCERS Retirement Board meeting
• Information on OCSD's actuarial study of retiree benefit plans
This information will have significant bearing on identifying compliance requirements,
determining future administration of ARBA benefits, and developing a funding
strategy for both the ARBA and Retiree Paid Medical Premium benefit plans.
OCERS Board Meeting
On May 15, 2006, OCERS staff presented information to their Retirement Board on
an alternative to the ARBA/Retiree Medical Benefit Reserve (RMBR). This
alternative is a Medical Investment Trust (MIT) and is proposed to be a plan under
the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) 401 (h). This regulation simply permits a pension or
annuity plan to provide for payment of benefits for sickness, accident, hospitalization,
and medical expenses for retired employees and their dependents. In addition, such
benefits must be subordinate to pension benefits and must be established and
maintained in a separate account.
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The MIT is limited to funds identified as medical expense funds and current plan
sponsors. The MIT is funded entirely by plan sponsors who elect to participate. The
presentation was an informational only report. OCERS is planning to establish the
trust account upon OCERS Board approval within a few months.
OCSD's current design of the ARBA benefit precludes participation in the MIT
because OCSD does not require retirees to use ARBA benefits for medical
expenses. As described in the May FAHR agenda report, OCSD retiree ARBA
benefit payments are included in monthly OCERS retirement pension payments.
OCSD staff will continue to monitor any actions taken by OCERS related to the
ARBA/RMBR benefit in order to report on viable options for the Board's
consideration.
OCSD Actuarial Study
At the beginning of May 2006, OCSD staff initiated an independent actuarial study
with Demsey, Filliger & Associates to identify future retiree plan benefit funding
obligations and compliance requirements. The actuarial study will be a combined
report that outlines the liability and expense for both OCSD retiree benefit plans
(ARBA and Retiree Paid Medical Premium Plan). A preliminary actuarial study report
has been received and staff is currently reviewing the material. The actuarial report
is broken down into six (6) key sections and associated calculations. These key
sections are as follows:
• Financial Results
• GASB Compliance Issues
• Funding Schedules
• Actuarial Assumptions
• Cash Flow
• Actuarial Certification
Although the actuarial report is still in the review process, OCSD staff has received
some important information from the consultant related to compliance. The
administration of ARBA benefits as an additional monthly cash payment to retirees
and beneficiaries is not restricted to payment of medical expenses; therefore, the
subsidy is considered retirement income for reporting purposes. In contrast, the
Retiree Paid Medical Premium Plan provides employees hired prior to July 1, 1988
with 2.5 months of fully paid medical premiums for each year of continuous service
upon retirement from OCSD. As such, this benefit may be subject to new reporting
requirements under the Governmental Accounting Standard Board (GASB) 45
statute, effective July 1, 2007. When this benefit is exhausted, the retiree begins
receiving ARBA benefit payments. Employees hired after July 1, 1988 are not
eligible for this benefit.
Note: at this time, 37 retirees are receiving Retiree Paid Medical Premium Plan
benefits with a monthly cost of approximately $33,000. There are also 128
employees hired prior to July 1, 1988 who will receive this benefit if they retire.
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Despite having similar reporting obligations with regard to liabilities, significant
reporting requirements would be placed on OCSD if the retiree benefit plans are
administered in-house. Staff is reviewing the implications of administering retirement
plan benefits in-house and by a third-party administrator. A detailed report on the
financial results from the actuarial study and recommendations on a funding strategy
will be included in the July 2006 FAHR agenda report for recommended action on the
future administration of OCSD retiree benefit plans.
PRIOR COMMITTEE/BOARD ACTIONS
• May 24, 2006: The second amended ARBA agreement was approved by
OCSD's Board of Directors.
• May 10, 2006: An amended agreement for the ARBA benefit was presented
to the FAHR Committee to address depleting ARBA benefit funds. In addition
a timeline for addressing intermediate and long term issues with retiree plan
benefits was discussed.
• April 2006: An informational item addressing ARBA was presented to the
FAHR Committee.
• December 2002: The Board of Directors approved an amended and restated
ARBA agreement that established a Retiree Medical Benefit Reserve (RMBR).
PROJECT/CONTRACT COST SUMMARY
N/A
BUDGET IMPACT
cg] This item has been budgeted.
D This item has been budgeted, but there are insufficient funds.
D This item has not been budgeted. D Not applicable (information item)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A plan of action to address future issues with retiree benefit plans is under
development and will be presented at upcoming FAHR Committee meetings. Items
of discussion will include future costs and investment options, compliance issues and
available administrative mechanisms, and optional changes to retiree benefits.
These FAHR committee meetings are outlined as follows:
• July 2006 FAHR Committee meeting: Detailed information on available
options for intermediate and long-term issues (funding and administration) with
retiree plan benefits. In addition, the issue of vested rights will be discussed in
more detail.
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• Early fall 2006 FAHR Committee meetings: Meet and Confer discussions on
all benefits, including ARBA.
ALTERNATIVES
N/A
CEQA FINDINGS
N/A
ATTACHMENTS
N/A
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FAHR COMMITTEE
AGENDA REPORT
Orange County Sanitation District
FROM: Lisa L. Tomko, Director of Human Resources
Originator: Kim Erickson, Human Resources Analyst
SUBJECT: OCSD Retirement Program Overview
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION
Information only
SUMMARY
Meeting Date To Bel. of Dir.
06/15/06
Item Number Item Number
S(b)
The Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS) provides retirement
benefits for employees of Orange County Sanitation District. OCERS operates under
the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937, also known as GERL or the '37 Act. It
can be found in the California Government Code, Title 3, Division 4, Part 3, Chapter 3
and 3.9, Sections 31450 through 31899.10.
Providing a retirement plan to employees allows OCSD to align the benefits program
with the strategic goals of the agency. The retirement benefit makes possible the
recruitment and retention of a talented and successful workforce, which is critical to
maintaining world-class leadership in wastewater and water resource management.
The attached staff report provides a comprehensive analysis of the OCSD retirement
program.
PRIOR COMMITTEE/BOARD ACTIONS
N/A
BUDGET IMPACT
D This item has been budgeted. (Line item: · )
D This item has been budgeted, but there are insufficient funds.
D This item has not been budgeted; will be included in budget for FY2006/2007.
[gl Not applicable (information item)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
N/A
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ALTERNATIVES
NIA
CEQA FINDINGS
NIA
ATTACHMENTS
1. Staff Report (OCSD Retirement Program)
2. OCERS Revised Actuarial Valuation and Review (12/31/04)
3. Employer Contribution History
4. Question & Answer Sheet
H:ldeptlagenda\FAHRIFAHR2006\061506 Benefits Workshop\05.S(b) Retirement Program Summary.doc
Revised: 8120/01
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Employer and employee contributions are deposited in the OCERS Retirement Fund and interest
is credited to accounts on June 30 and December 31 of each year. Interest on employee accounts
is determined by the Retirement Board and is currently 5.0% per year. The combination of
employer and employee contributions and investment earnings pays for the benefits retirees
receive from the Retirement System.
OCERS is a cost-sharing plan which is comprised of multiple entities each having a retirement plan
specific to their entity. The actuarial valuations are prepared for various "pools" of employers,
based on benefit formula. Currently, OCSD is pooled with one other employer which has the 2.5%
@ 55 retirement formula. Each participating entity (plan sponsor) with different benefits has
different employer and employee rates.
Segal Company is the actuarial firm for OCERS which prepared the most recent actuarial valuation
.(through December 31 , 2004). Towers Perrin was the actuarial firm for OCERS which prepared
the previous actuarial valuations (through December 31, 2003). The OCERS Actuarial Valuation
and Review dated December 31, 2004 is enclosed with this report.
Following is a summary of the process used by the actuary in determining plan sponsor rates.
• Actuarial Accrued Liability (ML): An actuary determines the amount of the Actuarial
Accrued Liability (ML). This is the amount needed in order to pay the anticipated
retirement costs of all employees who are employed today and of all retirees currently
receiving retirement benefits. The ML does not include estimates of the growth in the
number of employees as this information will be added at the next valuation date.
The ML is calculated by taking a list of all employees employed today and making
estimates based on actuarial assumptions. The actuarial assumptions are based on
historical trends and consist of:
• When each employee will retire
• How many years of service will have been credited at retirement
• Life expectancy after retiring
• Life expectancy of beneficiaries after the retiree has deceased
• Amount of the retiring employee's last three years salary (what the annual rate of
increase will be between the current date and the retirement date)
• The number of current employees that will leave OCSD before vesting (therefore,
not leaving with a service retirement)
• OCERS' return on investments during the period that benefits are paid
• Funded Actuarial Accrued Liability and the Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability (UML):
Having estimated the ML by using the actuarial assumptions, the actuaries then look at
OCERS' balance sheet. The amount of assets which exist to fund the calculated liability is
the funded ML. The amount of assets to be provided in the future to fund the calculated
liability is the Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability (UML).
The actuaries amended the actuarial assumptions to better reflect historical trends for
the 2004 valuation; as a result, the ML was determined to be much higher than in the
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UAAL CALCULATION 12/31/04 (MOST RECENT VALUATION)
Change as a%
of the 12/31 /03
Valuation throuoh December 31, 2003 (79% funded) $1,309 M UML valuation
Adjustments during calendar year 2004:
Interest minus payment to UML $11M .84%
Methodology and procedure changes $107M 8.17%
Net (Gains)/Losses ($31M) -2.37%
Assumption Changes $580M 44.31%
Plan Amendments $365M 27.88%
Total Adjustments During Calendar Year 2004 $1,032M
Valuation through December 31, 2004 (69% funded) $2,341M
These adjustments were incorporated into the employee and employer rates that were
calculated for FY 2006/07. Each of the adjustments are explained below:
The following information provides an explanation of the adjustments noted in the UML table
above.
• Interest Minus Payments to UML: Adjustments to the UML made for prior periods and
amortized over 15 or more years; these adjustments are not tied to contributions or
measured as a percentage of salary in the current year. This is the result of activity in
prior years which resulted in a level of underfunding for that year. The adjustment
during calendar year 2004 is the portion of the accumulated adjustment of those
amortized amounts that is applied to this year.
• Methodology and procedure changes: The result of changing actuaries. The new
actuaries (Segal) re-evaluated the December 2003 UML (produced by Towers Perrin)
and determined that using their (Segal's) formulae and methods of estimating the
balance would have produced a higher beginning number. This does not include any
actuarial assumption changes.
• Net (Gains}/Losses: The return on investments for the year analyzed being higher than
anticipated (8.55% was earned and 7.5% was expected) as well as losses due to
unfavorable actuarial experience (e.g. actual results that varied from the actuarial
assumption for a single year).
• Assumption changes: This category includes the results of changes made to the
actuarial assumptions which drive the UML. Examples of these include:
• Changes in rates of salary increase
• An increase in the estimated number of retirees each year
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• An increase in the number of years worked until retirement
These assumption changes occurred because the actuarial firm was changed (and the
new actuary's analysis of trends is different from the former actuary's analysis of trends)
and because the assumptions are routinely examined and adjusted every three years.
• Plan Amendments: The effect of changes to the retirement plans for the allowed age of
retirement and for additional benefits to be paid to employees upon retirement. Since
OCSD implemented the 2.5% at age 55 in July 2005, the employer rates for OCSD
increased to fund the employees who have retired under the revised plan and for those
who are due to retire within the next few years. The employee contribution rates also
increased for current employees to fund their future benefit; the employee contribution
rates do not include amounts to cover benefits for prior coverage.
Employer Rates
The employer rates are applied as a percentage of payroll and are comprised of two parts:
• Normal Cost: The annual contribution rate that, if paid annually from each member's first
year in the plan, would accumulate to the amount necessary to fully fund each member's
retirement-related benefits.
• UML Amortization: The annual contribution rate that, if paid annually over the amortization
period, would accumulate to the amount necessary to fully fund the UML. This
contribution rate is calculated to remain as a level percentage of future active member's
payroll. The current UML is being amortized over a 30-year period.
Following is a comparison of the OCSD employer rates over the past four years:
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATES(%)
FY 03/04 FY 04/05 FY 05/06 FY 06/07
Normal Cost 5.13 5.56 8.65 10.80
UML Amortization 3.49 6.56 6.16 9.35
Preliminary Total 8.62 12.12 14.81 20.15
Additional Contribution 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.00
Total 9.12 12.62 15.31 20.15
The large increase in the normal rate from FY 04/05 to FY 05/06 was mainly due to the plan
amendments which changed the retirement formula to 2.5% at 55, thus increasing each current
employee's funding requirements through retirement. OCSD's employer rate increased by 2.69%;
however, 1.00% of the cost was shifted back to employees (change in employer contribution on
employee's behalf from 4.50% to 3.50%). Therefore, the total OCSD contribution rate increase was
1.69% of payroll or $844,436 in FY05/06 as illustrated in the table below.
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As explained in the UAAL section above, the large increase in the UAAL from FY 05/06 to FY
06/07 was mainly due to changes in the actuarial assumptions. A smaller part of the increase was
due to the large number of employees who retired in FY 05/06 under the enhanced retirement
plan. Because the plan changed near these employee's retirement dates, the normal cost paid
from the employee's inception into the original plan was based on the original plan's benefits.
Consequently, the UAAL increased immediately upon these employees' retirements.
Retirement Expenditures
The FY 05/06 OCSD retirement program cost is approximately 2.07% of total combined
expenditures as illustrated below.
Annual Retirement Expenditures
FTEs Total OCSD Retirement Program
Operating Cost % of Total Operating Cost
FY 98-98 559.75 $157,463,050 1.33%
FY 98-99 537.50 $ 130,829,507 2.09%
FY 99-00 518.50 $149,567,587 1.55%
FY 00-01 506.00 $157,933,517 1.06%
FY 01-02 568.00 $181,347,614 0.99%
FY 02-03 561.70 $216,574,755 1.65%
FY 03-04 589.00 $274,838,050 2.10%
FY 04-05 620.00 $ 386,874,530 1.97%
FY 05-06 635.00 $ 455,050,940 2.07%
Retirement Formulas
Legislation enacted in 2001, AB 616, allowed Counties subject to the '37 Act the option of three
additional benefit formula options: 2.5% @ 55; 2.7% @ 55; and 3.0% @60. In 2002, AB 1992
gave the County of Orange and local public agencies, including OCSD, the ability to separately
negotiate retirement benefits with their own employees and to reach agreement on how those
benefits will be funded.
In 2003, the OCSD Board of Directors approved the provisions of OCSD Memorandums of
Understanding (MOU) for the new retirement benefit formula. The new formula was approved
based on a sharing of costs between employees and OCSD. OCSD decreased the contribution to
the employees' contribution to the retirement system from 4.5% to 3.5%. Negotiations with
employee bargaining units in 2002/2003 resulted in the "2.5% @ 55" retirement benefit effective
July 1, 2005.
Reciprocity
OCERS has established reciprocity with California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS),
California State Teachers' Retirement System Defined Benefit Plan, Judges' Retirement System
(JRS I and JRS II), California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), and any agency
that has established reciprocity with CalPERS. Reciprocal benefits are designed to allow
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employees who transfer retirement systems to preserve and enhance their total retirement
benefits. Upon retirement from all reciprocal retirement systems, the benefits are coordinated
between OCERS and the other system(s).
Service Credit
Service credit is based on hours worked as an OCERS member. The hours worked are converted
to years. In general, "service" means uninterrupted employment. However, if an employee is
forced to automatically resign from his or her position as a result of an injury or illness and is
subsequently rehired to a position within OCSD within one year, OCSD will bridge the employee's
service date. Bridging service involves adding the total number of days away from work to the
employee's original date of hire.
Current OCERS members may purchase service credit for a break in service provided the service
meets the necessary requirements. Examples of breaks of service include but are not limited to
previously withdrawn OCERS service, an unpaid leave of absence, or service with OCSD as "extra
help" (e.g. interns). Employees must repay ·their contributions by redepositing the total amount
withdrawn/due plus the interest the account would have earned during that period. Interest
continues to be charged on the unpaid balance until the total balance is fully repaid by the
employee; OCSD does not pay any portion of the service credit-buy back on behalf of the
employee. Options for repayment include lump sum payment, installment payments, credit, or
payroll deductions. Service credit is added to the retirement account only after the total amount
due has been paid.
Service Retirement
Eligibility: An employee must meet one of the requirements below to qualify for a Service
Retirement.
• Age 50, with a minimum of ten years of service credit; or
• At least 30 years of service credit, regardless of age; or
• A part-time employee age 55 or older with at least five years of service credit and at least
ten years of active employment with an employer covered by OCERS; or
• Age 70 or older, regardless of years of service credit
Allowance: Retirement allowances are calculated on years of service, average monthly
compensation, and the retirement formula at the time of retirement. The maximum monthly
allowance an employee is eligible to receive cannot exceed 100% of his/her average monthly
compensation. To determine the average monthly compensation, a number of Compensation
Earnable elements are considered. The main element is the employee's base salary; however, as
a result of the Ventura Decision (Ventura County Sheriff's Association v. County of Ventura)
additional pay items such as shift differential, stand-by pay, pass down overtime, and investment
incentive salary (IIS) are considered compensation earnable, as well as vacation, sick leave and
personal leave that has been earned but not used during the 12 or 36 month reporting period.
Additional items may also apply depending on the governing Memorandum of Understanding for
an employee's bargaining unit.
Retirement benefits under OCERS are based on years of service, final average salary, and a
formula that includes an age factor. If an employee chooses to retire prior to age 55 (age 50-54),
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the employee will not benefit from the maximum salary percentage (2.5%), rather, the percentage
will be pro-rated based on the employee's age; however, the salary percentage will never increase
beyond 2.5% for employees who retire at age 55 or older. In order to achieve a retirement benefit
that is equal to 100% of salary, an employee would need to be at least 55 years of age and have
40 years of service. The average OCSD employee retires at age 60 with 24 years of service which
pays a 60% service retirement allowance under the current formula.
Retirees receive a lifetime monthly benefit. Several options exist for providing survivor benefit. The
options are discussed in detail in the Survivor Benefits section of this report; however, the most
commonly selected option provides the retiree with the maximum retirement pension and a 60%
continuation allowance to a surviving spouse or child.
Maximum Benefit Limit: Section 415(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code provides for dollar
limitations on the amount of retirement benefits an employee can receive from a qualified pension
plan such as OCERS. These limits affect certain highly paid and long-service employees. The
limitation for 2006 is $175,000 per year, or less than that amount for employees who retire prior to
age 62. If the pension benefit is over the $175,000 limit, then the difference between the pension
amount that was earned, and the amount that may be paid by OCERS, is legally required to be
funded by the employer through a Replacement Benefits Plan. Such a plan was adopted by the
Board in June 2005. As of the date of this report, only one OCSD retiree receives a service
retirement allowance above the IRS limitation and only after having worked for OCSD for 38 years
and as a member of the Executive Management Team (EMT) for the last 16 years of employment.
Maximum Compensation Limitation: The Internal Revenue Code, Section 401 (a) (17) places a
limit on the amount of salary that OCERS can consider when calculating a member's benefit. The
Compensation Limit for 2006 is $220,000.
Cost of Living Adjustment: Retirees receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment that is determined
by the average annual increase in the Consumer Price Index. The maximum adjustment is limited
by the Retirement Board to 3% per year.
Deferred Retirement
Employees who terminate employment may leave member contributions on deposit with the
Retirement System and then, when eligible, may elect to receive a retirement benefit from OCERS.
The money left on deposit continues to earn interest.
Eligibility: A former employee must meet one of the requirements below to qualify for a Deferred
Retirement. Reciprocal benefits may be used to meet these requirements.
• Age 50 or over and would have had a minimum of ten years of service credit if the
individual had remained a full-time employee; or
• Any age and would have had at least 30 years of service credit if the individual had
remained a full-time employee; or
• A part-time employee age 55 or older and would have had a minimum of five years of
service credit and ten years of active employment with an employer covered by OCERS; or
• Age 70 or older, regardless of years of service credit
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Retirement Benefit: The monthly pension allowance is calculated based on years of service at
termination, average monthly compensation, and the 2.5% at age 55 formula.
Disability Retirement
OCSD employees who become permanently disabled may be eligible for a Disability Retirement
allowance. Two types of disability benefits are payable from the Retirement System, Non-Service
Connected and Service Connected Disability Retirement.
Non-Service Connected Disability Retirement
Eligibility: Non-service connected disability retirement is available to employees who meet the
requirements below.
• At least five years of service credit; and
• The Board of Retirement determines that the individual is permanently physically or
mentally incapacitated from substantially performing the usual duties of any permanent
assignment in the current job classification; and
• The disability is not due to a job-related illness or injury.
Retirement Benefits:
• Plan G: A Non-Service Connected disability retirement pays 1.8% of the employee's
average monthly compensation by years of service credit. However, if the formula provides
less than 33 1/3% of the employee's average monthly compensation, the number of years
remain ing until the individual's 62nd birthday is added to the years of service credit to
increase the allowance not to exceed 33 1/3% of average monthly compensation.
• Plan H: A Non-Service Connected disability retirement pays 1.5% of the employee's
average monthly compensation by years of service credit. However, if the formula provides
less than 33 1/3% of the employee's average monthly compensation, the number of years
remaining until the individual's 65th birthday is added to the years of service credit to
increase the allowance not to exceed 33 1 /3% of average monthly compensation.
Employees eligible for a service retirement allowance will receive the greater of the disability
allowance or the service retirement allowance.
Service Connected Disability Retirement
Eligibility: Service connected disability retirement is available to employees who meet the
requirements listed below:
• The Retirement Board deems the employees is permanently physically or mentally
incapacitated from substantially performing the usual duties of any permanent assignment
in the current job classification; and
• The incapacity arose out of, and in the course of employment, and such employment
contributed substantially to the incapacity.
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Retirement Benefits: A service connected disability allows for a tax exempt monthly allowance of
50% of the employee's average monthly compensation. Employees eligible for a service
retirement allowance will receive the greater of the disability allowance or the service retirement
allowance; however, any portion above 50% of the average monthly compensation is taxable.
Social Security Offsets
Retirees receiving pension benefits from a public sector retirement system will receive reduced or
limited social security benefits based on the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and/or Windfall
Elimination Provision (WEP).
• GPO affects the Social Security spouse's/widow's/widower's benefits by reducing the
benefit amount by two-thirds of the government pension.
GPO Reduction Example:
Retiree's Government Pension:
Retiree's Spouse/Widow/Widower Benefit
Less: 2/3 Pension
Actual Retiree Spouse/Widow/Widower Benefit
$600/month
$500/month
($400/month)
$100/month
• WEP affects the manner in which the amount of Social Security retirement or disability
benefits is calculated. Social Security benefits provide a higher benefit percentage to
lower-paid workers. OCSD employees do not pay into Social Security; therefore, they
appear to be lower-paid workers and would receive a higher Social Security benefit in
addition to their OCERS pension. In an effort to eliminate this advantage, Congress passed
the Windfall Elimination Provision. The WEP allows Social Security to use a modified
formula to calculate the benefit amount of government employees, resulting in a lower
Social Security benefit.
Retiree Medical Benefits
Employees hired prior to July 1, 1988 receive two and one-half months' premium for each year of
continuous service towards the premium costs of coverage for the employee and eligible
dependents under OCSD's medical plan. There are currently 37 retirees receiving this benefit; the
monthly cost is approximately $33,258.
Employees hired on or after July 1, 1988 and/or employees whose paid retiree medical premiums
have expired, are eligible for a monthly stipend paid by the OCERS Additional Retiree Benefit
Account (ARBA). The ARBA benefit is provided to offset the cost of health premiums by paying
$10 per month for every year of service up to a maximum of 25 years or $250 per month. Upon
the death of the retiree, the ARBA benefit is payable to the surviving spouse. OCSD retirees are
permitted to continue OCSD medical insurance by electing one of the available retiree medical
plans and paying the cost of the monthly premium. There are currently 99 retirees receiving this
benefit; the monthly cost is approximately $17,000.
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Survivor Benefits
One-Time Death Benefit: Beneficiaries of active and deferred members with ten or more years of
service or retirees will receive a one-time $1,000 death benefit upon the death of the member.
Non-Service Connected Death Prior to Retirement
Beneficiaries of employees with less than five years of Service Credit at time of death will receive a
lump-sum benefit equal to one month's pay for each full year worked in addition to the member
contributions plus interest.
The eligible spouse or child of an employee with at least five years of service is provided three
survivor benefit options.
• Lump-sum benefit (provided the employee named an eligible spouse or eligible child as
his/her beneficiary) equal to one month's pay (based on member's last 12 months of
compensation earnable) for each full year worked, up to six months of pay, plus a refund of
the member contributions with interest; or
• Lifetime monthly allowance of 60% of the amount the employee would have received if
granted a non-service connected disability retirement allowance the day after death; or
• Combined benefit of a lump-sum benefit equal to one month's pay for each full year worked
(based on member's last 12 months of compensation earnable), up to six months of pay,
plus a reduced lifetime monthly allowance.
If the employee is eligible for a service retirement allowance on the date of death, the eligible
spouse has an additional survivor benefit option. Under this option, the eligible spouse or eligible
child will receive a lifetime monthly allowance of 60% of the greater of the amount the employee
would have received if granted a service retirement or non-service connected disability retirement
allowance the day after the date of death. This benefit is calculated as though the employee had
chosen the unmodified option.
If the employee does not have an eligible spouse or child, the designated beneficiary will receive a
lump-sum benefit equal to one-month's pay (based on member's last 12 months of compensation
earnable) for each full year worked, up to six months of pay, plus a refund of member contributions
with interest.
Service Connected Death Prior to Retirement
In the event an employee death occurs as a result of a job-related illness or injury, the eligible
spouse or child are provided a choice of the following survivor benefits:
• Lump-sum benefit equal to one month's pay (based on member's last 12 months of
compensation earnable) for each full year worked, up to six months of pay, plus a refund of
the member contributions with interest; or
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• Lifetime monthly allowance of 50% of the employee's average monthly compensation; or
• Combined benefit of a lump-sum benefit equal to one month's pay for each full year worked
(based on member's last 12 months of compensation earnable), up to six months of pay,
plus a reduced lifetime monthly allowance; or
• If eligible, the employee's service retirement allowance.
If the employee does not have an eligible spouse or child, the designated beneficiary will receive a
lump-sum benefit equal to one-month's pay (based on member's last 12 months of compensation
earnable) for each full year worked, up to six months of pay, plus a refund of member contributions
with interest.
Survivor Benefits for Retired Members
Upon the death of a retiree, the spouse, children, or designated beneficiaries may be paid
according to the provisions of the payment option selected at retirement. In most cases, the
eligible spouse or child receive 60% of the retiree's monthly allowance upon death of the retiree.
The amount is payable to the spouse for his/her lifetime. If the retiree does not have an eligible
spouse at time of death, a monthly allowance is provided to the designated eligible child. If the
retiree does not have an eligible spouse or child at time of death, the designated beneficiary will
receive a refund of the remaining member contributions, if any.
Returning to Work After Retirement
Retirees who are receiving a service retirement allowance from OCERS and wish to return to work
for an OCERS covered employer (OCSD) may do so by way of two methods with written approval
from the General Manager.
• The retiree may be paid in an "extra help" position for no greater than 120 days or 960
hours of work per fiscal, while still receiving a retirement allowance; or
• The retiree may return to work in a full-time position by filing an application with the Board
of Retirement to become an active member and the Board determines the retiree is
physically capable of performing the job duties of the position. The retiree's service
retirement allowance is suspended while a full-time position is worked and the retiree
becomes an active member of OCERS for the second period of employment. Upon
retirement from the second period of employment, the retiree's service retirement allowance
from the first retirement, plus any cost-of-living adjustments that occurred while the
allowance was suspended, will be added to the service retirement earned for the second
period of employment.
Early Retirement Incentives: In the event a retiree received an early retirement incentive, the
individual is not eligible for rehire per OCSD policy 8150.00 (Recruitment and Selection).
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Retirement Plan Customization
Two Retirement Plan components are permitted for customization, retirement formula and final
average salary (choice of 12 or 36 months). Changes to either component are subject to the meet
and confer process.
Retirement Plan Alternative/De.fined Contribution Plan
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 -Richman Bill: ACA 5, introduced by Assembly member
Keith Richman in December 2004, was California's first Defined Contribution Plan proposal. It
requires that any person hired by a public agency on or after July 1, 2007, may only enroll in a
Defined Contribution Retirement Plan and is prohibited from enrolling in a Defined Benefit
Retirement Plan. The bill would also allow current public employees to transfer money from
existing defined benefit plans to the employer-sponsored defined contribution plans offered to new
employees. The bill generated much interest and activity when introduced; however, it did not pass
the Assembly Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security.
OCSD has contacted several benefits consulting firms, to include Hewitt & Associates, to obtain a
quote to conduct a review of OCSD's defined benefit program, for the purpose of providing
recommendations/alternatives on future retirement programs that may include defined contribution
or hybrid plans.
OCSD Retirement Summary
The table below illustrates current OCSD retirement program summary information:
OCSD RETIREMENT PLANS
PlanG Plan H
Member Distribution 18 employees 576 employees
Final Average Salary 12 months 36 months
Employee Contribution Rate (Average) 11.72% 11.31%
Employer Contribution Rate 20.15% 20.15%
OCSD RETIREMENT BENEFITS
Average Retirement Age 60
Average Years of Service at Retirement 24
Average Service Retirement Allowance 60% $46,412*
Retiree Medical: 2.5 Months Paid Premium 37 retirees $33,258
Retiree Medical: ARBA 99 retirees $17,000
*Based on average OCSD employee base salary.
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Revised Actuarial Valuation and Review
as of December 31, 2004
Copyright @ 2008
THE SEGAL GROUP, INC.,
THE PARENT OF THE SEGAL COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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120 Montgomery Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94104
T 415.263.8200 F 415.263.8290 www.segalco.com
March 17, 2006
Board of Retirement
Orange County Employees Retirement System
2223 Wellington Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Dear Board Members:
We are pleased to submit this revised Actuarial Valuation and Review as of December 31, 2004 to reflect the 7. 75% investment
return assumption adopted by the Board, as well as changes in the rate group classifications for some members reported to us
for the December 31, 2004 valuation adopted by the Board, as provided to us by the Retirement System. It summarizes the
actuarial data used in the valuation, establishes the funding requirements for fiscal 2006-2007 and analyzes the preceding
year 's experience.
The census information on which our calculations were based was prepared by the OCERS and the financial information was
provided by the Retirement System. That assistance is gratefully acknowledged. The actuarial calculations were completed
under the supervision of Andy Yeung, ASA, MA.AA, Enrolled Actuary.
This actuarial valuation has been completed in accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles and practices,
including Actuarial Standards of Practice (ASOPs) Nos. 4, 27 and 35. In particular, it reflects the actuary's responsibility
under Section 5. 8 of ASOP No. 4 'Jar assessing the implications of the overall results, in terms of short-and long-range benefit
security and expected cost progression. 11
To the best of our knowledge, the information supplied in this actuarial valuation is complete and accurate. Further, in our
best professional judgment, the assumptions and methodologies as adopted by the Board of Retirement, individually and in
combination, are reasonably related to the experience of and the expectations for the Plan and will not, in and of themselves,
expose the retirement system to 11unsoundfinancial risk. 11 In this regard, we consider 11unsoundfinancial risk" to mean the
following:
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VALUATION SUMMARY
Purpose
Significant Issues in Valuation
Year ......................................... ii
Summary of Key Valuation
Results .................................... iv
Summary of Key Valuation
Demographic and Financial
Data ......................................... v
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VALUATION RESULTS
A. Member Data
B. Financial lnfonnation .............. 4
C. Actuarial Experience ............... 7
D. Employer and Member
Contributions ........................ 12
E. Information Required by
GASB .................................... 22
SECTION 3
SUPPLEMENTAL
INFORMATION
EXHIBIT A
Table of Plan Coverage
i. General County ( other than
OCTA) ...................................... 23
11. General OCTA .......................... 24
iii. Safety Law Enforcement... ........ 25
iv. Safety Probation Officers .......... 26
v. Safely Fire Authority ................ 27
EXHIBlT B
Members in Active Service During
Year Ended December 31. 2004
i. General County (other than ......... .
OCTA) ...................................... 28
ii. General OCT A .......................... 29
iii. Safety Law Enforcement.. ......... 30
iv. Safety Probation Officers .......... 31
v. Safety Fire Authority ................ 32
EXHIBlT C
Reconciliation of Member Data-
December 3 I, 2003 to
December 31, 2004 ..............•.......... 33
EXHIBITD
Summary Statement of Income and
Expenses on an Actuarial Value
Basis ................................................ 34
EXHIBITE
Summary Statement of Assets ......... 35
EXHIBITF
Actuarial Balance Sheet.. ................. 36
EXHIBITG
Summary of Reported Asset Infor-
mation as of December 31, 2004 ..... 37
EXHJBITH
Development of
Unfunded/(Overfunded) Actuarial
Accrued Liability for Year Ended
December 31, 2004 ......................... 38
EXHIBIT I
Section 415 Limitations ................... 39
EXHIBIT J
Definitions of Pension Tem1s .......... 40
SECTION 4
REPORTING INFORMATION
EXHIBIT I
Supplementary Information Required
by GASB -Schedule of Employer
Contributions ................................... 42
EXHIBIT JI
Supplementary Information Required
by GASB -Schedule of Funding
Progress ........................................... 43
EXHIBIT Ill
Supplementary Information Required
by GASB ......................................... 44
EXHIBIT IV
Actuarial Assumptions and Actuarial
Cost Method .................................... 45
EXHIBITV
Summary of Plan Provisions ............ 60
Appendix A
UAAL Amortization Schedule as of
December 31, 2004 .......................... 70
Appendix B
Member Contribution Rates ............. 71
i. Plans A, G, I and M .................... 71
ii. Plans B, H, J and N ..................... 73
iii. Plan E ......................................... 75
iv. Plan F ......................................... 77
Appendix C
Reconciliation of the December 31,
2003 Valuation Results With Those
Calculated By The System's Prior
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Purpose
This revised report has been prepared by The Segal Company to present a valuation of the Orange County Employees
Retirement System as of December 31, 2004 to reflect an investment return assumption of 7. 75% approved by the Board, as
well as changes in the rate group classifications for some members reported to us for the December 31, 2004 valuation, as
reported to us by the Retirement System. The valuation was performed to determine whether the assets and contributions are
sufficient to provide the prescribed benefits. The contribution requirements presented in this report are based on:
> The benefit provisions of the Retirement System, as administered by the Board of Retirement;
> The characteristics of covered active members, inactive vested members, and retired members and beneficiaries as of
December 31, 2004, provided by the Retirement System;
> The assets of the Plan as of December 31, 2004, provided by the Retirement System;
> Economic assumptions regarding future salary increases and investment earnings; and
> Other actuarial assumptions, regarding employee terminations, retirement, death, etc.
Orange County Employees Retirement System's basic financial goal is to establish contributions which fully fund the System's
liabilities, and which, as a percentage of payroll, remain as level as possible for each generation of active members. Annual
actuarial valuations measure the progress toward this goal, as well as test the adequacy of the contribution rates.
In preparing this valuation, we have employed generally accepted actuarial methods and assumptions to evaluate the System's
assets, liabilities and future contribution requirements. Our calculations are based upon member data and financial information
provided to us by the System's staff. This information has not been audited by us, but it has been reviewed and found to be
consistent, both internally and with prior year's information.
The contribution requirements are determined as a percentage of payroll. The System's employer rates provide for both
normal cost and a contribution to amortize any unfunded or overfunded actuarial accrued liabilities. In this valuation, we have
applied the Board's new funding policy to amortize the System's entire unfunded actuarial accrued liability as of December 31,
2004 over a declining 30-year period. The rates calculated in this report may be adopted by the Board for the fiscal year that
extends from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
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Significant Issues in This Valuation
The following key findings were the result of this revised actuarial valuation:
> The ratio of the valuation value of assets to actuarial accrued liabilities decreased from 78.53% to 70.85%. The System's
unfunded actuarial accrued liability has changed from $1.31 billion as of December 31, 2003 to $2.16 billion as of
December 31, 2004. The increase is mainly due to a combination of benefit improvement and changes in actuarial
assumptions and methods. A reconciliation of the System's unfunded actuarial accrued liability is provided in Section 3,
ExhibitH.
> The aggregate employer rate calculated in this valuation has increased from 18.92% of payroll (after reflecting the cost of
benefit improvements that became effective for fiscal year 2005-2006) to 20.71 % of payroll. The reasons for the changes
are: (i) change in membership demographics, (ii) change in actuarial methods and actuarial assumptions, (iii) adjustment to
reflect 18-month delay in implementation of higher contribution rates calculated in the December 31, 2004 valuation and
(iv) other actuarial losses. A reconciliation of the System's aggregate employer rate is provided in Section 2, Subsection D
(see Chart 15). Please note that the 20.71 % of payroll assumes a 3-year phase-in of the contribution rate increase
calculated in this valuation. The contribution rate without the 3-year phase-in is 24.29% of payroll.
> The aggregate member rate calculated in this valuation has increased from 9.70% of payroll to 10.25% of payroll. The
change in member rate is primarily due to the changes in actuarial assumptions. A reconciliation of the System's
aggregate member rate is provided in Section 2, Subsection D (see Chart 16).
> The results of this valuation reflect the adoption by the Board of changes in economic and non-economic assumptions
recommended in the June 30, 2005 Triennial Experience Study. Subsequently, the Board adopted a 3.50% inflation
assumption and an investment return assumption of 7.75%. The Board also adopted: (i) a change from the Projected Unit
Credit funding method to the Entry Age Normal funding method, (ii) a policy to amortize the System's entire unfunded
actuarial liability as of December 31, 2004 over a declining 30-year period, (iii) a change in the method that calculates the
actuarial value of assets, and (iv) other changes in the methods and procedures used in prior valuations. The impact of the
assumption and method changes is provided in Section 2, Subsection D (see Charts 15 and 16). The specific assumption
changes can be found in Section 4, Exhibit IV. A description of the method that calculates the actuarial value of assets is
provided in Section 2, subsection B (Chart 7). The other changes in methods and procedures used in prior valuations are
detailed in our letter to the System dated February 3, 2005. A copy of that letter is provided in Section 4, Appendix C.
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> As indicated in Section 2, Subsection B (see Chart 7) of this report, the total unrecognized investment gain as of
December 31, 2004 is $145,370,000. This investment gain will be recognized in the determination of the actuarial value of
assets for funding purposes in the next few years, and will serve to offset any investment losses that may occur after
December 31, 2004. This implies that if the System earns the assumed rate of investment return of 7.75% per year (net of
expenses) on a market value basis, that will result in investment gains on the actuarial value of assets in the next few
years.
Impact of F'lLture Experience on Contribution Rates
Future contribution requirements may differ from those determined in the valuation because of:
> difference between actual experience and anticipated experience;
> changes in actuarial assumptions or methods;
> changes in statutory provisions; and
> difference between the contribution rates determined by the valuation and those adopted by the Board.
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Summary of Key Valuation Results (Dollar amounts in thousands)
December 31. 2004 December 31. 2003
Employer Contribution Rates:
General
Rate Group #1 -Plans A and B (non-OCTA)
Rate Group #2 -Plans I and J (2. 7% @ 55)
Rate Group #3 -Plans G and H (2.5% @ 55 -non-Rancho Santa Margarita)
Rate Group #4 -Plan H (2.5%@ 55 -Rancho Santa Margarita)
Rate Group #5 -Plans A and B (OCTA)
Rate Group #9 -Plans Mand N (TCA)
Safety
Rate Group #6 -Plans E and F (Probation)
Rate Group #7 -Plans E and F (Law Enforcement)
Rate Group #8 -Plans E and F (Fire Authority)
All GrouRs Combined
Average Member Contribution Rates:
General
Rate Group # 1 -Plans A and B (non-OCT A)
Rate Group #2 -Plans I and J (2. 7% @ 55)
Rate Group #3 -Plans G and H (2.5%@ 55 -non-Rancho Santa Margarita)
Rate Group #4 -Plan H (2.5%@ 55 -Rancho Santa Margarita)
Rate Group #5 -Plans A and B (OCTA)
Rate Group #9 -Plans Mand N (TCA)
Safety
Rate Group #6 -Plans E and F (Probation)
Rate Group #7 -Plans E and F (Law Enforcement)
Rate Group #8 -Plans E and F (Fire Authority)
All Grou.12§. Combined
Funded Status<41:
Actuarial accrued liability
Valuation value of assets
Funded percentage
Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability
Key Assumptions:
Total Rate<1l
13.29%
18.26%
16.59%
7.41%
13.10%
14.56%
21.00%
38.48%
33.20%
20.71%
Total Rate<1l
7.08%
10.31%
10.36%
11.13%
7.97%
8.26%
11.62%
11.81%
10.61%
10.25%
$7,403,972
5,245,821
70.85%
$2,158,151
Estimated
Annual Amount<2l
$6,362
148,706
7,696
78
11,479
837
11,079
53,020
21,076
$260,333
Estimated
Annual Amount<2l
$3,389
83,962
4,806
117
6,984
475
6,130
16,273
6,735
$128,871
Total Rate<3)
12.12%
16.27%
14.81%
4.70%
10.95%
12.57%
14.80%
38.89%
32.88%
18.92%
Total Rate<3l
6.88%
9.65%
9.73%
10.66%
7.65%
8.14%
11.37%
11.48%
10.09%
9.70%
$6,099,433
4,790,099
78.53%
$1,309,334
Interest rate 7.75% 7.50%
Inflation rate 3.50% 4.00%
Across-the-board real salary increase 0.00% 0.00%
Estimated
Annual Amoun{2)
$5,801
132,500
6,870
50
9,595
723
7,808
53,585
20,873
$237,805
Estimated
Annual Amount<2l
$3,293
78,588
4,513
112
6,703
468
5,998
15,818
6,405
$121,898
(// Rates presented here assumed a three year phase-in 1vill be adopted. Please refer to Section 2, Subsection C (Chart 13) for the rates before the phase-in.
ri; Based on December 31, 2004 projected annual compensation.
!3! December 31, 2003 rates have been adjusted to reflect the benefit improvements that became effectiveforfiscalyear 2005 -2006.
r,; December 31, 2003 funded status has not been adjusted to reflect the benefit improvements that became effective/or fiscal year 2005 -2006.
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Summary ofKe;r Valuation Demogra~hic and Financial Data
December 31, 2004 December 31, 2003 Percentage Change
Active Members:
Number of members 22,502 22,672 -0.7%
Average age 44.l 43.5 NIA
Average service 11.l 10.7 3.7%
Projected total compensation $1,257,085,000 $1,243,963,814 1.1%
Average projected compensation $55,865 $54,864 1.8%
Retired Member and Beneficiaries:
Number of members:
txJ Service retired 6,920 6,642 4.2%
0 Disability retired 1,172 1,134 3.4%
0 Beneficiaries 1,341 1,303 2.9% ~
~ Total 9,433 9,079 3.9%
CQ Average age 68.3 NIA NIA Cl) Average monthly benefit (ll c.., $2,057 $1,936 6.3%
c.., Vested Terminated Members:
Number of terminated vested members (ll 1,910 2,278 -16.2%
Total Account Balance $51,841,637 $47,753,550 8.6%
Summary of Financial Data (dollar amounts in thousands):
Market value of assets (JJ $5,556,995 $4,959,626 12.0%
Return on market value of assets 11.26% 19.80% NIA
Actuarial value of assets $5,256,380 $4,811,317 9.3%
Return on actuarial value of assets 8.35% NIA NIA
Valuation value of assets $5,245,821 $4,790,099 9.5%
Return on valuation value of assets 8.55% 1.40% NIA
'11 Excludes month(v benefits payable from the RMBR and STAR COLA.
(Ji This includes members who chose to leave their contributions on deposit even though they have less than.five years of service.
(3! Includes County Investment Account of $155,245,000 and $143, 744,000 as of December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respective(v.
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A. MEMBER DATA
The Actuarial Valuation and Review considers the number
and demographic characteristics of covered members,
including active members. vested terminated members,
retired members and beneficiaries.
CHART 1
Member Population: 2001 -2004
This section presents a summary of significant statistical
data on these member groups.
More detailed information for this valuation year and the
preceding valuation can be found in Section 3,
Exhibits A, B, and C.
Year Ended Active Vested Terminated Retired Members Ratio of Non-Actives
December31 Members Members* and Beneficiaries to Actives
2001 22,329 1,872 8,216 0.45
2002 22,723 2,177 8,688 0.48
2003 22,672 2,278 9,079 0.50
2004 22,502 1,910 9,433 0.50
* Includes terminated members due a refimd of member contributions
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It is desirable to have level and predictable plan costs from
one year to the next. For this reason, the Board of
Retirement has approved an asset valuation method that
gradually adjusts to market value. Under this valuation
method, the full value of market fluctuations is not
recognized in a single year and, as a result, the asset value
and the plan costs are more stable.
CHART7
The amount of the adjustment to recognize market value is
treated as income, which may be positive or negative.
Realized and unrealized gains and losses are treated
equally and, therefore, the sale of assets does not have an
immediate effect on the actuarial value of assets.
The determination of the Actuarial Value of Assets and
Valuation Value of Assets is provided below.
Determination of Actuarial and Valuation Value of Assets for Year Ended December 31, 2004
Plan Year
Ending
2004
Total Actual Market
Return (net)
$544,457,000
Expected Market
Return (net)
$362,744,000
Investment Gain
(Loss)
$181,713,000
1. Net Market Value of Assets (Excludes $155,245,000 in County Investment Account)
2. Actuarial Value of Assets
3. Non-valuation Reserves
(a) Unclaimed member deposit
(b) Medicare medical insurance reserve
(c) RMBR
( d) Subtotal
4. Valuation Value of Assets (2)-(3)(d)
Deferred
Factor
0.8
Deferred
Return
$145,370,000
$5,401,750,000
5,256,380,000
655,000
84,000
9,820,000
$10,559,000
$5,245,821,000
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C. ACTUARIAL EXPERIENCE
To calculate the required contribution, assumptions are
made about future events that affect the amount and timing
of benefits to be paid and assets to be accumulated. Each
year actual experience is measured against the
assumptions. If overall experience is more favorable than
anticipated (an actuarial gain), the contribution requirement
will decrease from the previous year. On the other hand,
the contribution requirement will increase if overall
actuarial experience is less favorable than expected (an
actuarial loss).
Taking account of experience gains or losses in one year
without making a change in assumptions reflects the belief
that the single year's experience was a short-term
CHART9
development and that, over the long term, experience will
return to the original assumptions. For contribution
requirements to remain stable, assumptions should
approximate experience.
If assumptions are changed, the contribution requirement is
adjusted to take into account a change in experience
anticipated for all future years.
The total experience gain was $31.2 million, a gain of
$50.5 million from investments and a loss of $19.4 million
from all other sources. A discussion of the major
components of the actuarial experience is on the following
pages .
Actuarial Experience for Year Ended December 31, 2004 (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
1. Net gain/(loss) from investments(!)
2. Net gain/(loss) from other experience<2l
3. Net experience gain/(loss): ( l) + (2)
01 Details in Chart 10. This also includes the impact of the change in the method.for calculating the actuarial and valuation value of assets.
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$50,536
(19.372)
$31,164
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Investment Rate of Return
A major component of projected asset growth is the
assumed rate of return. The assumed return should
represent the expected long-term rate of return, based on
the OCERS's investment policy. For valuation purposes,
the assumed rate of return on the valuation value of assets
was 7.50% (based on December 31 , 2003 valuation). The
actual rate of return on a valuation basis for the 2004 plan
year was 8.55%. Please note that part of the actuarial gain
on the valuation value of assets was due to a change in the
method that calculates the actuarial and valuation value of
assets.
CHART10
Since the actual return for the year was greater than the
assumed return, the OCERS experienced an actuarial gain
during the year ended December 31, 2004 with regard to its
investments.
Investment Experience for Year Ended December 31, 2004 -Valuation Value and Actuarial Value of Assets
Valuation Value Actuarial Value
I. Actual return $411,453,073 $403,652,000
2. Average value of assets $4,812,233,427 $4,832,022,500
3. Actual rate of return: (1) + (2) 8.55% 8.35%
4. Assumed rate of return 7.50% 7.50%
5. Expected return: (2) x (4) $360,917,507 $362,401,688
6. Actuarial gain/(loss): (1) -(5) $50 535 566 $41250312
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Because actuarial planning is long term, it is useful to see
how the assumed investment rate of return has followed
actual experience over time. The chart below shows the
rate of return on an actuarial, valuation, and market basis
for the last year.
CHART 11
Based upon this experience, future expectations and
discussions with the Board, the Board has acted to increase
the assumed rate ofreturn from 7.50% to 7.75% for this
valuation.
Investment Return -Actuarial Value, Valuation Value and Market Value: (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
Year Ended
December31
2004
Valuation Value
Investment Return
Amount Percent
$411,453 8.55%
(I) Net of County Investment Account.
Actuarial Value Investment
Return
Amount Percent
$403,652 8.35%
Market Value Investment
Return(1l
Amount Percent
$544,457 11.26%
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Other Experience
There are other differences between the expected and the
actual experience that appear when the new valuation is
compared with the projections from the previous valuation.
These include:
> actual turnover among the participants,
> retirement experience ( earlier or later than expected),
> mortality (more or fewer deaths than expected),
> the number of disability retirements, and
> salary increases different than assumed.
The net loss from this other experience for the year ended
December 31, 2004 amounted to $19.4 million which is
0.26% of the actuarial accrued liability. See Exhibit Hin
Section 3 for a detailed development of the Unfunded
Actuarial Accrued Liability.
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D. EMPLOYER AND MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS
Employer contributions consist of two components:
Normal Cost
Contribution to the Unfunded
Actuarial Accrued Liability (UAAL)
The annual contribution rate that, if paid annually from a member's first year of
membership through the year of retirement, would accumulate to the amount
necessary to fully fund the member's retirement-related benefits. Accumulation
includes annual crediting of interest at the assumed investment earning rate. The
contribution rate is expressed as a level percentage of the member's compensation.
Please note that for members who have prior benefit service in another OCERS plan
( e.g. Probation Safety members with prior General plan service), their normal cost rate
for the current plan is calculated based on the date they enter service with their current
plan.
The annual contribution rate that, if paid annually over the UAAL amortization
period, would accumulate to the amount necessary to fully fund the UAAL.
Accumulation includes annual crediting of interest at the assumed investment earning
rate. The contribution ( or rate credit in the case of a negative unfunded actuarial
accrued liability) is calculated to remain as a level percentage of future active member
payroll (including payroll for new members as they enter the System) assuming a
constant number of active members. In order to remain as a level percentage of
payroll, amortization payments (credits) are scheduled to increase at the annual
inflation rate of 3.50% (i.e., 3.50% inflation plus 0.00% real across-the-board salary
increase). The current UAAL is being recognized over a declining
30-year period.
The recommended employer contributions are provided on Chart 13.
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Member Contributions Articles 6 and 6.8 of the 1937 Act define the methodology to be used in the
calculation of member basic contribution rates for General members and Safety
members, respectively. The basic contribution rate is determined so that the
accumulation of a member's basic contributions made in a given year until a certain
age will be sufficient to fund an annuity at that age that is equal to:
> 1/200 of Final Average Salary for General Plan A;
> 1/120 of Final Average Salary for General Plan B;
> 1/100 of Final Average Salary for General Plans G, H, I, and J;
> 1/120 of Final Average Salary for General Plans Mand N;
> 1/200 of Final Average Salary for Safety Plan E and;
> 1/100 of Final Average Salary for Safety Plan F.
The Annuity age is 60 for General Plans A, B, M, and N, 55 for Plans G, H, I, and J,
and 50 for Safety Plans E and F. It is assumed that contributions are made annually at
the same rate, starting at entry age. In addition to their basic contributions, members
pay one-half of the total normal cost necessary to fund their cost-of-living benefits.
Accumulation includes semi-annual crediting of interest at the assumed investment
earning rate.
Member contribution rates are provided in Appendix A.
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Recommended Employer Contribution Rates as of December 31, 2004 (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
General Employers
December 31 , 2004 Valuation December 31, 2003 Valuation
Estimated Annual
Rate Group #1 -Plans A and B (non-OCTA) Rate Amount(I) Rate
Normal Cost 9.55% $4,571 5.56%
UAALC2l 6.08% ~ 6.56%
Total Contribution 15.63% $7,483 12.12%
Total Contribution After 3 Year Phase-In 13.29% $6,362 NIA
Rate Group #2 -Plans I and J (2.7% @ 55) l3)
Normal Cost 11.74% $95,608 6.07%
UAAL(2l 10.49% $85.428 10.20%
Total Contribution 22.23% $181,036 16.27%
Total Contribution After 3 Year Phase-In 18.26% $148.706 NIA
Rate Group #3 -Plans G and H (2.5% @55-non-City of Rancho
Santa Margarita)
Normal Cost 10.80% $5,010 5.16%
UAALC2l 9.35% $4,336 9.65%
Total Contribution 20.15% $9,346 14.81%
Total Contribution After 3 Year Phase-In 16.59% $7,696 NIA
OJ See page 15 for projected annual compensation.
fl) December 31, 2004 rate includes adjustment to reflect I 8-month delay between date of valuation and date of rate implementation.
(3) For employers withfi1ture service only benefit improvement, please refer to the employer rate adjustment on page 17.
Estimated Annual
Amount(1l
$2.661
$3,140
$5,801
NIA
$49,433
$83,067
$132,500
NIA
$2,394
$4,476
$6,870
NIA
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CHART 13 (Continued)
Recommended Employer Contribution Rates as of December 31, 2004 (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
General Employers
December 31, 2004 Valuation December 31, 2003 Valuation
Rate Group #4-Plan H (2.5% @ 55 -City of Rancho Santa Margarita)
Normal Cost
UAAL<2J
Total Contribution
Total Contribution After 3 Year Phase-In
Rate Group #5 -Plans A and B (OCTA)
Normal Cost
UAALC2>
Total Contribution
Total Contribution After 3 Year Phase-In
Rate Group #9 -Plans Mand N (TCA)
Normal Cost
UAAL<2J
Total Contribution
Total Contribution After 3 Year Phase-In
(J) Based on December 31, 2004 projected annual compensation (also in thousands):
Rate Group# 1 $47,868
Rate Group# 2 814,380
Rate Group# 3 46,387
Rate Group# 4 1,051
Rate Group # 5 8 7,627
Rate Group# 9 5 747
Total $1,003,060
Rate
10.53%
2.30%
12.83%
7.41%
11.71%
5.68%
17.39%
13.10%
11.45%
7.09%
18.54%
14.56%
Estimated Annual
Amount<') Rate
$111 1.77%
.ru 2.93%
$135 4.70%
$78 NIA
$10,261 4.41%
$4,977 6.54%
$15,238 10.95%
$11,479 NIA
$658 5.65%
$407 6.92%
$1,065 12.57%
$837 NIA
fl! December 31, 2004 rate includes aqjustment to reflect 18-month delay between date of valuation and date of rate implementation.
Estimated Annual
Amount<1J
$19
.ru
$50
NIA
$3,864
$5,731
$9,595
NIA
$325
$398
$723
NIA
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CHART 13 (Continued)
Recommended Employer Contribution Rates as of December 31, 2004 (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
Safety Employers
December 31, 2004 Valuation December 31, 2003 Valuation
Rate Group #6 -Plans E and F (Probation) Rate
Normal Cost 21.37%
UAAL(2l 12.04%
Total Contribution 33.41%
Total Contribution After 3 Year Phase-In 21.00%
Rate Group #7 -Plans E and F (Law Enforcement)
Normal Cost 20.43%
UAAL<2l 17.22%
Total Contribution 37.65%
Total Contribution After 3 Year Phase-In 38.48%
Rate Group #8 -Plans E and F (Fire Authority)
Normal Cost 20.33%
UAAL<2l 13.52%
Total Contribution 33.85%
Total Contribution After 3 Year Phase-In 33.20%
General and Safety Employers Combined
Rate Groups #1-#9
Total Contributions 24.29%
Total Contributions After 3 Year Phase-in 20.71%
(JJ Based on December 31, 2004 projected annual compensation (also in thousands):
Rate Group # 6
Rate Group # 7
Rate Group # 8
Total
$52,757
$137,787
$63,481
$254,025
Estimated Annual
Amoun{1J Rate
$11,274 6.57%
$6,351 8.23%
$17,625 14.80%
$11,079 NIA
$28,150 16.86%
$23,730 22.03%
$51,880 38.89%
$53,020 NIA
$12,906 17.98%
$8,581 14.90%
$21,487 32.88%
$21,076 NIA
$305,295 18.92%
$260,333 NIA
(lJ December 31, 2004 rate includes adjustment to reflect 18-month delay between date of valuation and date of rate implementation.
Estimated Annual
Amount(!)
$3,466
$4,342
$7,808
NIA
$23,231
$30,354
$53,585
NIA
$11,414
$9,459
$20,873
NIA
$237,805
NIA
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CHART 13 (Continued)
Recommended Employer Contribution Rates as of December 31, 2004 (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
December 31, 2004 Rate Adjustment for General Employers with 2.7%@ 55
Future Service Only Benefit Improvement (Plans I and J)
Reduction to UAAL Rate Calculated in December 31, 2004 Valuation
Reduction to Total Contribution/Reduction to Total Contribution After 3 Year Phase-In
(I) Based on December 31, 2004 projected annual compensation (also in thousands):
Retirement System $1,402
Local Agency Formation Commission
Children & Family Commission
Total
544
942
$2,888
December 31, 2004 Rate Adjustment for General Employers with 2.5%@ 55
Future Service Only Benefit Improvement (Plans G and H)
Reduction to UAAL Rate Calculated in December 31, 2004 Valuation
Reduction to Total Contribution/Reduction to Total Contribution After 3 Year Phase-In
(21 Based on December 31, 2004 projected annual compensation (also in thousands):
Law Library $1,075
Rate
-3.24%
Rate
-4.05%
Estimated Annual
Amounl1l
-$94
Estimated Annual
Amount<2>
-$44
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CHART14
"Pick -Up" -Discount Percentages
For every dollar of member contribution "picked up" by the employer and not deposited in the member's contribution account,
the employer can contribute less than a dollar. This is because the "pick-up" amount is not deposited in the member's
contribution account and so is not payable to a member who withdraws his or her contributions following termination of
employment, and is not payable as an additional death benefit. The contribution discount percentages have changed since the
prior valuation as a result of the changes in the actuarial assumptions that anticipate lower incidence of contribution refunds.
They are as follows:
Ge11eral Members
Rate Group #1 (non-OCTA)
Rate Group #2 (2.7%@ 55)
Rate Group #3 (2.5%@ 55 -non-Rancho Santa Margarita)
Rate Group #4 (2.5% @ 55 -Rancho Santa Margarita)
Rate Group #5 (OCT A)
Rate Group #9 (TCA)
Safety Members
Rate Group #6 (Probation)
Rate Group #7 (Law Enforcement)
Rate Group #8 (Fire Authority)
December 31, 2004 Valuation
Pick-Up Percentage
Plan A: 99.66%
Plan I: 99.59%
Plan G: 99.50%
NIA
Plan A: 99.59%
Plan M: 97.14%
Plan E: 99.49%
Plan E: 100.00%
Plan E: 100.00%
Plan B: 97.26%
Plan J: 97.60%
Plan H: 97.96%
Plan H: 96.92%
Plan B: 97.43%
Plan N: 97.14%
Plan F: 96.37%
Plan F: 99.57%
Plan F: 99.63%
December 31, 2003 Valuation
Pick-Up Percentage
Plan A: 90.42%
Plan I: 90.42%
Plan G: 90.42%
NIA
Plan A: 78.40%
Plan M: 100.00%
Plan E: 89.52%
Plan E: 99.47%
Plan E: 99.01%
Plan B: 83.28%
Plan J: 83.28%
Plan H: 83.28%
Plan H: 86.52%
Plan B: 79.48%
Plan N: 83.43%
Plan F: 79.18%
Plan F: 97.88%
Plan F: 98.36%
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CHART 14 (Continued)
"Pick-Up" -Average Entry Age
The following table provides the average entry age by employer used in determining the "pick-up" contributions under
Section 31581.1.
Employer
General
Orange County
Cemetery District
Law Library
Vector Control District
Retirement System
Fire Authority
Department of Education
Transportation Corridor Agency
City of San Juan Capistrano
Sanitation District
OCTA
U.C.I. (Bi-weekly)
U.C.I. (Monthly)
Children & Families Commision
Local Agency Formation Commission
City of Rancho Santa Margarita
Superior Court
IHSS Public Authority
Sa/e(v
Probation
Law Enforcement
Fire Authority
Code
101
102
103
104
105
106
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
118
119
120
121
122
101
101
106
Average Entry Age
33
32
40
34
35
32
25
37
35
34
37
23
22
28
32
40
32
45
28
26
26
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The contribution rates as of December 31, 2004 are based
on all of the data described in the previous sections, the
actuarial assumptions described in Section 4, and the Plan
provisions adopted at the time of preparation of the
Actuarial Valuation. They include all changes affecting
future costs, adopted benefit changes, actuarial gains and
losses and changes in the actuarial assumptions.
CHART15
Reconciliation of Recommended Contribution
The chart below details the changes in the recommended
contribution from the prior valuation to the current year's
valuation.
Reconciliation of Recommended Contribution from December 31, 2003 to December 31, 2004 (Dollars in Thousands)
Contribution Estimated
Recommended Contribution Rate as of December 31 , 2003 After Reflecting Plan Amendments Effective
for FY 2005-2006
Effect of methodology and procedure changes<2l
Effect of investment gain
Effect of lower than expected salary increase
Effect of higher normal cost from change in membership demographics
Effect of changes in actuarial assumptions recommended in December 31, 2004 Triennial Experience
Study
Effect of adjustment for 18-month delay in implementation of higher contribution rates
Effect of change to Entry Age Normal, 3 .5% inflation, and 30 year level dollar amortization schedule
Effect of change in investment return assumption to 7. 75%
Effect of other experience (gain)/loss
Total change
Recommended Contribution Rate as of December 31 , 2004
Recommended Contribution Rate as of December 31 , 2004 After 3 Year Phase-in
'11 Based on December 31 , 2004 projected compensation of$1,257,085,000.
'11 See Appendix C for the detail of these changes.
Rat~
18.92%
2.86%
-0.44%
-0.36%
0.47%
6.02%
1.74%
-4.04%
-2.03%
1.15%
5.37%
24.29%
20.71%
Amount (1)
$237,805
$35,953
-5,531
-4,526
5,908
75,677
21,873
-50,665
-25,656
14,457
$67,490
$305,295
$260,333
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The member contribution rates as of December 31, 2004
are based on all of the data described in the previous
sections, the actuarial assumptions described in Section 4,
and the Plan provisions adopted at the time of preparation
of the Actuarial Valuation. They include all changes
affecting future costs, adopted benefit changes, actuarial
gains and losses and changes in the actuarial assumptions.
Reconciliation of Recommended Contribution Rate
The chart below details the changes in the recommended
member contribution rate from the prior valuation to the
current year's valuation.
CHART16
Reconciliation of Average Recommended Member Contribution from December 31, 2003 to
December 31, 2004 (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
Average Recommended Contribution Rate as of December 31, 2003 After Reflecting
Plan Amendments Effective for FY 2005 -2006.
Effect of change in actuarial assumptions
Average Recommended Contribution Rate as of December 31, 2004
OJ Based 011 December 31, 2004 projected compensation o/$1,257,085,000.
Contribution
Rate
9.70%
0.55%
10.25%
Estimated
Amount<1l
$121,898
$6,973
$1281871
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EXHIBIT A
Table of Plan Coverage
i. General County (other than OCTA)
Year Ended December 31
Category 2004 2003
Active members in valuation
Number 16,880 17,000
Average age 44.5 42.l
Average service 10.7 10.6
Projected total compensation(!) $915,432,956 $899,473,663
Projected average compensation $54,235 $52,910
Account balances $676,555,330 Not Available
OJ Total active vested members 11,649 Not Available
0 Vested terminated members
0 Number 1,588 1,953 ~
~ Average age 44.9 Not Available
Total account balance $43,095,905 $39,957,126 (Q Retired members Cl)
u, Number in pay status 5.782 7,420
0, Average age 70.4 Not Available
Avera!l;e monthly benefit $1,948 $1,712
Disabled members
Number in pay status 631 Included above
Average age 61.9 Included above
Average monthly benefit $1,688 Included above
Beneficiaries
Number in pay status 1,151 Included above
Average age 71.6 Included above
Average monthly bc:nefi1 $1 ,071 Included above
(1) For members without a salary reported for the December 31, 2004 valuation, we have assigned them an annual salary of $51,414.
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Change From
Prior Year
-0.7%
NIA
0.9%
1.8%
2.5%
NIA
NIA
-18.7%
NIA
7.9%
1.9% (Total)
NIA
4.7% (Total)
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
NIA
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EXHIBIT A
Table of Plan Coverage
ii. General OCTA
Year Ended December 31
Change From
Category 2004 2003 Prior Year
Active members in valuation
Number 2,048 2,023 1.2%
Average age 46.1 45.9 NIA
Average service 8.7 9.1 -4.4
Projected total compensation(ll $87,627,026 $86,061,172 1.8%
Projected average compensation $42,787 $42,541 0.6%
Account balances $68,734,751 Not Available NIA
Total active vested members 1,063 Not Available NIA
OJ Vested terminated members 0 Number 175 190 -7.9% 0 ~ Average age 47.3 Not Available NIA
~ Total account balance $5,656,978 $5,065,832 11.7%
(Q Retired members
(I) Number in pay status 351 560 11.3% (Total) UI Average age 66.0 Not Available NIA .....
Average monthly benefit $1,417 $1,402 4.3% (Total)
Disabled members
Number in pay status 194 Included above NIA
Average age 57.9 Included above NIA
Avera!!ie monthly benefit $1 ,761 Included above NIA
Beneficiaries
Number in pay status 78 Included above NIA
Average age 66.1 Included above NIA
Average monthly benefit $918 Included above NIA
(1) For members without a salary reported for the December 31, 2004 valuation, we have assigned them an annual salary of $51,414.
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EXHIBIT A
Table of Plan Coverage
iii. Safety Law Enforcement
Year Ended December 31
Change From
Category 2004 2003 Prior Year
Active members in valuation
Number 1,828 1.846 -1.0%
Average age 40.6 40.2 NIA
Average service 13.1 12.9 1.6%
Projected total compensation(!) $137,787,931 $141,377,525 -2.5%
Projected average compensation $75,376 $76,586 -1.6%
a, Account balances $108,085,839 Not Available NIA
0 Total active vested members 1,602 Not Available NIA 0 Vested terminated members ::,;-
~ Number 100 87 14.9%
(Q Average age 40.1 Not Available NIA
C1) Total account balance $2,107,072 $1,940,181 8.6%
u, Retired members 00 Number in pay status 607 921 8.6% (Total)
Average age 63.2 Not Available NIA
Average monthly benefit $4,766 $3,772 6.0% (Total)
Disabled members
Number in pay status 289 Included above NIA
Average age 55.5 Included above NIA
Average monthly benefit $3,147 Included above NIA
Beneficiaries
Number in pay status 104 Included above NIA
Average age 67.3 Included above NIA
Average monthly benefit $1,867 Included above NIA
(1) For members without a salary reported for the December 31, 2004 valuation, we have assigned them an annual salary of $71,478.
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EXHIBIT A
Table of Plan Coverage
iv. Safety Probation
Year Ended December 31
Change From
Category 2004 2003 Prior Year
Active mem hers in valuation
Number 955 1,008 -5 .3%
Average age 37.5 37.l NIA
Average service 9.2 8.9 3.4%
Projected total compensation(!) $52,756,126 $54,612,276 -3.4%
Projected average compensation $55,242 $54,179 2.0%
tD Account balances $37,001,635 Not Available NIA
0 Total active vested members 619 Not Available NIA
0 Vested terminated members :ii.--
~ Number 38 34 11.8%
CQ Average age 36.9 Not Available NIA
CD Total account balance $692,520 $509,553 35.9%
u, Retired members CD Number in pay status 90 51 84.3% (Total)
Average age 59.7 Not Available NIA
Average monthly benefit $4,313 $3,927 6.6% {Total)
Disabled members
Number in pay status 3 Included above NIA
Average age 38.5 Included above NIA
Average monthly benefit $1 ,785 Included above NIA
Beneficiaries
Number in pay status 1 Included above NIA
Average age 46.4 Included above NIA
Average monthly benefit $101 Included above NIA
(1) For members without a salary reported for the December 31, 2004 valuation, we have assigned them an annual salary of $71,478.
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EXHIBIT A
Table of Plan Coverage
v. Safety Fire Authority
Year Ended December 31
Change From
Category 2004 2003 Prior Year
Active members in valuation
Number 791 795 -0.5%
Average age 44.8 44.6 NIA
Average service 15.0 14.5 3.4%
Projected total compensation(') $63,480,172 $62,439,478 1.7%
Projected average compensation $80,253 $78,540 2.2%
OJ Account balances $59,150,833 Not Available NIA
0 Total active vested members 701 Not Available NIA 0 Vested terminated members :Ill"
~ Number 9 14 -35.7%
(Q Average age 45.1 Not Available NIA
Cl) Total account balance $289,163 $280,858 3.0%
0) Retired members 0 Number in pay status 90 127 19.7% (Total)
Average age 59.7 Not Available NIA
Average month]~ benefit $3,708 $3,201 11.3% (Total)
Disabled members
Number in pay status 55 Included above NIA
Average age 56.2 Included above NIA
Average monthly benefit $3.427 Included above NIA
Beneficiaries
Number in pay status 7 Included above NIA
Average age 49.4 Included above NIA
Average monthly benefit $2,784 Included above NIA
(1) For members without a salary reported for the December 31, 2004 valuation, we have assigned them an annual salary of $71,478.
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EXHIBITS
Members in Active Service and Projected Average Compensation as of December 31, 2004
By Age and Years of Service
i. General (other than OCTA)
Years of Service
Age Total 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 & over
Under 25 460 450 JO
33,088 32.982 37.849
25 -29 1,437 1,094 340 3
40,433 39,997 41,845 39,313
30 • 34 2.070 1,024 768 268 10
47,778 45,251 50,653 48,652 62,368
IJJ 35 · 39 2.336 753 683 684 215 1
0 52,907 47.205 55,616 55,975 54,441 $68,447
0 40 · 44 2,411 553 530 625 517 173 13 ~
~ 56,292 49,406 56,399 57,535 62,213 55,466 $60,590
CQ 45-49 2,350 485 416 490 491 324 135 9
Cl) 58.030 48,551 56,158 57,457 62,967 65,171 64,983 $55,742
0) 50-54 2,341 394 396 418 427 315 258 126 7 --a.
60,782 51,067 58,311 57,163 63,713 66,179 70,937 66,224 $69,587
55-59 1,974 300 295 371 311 220 207 231 38 1
61,292 47,876 57,719 58,088 61,036 64,101 74,879 72,732 68,271 $70,990
60 · 64 1,047 145 162 225 221 122 65 74 31 2
57,772 52,384 54,423 52,339 56.711 60,764 70,096 71,140 74,545 110,564
65 · 69 338 33 51 93 83 42 20 12 3
52,951 40,557 51,975 54,542 55,345 50,175 53,832 59,261 75,736 119,831
70 & over 116 17 15 24 31 15 11 3
50,831 39,214 47,165 53,952 53.608 50.761 57.010 59,028
Total 16,880 5,248 3,666 3,201 2,306 1,212 709 455 79 4
$54,235 $44,864 $53,748 $55,965 $60,878 $62,714 $69.989 $69.889 $71,133 $102.987
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EXHIBITS
Members in Active Service and Projected Average Compensation as of December 31, 2004
By Age and Years of Service
ii. General OCT A
Years of Service
Age Total 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 & over
Under25 21 21
$30,756 $30,756
25 -29 128 110 18
32,967 31,912 $39,414
30 -34 161 107 44 10
37,775 35,420 41,456 $46,781
Ill 35-39 255 166 54 24 II
0 40,046 35,067 48,035 52.128 $49,603
0 40-44 358 203 62 46 41 6 ~
~ 42,032 35,553 46,767 54,638 51.449 $51,297
~ 45-49 345 132 59 54 47 39 13
ff) 44.941 36.833 47.636 49.085 51,530 51 ,026 $55,313 $50,558
0) 50-54 356 125 49 42 51 39 45 5 N 45,296 39,974 42.051 48,599 52,303 43,434 51,484 69,764
55-59 253 78 39 42 31 25 31 7
47,490 50,292 40.393 51,196 43,508 38,653 47,902 80,948
60-64 135 36 19 15 22 14 21 7
44,669 35,175 41,291 48,377 44.264 56,451 47,591 54.387 $109,560
65-69 28 7 9 4 2 3 3
46,809 25,002 51,007 58,856 47,073 45,914 69,758
70 & over 8 2 2 I 2
54,336 42,534 50,658 42,579 81,696 42,330
Total 2,048 987 355 238 207 127 113 20
$42)87 $36,770 $44,558 $50,747 $49.877 $46.680 $50,703 $67.336 $0 $109.560
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EXHIBITS
Members in Active Service and Projected Average Compensation as of December 31, 2004
By Age and Years of Service
iii. Safety Law Enforcement
Years of Service
Age Total 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35 & over
Under 25 14 13
$55,405 $54,284 $69,980
25-29 140 78 62
63,128 58,586 68.843
30-34 322 62 183 77
68,698 62,142 70,646 $69,349
OJ 35-39 411 33 97 190 91
0 73,546 63 ,374 71,483 74,270 $77,922
0 40-44 435 19 25 73 248 70 ~
~ 78.211 68.144 70,229 72,366 79,863 $84,035
'0 45-49 273 7 12 30 76 102 45 I
CD 80,212 68,221 72,843 73,513 76,043 82,075 $91,038 $93,095
CS) 50-54 158 6 3 6 37 30 66 10 w 85,822 74,107 87,118 74,844 76,230 85,058 90,342 106,994
55-59 70 8 6 6 15 13 17 3 2
85,004 74,482 86,433 92,692 83,632 82,916 87,026 78,536 $116,125
60-64 5 1 1 2 I
79,308 81,901 75,033 73,255 93 ,095
65-69
--
Total 1,828 226 390 382 468 215 130 14 3
$75,376 $62,089 $71.005 $73.153 $78.688 ~,180 $89.887 $99,903 $108.448
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EXHIBITS
Members in Active Service and Projected Average Compensation as of December 31, 2004
By Age and Years of Service
iv. Safety Probation
Years of Service
Age Total 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 & over
Under 25 17 17
$38,711 $38,711
25 -29 219 178 40
44.450 42.164 $54,416 $52,732
30-34 236 79 136 20 I
54.174 45,559 58,238 60,646 $52,676
OJ 35-39 176 37 65 62 12
0 56.127 44,764 54,449 63,170 63,863
0 40-44 93 9 21 30 29 4 ~
~ 60,077 46,953 50,139 62,152 68.061 $68,350
tQ 45-49 91 6 14 16 25 21 9
CD 63,989 49,424 55,446 64,120 62,273 71,306 $74,448
0) SO-54 61 7 9 8 II 9 11 6 ~ 65,556 43,597 55,615 70,514 63,597 66,968 77,949 $78,224
55-59 52 3 3 4 12 8 9 12
70,911 50,497 54,485 63,719 62,332 75,01 I 69,336 89,769 $68,214
60-64 9 l I 2 2 2 l
59,584 52,732 67,382 64,077 67,382 37,139 78,947
65-69 l 1
67,382 67,382
70 & over
Total 955 336 289 142 93 44 31 19 I
$55,242 $43,436 $55 994 $63,092 $64,437 $70,645 $71,799 $85,554 $68,214
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EXHIBITB
Members in Active Service and Projected Average Compensation as of December 31, 2004
By Age and Years of Service
v. Safety Fire Authority
Years of Service
Age Total 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 & over
Under 25 5 5
$56,462 $56,462
25 -29 44 33 II
58,605 56,700 $64,319
30 -34 63 19 28 15 I
0:1 68,480 61,471 70,571 $73,225 $71,935
0 35 -39 112 18 16 53 25 0 ~ 73,543 67,912 69,919 74.414 78,068
~ 40-44 159 10 10 30 75 34
lQ 78,873 66,282 71,058 77,880 79,953 $83,369
CD 45-49 181 3 3 19 29 91 34 2
0) 84,429 68,121 74,027 80,205 79,494 85,543 $90,203 $87,354 Ut
50-54 137 I 3 6 6 49 31 35 6
86,859 48,569 74,535 80,568 77,440 84,101 87,672 93,246 $96,190
55-59 78 5 I 15 21 27 8
92,791 87,017 161,380 83,094 85,585 100,811 98,473 $87,862
60-64 11 l 3 l l 4 1
88,843 75,531 89,484 94,130 94,127 82,481 115,111
65-69
70 & over
130,939 130.939
Total 791 90 79 123 137 190 87 68 16 1
$80,253 $61,500 $71 ,671 $76,309 $79,938 $84,634 $88,232 $95,443 $100,686 $87.862
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EXHIBITC
Reconciliation of Member Data -December 31, 2003 to December 31, 2004
Active Vested Former
Members Members Pensioners Disableds Beneficiaries Total
Number as of December 31. 2003 22,672 2,278 6,642 1,134 1,303 34,029
New members l.159 77 0 0 l ll 1,347
Terminations -with vested
rights -341 341 0 0 0 0
Contributions Refunds -456 -750 0 0 0 -1,206
Retirements -382 -79 461 0 0 0
New disabilities -41 -4 -23 68 0 0
IJJ Return to work 32 -32 0 0 0 0 0 0 Deaths -118 -10 ::,;--198 -24 -62 -412
~ Data adjustments -23 89 38 -6 -11 87
IQ Number as of December 31, 2004 22,502 1,910 6,920 1,172 1,341 33,845 (l)
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EXHIBITD
Summary Statement of Income and Expenses on an Actuarial Value Basis
Contribution income:
Employer contributions
Employee contributions
Transfer from County Investment Account
Net contribution income
Investment income:
Interest, dividends and other income
Recognition of capital appreciation
Less investment and administrative fees
Net investment income
Total income available for benefits
Less benefit payments
Change in reserve for future benefits
Year Ended December 31, 2004
$194,430,000
81,931,000
3,579,000
$127,8 lO,000
303,044,000
-27,202,000
$279,940,000
403,652,000
$683,592,000
-$238,529,000
$445,063,000
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EXHIBIT E
Summary Statement of Assets
Year Ended December 31, 2004 Year Ended December 31, 2003
Cash equivalents $287,076,000 $550,646,000
Accounts receivable:
Contributions $15,813,000 $13,176,000
Tnvestment Income 20,266,000 13,585,000
Securities Settlements 10.740,000 6,615.000
Total accounts receivable 46.819,000 33,376,000
Investments:
OJ Investments $5,356,914,000 $4,421,845,000
0 Security Lending Collateral 809,189,000 290,166,000 0 ~ Fixed Assets Net Depreciation 3.558.000 4,231.000
"J1 Total investments at market value 6,169,661,000 4,716,242,000 (Q
(I) Total assets $6,503,556,000 $5,300,264,000 0,
00 Less accounts payable:
Securities Settlements -$111,514,000 -$24,318,000
Security Lending Liability -809, 189,000 -290, 166,000
All other -25.858,000 -26, 154,000
Total accounts payable -$946,561,000 -$340,638,000
Net assets at market value<11 $5 556 225 000 $4 252 626 QQQ
Net assets at actuarial value $5 256 380 QOQ $4811317,QQQ
Net assets at valuation value $5 245 821 000 $_4 720 02.2.QQQ
(I! Includes County Investment Account of $155,245,00() and $143,744,000 as of December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively.
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EXHIBIT F
Actuarial Balance Sheet
An overview of your Plan's funding is given by an
Actuarial Balance Sheet. In this approach, we first
determine the amount and timing of all future payments
that will be made by the Plan for current participants. We
then discount these payments at the valuation interest rate
to the date of the valuation, thereby determining their
present value. We refer to this present value as the
"liability" of the Plan.
Assets
1. Total valuation assets
2. Present value of future contributions by members
3. Present value of future employer contributions for:
a. entry age normal cost
b. unfunded actuarial accrued liability
4. Total current and future assets
Liabilities
5. Present value of retirement allowance payable to present retired members
6. Present value of retirement allowances to be granted
7. Total actuarial liabilities
Second, we determine how this liability will be met. These
actuarial "assets" include the net amount of assets already
accumulated by the Plan, the present value of future
member contributions, the present value of future employer
normal cost contributions, and the present value of future
employer amortization payments.
$5,245,821,000
$831,059,000
$1,665,459,000
$2. 158.151.000
$9.900,490,000
$2.896,397,000
$7.004,093.000
$9.900,490,000
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EXHIBITG
Summary of Reported Asset Information as of December 31, 2004
Reserves
Included in Valuation Value of Assets
Active Members Reserve (Book Value)
Retired Members Reserve (Book Value)
Employer Advanced Reserve (Book Value)
Unrealized Appreciation Included in Valuation Value of Assets
Subtotal: Valuation Value of Assets
Not Included in Valuation Value of Assets
RMBR
Unclaimed Member Deposit
Medicare Medical Insurance Reserve
Subtotal: Actuarial Value of Assets
Unrecognized Investment Income (Loss)
Subtotal: Market Value of Assets (Net of County Investment Account)
County Investment Account
Total: Gross Market Value of Assets
$1,007,576,000
2,655,699,000
1,422,602,000
$159,944,000
$5,245,821,000
$9,820,000
655,000
84.000
$5,256,380,000
145.370.000
$5,401,750,000
155.245.000
$5,556,995,000
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EXHIBITH
Development of Unfunded/(Overfunded) Actuarial Accrued Liability for Year Ended December 31, 2004
I.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability at beginning of year, prior to
benefit improvements
Changes in methods and procedures
Total normal cost at middle of year
Actual employer and member contributions
Interest
Expected unfunded actuarial accrued liability
Actuarial (gain)/loss and other changes:
(a) Gain on investment retum<1>
(b) Other experience (gain)/ loss
(c) Benefit improvements
(d) Change in actuarial assumptions recommended in the December
31, 2004 triennial experience study
(e) Change to 3.5% inflation assumption and Entry Age Normal
funding method
(f) Change in investment return assumption to 7.75%
(g) Total changes
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability at end of year
-$50,536,000
19,372,000
365,409,000
579,681,000
33,129,000
-215,847,000
(I) This also includes the impact of the change in the method for calculating the valuation value of assets.
$1,309,334,000
106,630,000
188,163,000
-279,940,000
I 02. 756.000
$).426 943 000
731.208.000
$2 )58 151 000
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EXHIBIT I
Section 415 Limitations
Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) specifies
the maximum benefits that may be paid to an individual
from a defined benefit plan and the maximum amounts that
may be allocated each year to an individual's account in a
defined contribution plan.
A qualified pension plan may not pay benefits in excess of
the Section 415 limits. The ultimate penalty for non-
compliance is disqualification: active participants could be
taxed on their vested benefits and the IRS may seek to tax
the income earned on the plan's assets.
In particular, Section 415(b) of the IRC limits the
maximum annual benefit payable at the Normal Retirement
Age to a dollar indexed for inflation. That limit is
$170,000 for 2005 and $175,000 for 2006. Normal
Retirement Age for these purposes is age 62. These are the
limits in simplified terms. They must be adjusted based on
each participant's circumstances, for such things as age at
retirement, fonn of benefits chosen and after tax
contributions.
Benefits in excess of the limits may be paid through a
qualified governmental excess plan that meets the
requirements of Section 415(m ).
Legal Counsel's review and interpretation of the law and
regulations should be sought on any questions in this
regard.
Contributions rates detern1ined in this valuation have not
been reduced for the Section 415 limitations. Actual
limitations will result in gains as they occur.
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EXHIBIT J
Definitions of Pension Terms
The following list defines certain technical terms for the convenience of the reader:
Assumptions or Actuarial
Assumptions:
Normal Cost:
Actuarial Accrued Liability
For Actives:
Actuarial Accrued Liability
For Pensioners:
Unfunded Actuarial Accrued
Liability:
The estimates on which the cost of the Plan is calculated including:
(a) Investment return -the rate of investment yield that the Plan will earn over
the long-term future;
(b) Mortality rates -the death rates of employees and pensioners; life
expectancy is based on these rates;
( c) Retirement rates -the rate or probability of retirement at a given age;
(d) Turnover rates -the rates at which employees of various ages are expected
to leave employment for reasons other than death, disability, or retirement.
The amount of contributions required to fund the level cost allocated to the current
year of service.
The equivalent of the accumulated normal costs allocated to the years before the
valuation date.
The single sum value of lifetime benefits to existing pensioners. This sum takes
account of life expectancies appropriate to the ages of the pensioners and the interest
that the sum is expected to earn before it is entirely paid out in benefits.
The extent to which the actuarial accrued liability of the Plan exceeds ( or is exceeded
by) the assets of the Plan. There is a wide range of approaches to paying off the
unfunded or overfunded actuarial accrued liability, from meeting the interest accrual
only to amortizing it over a specific period of time.
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Amortization of the Unfunded
(Overfunded) Actuarial
Accrued Liability:
Investment Return:
Payments made over a period of years equal in value to the Plan's unfunded or
overfunded actuarial accrued liability.
The rate of earnings of the Plan from its investments, including interest, dividends and
capital gain and loss adjustments, computed as a percentage of the average value of
the fund. For actuarial purposes, the investment return often reflects a smoothing of
the capital gains and losses to avoid significant swings in the value of assets from one
year to the next.
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EXHIBIT I
Supplementary Information Required by GASB -Schedule of Employer Contributions
Plan Year Annual Required Actual
Ended December 31 Contributions Contributions
1999 $17,591,000 $17,591,000
2000 15,561 ,000 15,561,000
2001 12,060.000 12,060,000
2002 13,289,000 13,289,000
2003 124,243,000 124,243,000
2004 194,430,000 194,430,000
Note: The above contributions do not inclztde transfers from the Coztnty Investment Account.
Percentage
Contributed
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
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EXHIBIT II
Supplementary Information Required by GASB -Schedule of Funding Progress
Unfunded/ UAAL as a
Actuarial Valuation Actuarial (Overfunded) Percentage of
Valuation Value Accrued Liability AAL Funded Covered Covered
Date of Assets (AAL) (UAAL) Ratio Payroll Payroll*
December 31 (a) (b) (b) -(a) (a) / (b) (c) [(b) -(a)/ (c)]
1999 $3,931,744,000 $4,017,279,000 $85,535,000 97.87% $912,490,000 9.37%
2000 4,497,362,000 4,335,025,000 -162,337,000 103.74% 994,669,000 -16.32%
2001 4,586,844,000 4,843,899,000 257,055,000 94.69% 1,122,763,000 22.89%
tD 2002 4,695,675,000 5,673,754,000 978,079,000 82.76% I ,242,348,000 78.73% 0 0 2003 4,790,099,000 6,099,433,000 1,309,334,000 78.53% 1,243,964,000 105.25% ~
~ 2004 5,245,821,000 7,403,972,000 2,158,151,000 70.85% 1,257,085,000 171.68%
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EXHIBIT Ill
Supplementary Information Required by GASB
Valuation date
Actuarial cost method
Amortization method
Remaining amortization period
Asset valuation method
Actuarial assumptions:
Investment rate of return
Inflation rate
Real across-the-board salary increase
Projected salary increases •
Cost of living adjustments
Plan membership:
Retired members and beneficiaries receiving
benefits
Terminated members entitled to, but not yet
receiving benefits
Active members
Total
* See Ethibit IV for these increases.
December 31. 2004
Entry Age Normal Actuarial Cost Method
Level percent of payroll for total unfunded liability (3.50% payroll growth assumed)
30 years closed (declining) for all UAAL
Market value of assets less unrecognized returns in each of the last five years. Unrecognized
return is equal to the difference between the actual and the expected return on a market value
basis, and is recognized over a five-year period. The Valuation Value of Assets is the
Actuarial Value of Assets reduced by the value of the non-valuation reserves.
7.75%
3.50%
0.00%
4.10% to 10.50% for General members; 3.50% to 9.50% for Safety members based on age.
3.00%
9,433
1,910
22,502
33,845
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EXHIBIT IV
Actuarial Assumptions and Actuarial Cost Method
Post -Retirement Mortality Rates:
Healthy:
Disabled:
Employee Contribution Rates
and Optional Benefits:
For General Members and Beneficiaries: 1994 Group Annuity Mortality Table set
forward one year.
For Safety Members and Beneficiaries: 1994 Group Annuity Mortality Table set
forward one year.
For General Members and Safety members: 1994 Group Annuity Mortality Table set
forward five years.
For General Members: 1994 Group Annuity Mortality Table set fotWard one year
weighted 40% male and 60% female.
For Safety and Probation Members: 1994 Group Annuity Mortality Table set forward
one year weighted 80% male and 20% female.
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Termination Rates Before Retirement:
Rate(%)
Mortality
General Safety
Age Male Female Male Female -
25 0.07 0.03 0.07 0.03
30 0.08 0.04 0.08 0.04
a, 35 0.09 0.05 0.09 0.05 0 0 ~ 40 ~ 0.12 0.08 0.12 0.08
CQ 45 0.17 0.10 0.17 0.10 CD
~ co 50 0.29 0.16 0.29 0.16
55 0.49 0.26 0.49 0.26
60 0.90 0.51 0.90 0.51
65 1.62 0.97 1.62 0.97
All pre-retirement deaths are assumed to be non-service connected.
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Termination Rates Before Retirement (continued):
General all
Age otherr1>
-
20 0.00
25 0.03
30 0.08
35 0.13
40 0.18
45 0.20
50 0.23
55 0.31
60 0.41
Rate(%)
Disability
General
OCTAr2l
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.08
0.28
0.58
0.76
0.92
1.30
Safety -Law &
Firef3l
0.05
0.08
0.16
0.32
0.52
0.72
0.98
2.24
3.60
Safety-
Probation14l
0.00
0.06
0.16
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.08
<1l 60% of General all other disabilities are assumed to be duty disabilities. The other 40% are
assumed to be ordinary disabilities.
<2l 70% of General -OCTA disabilities are assumed to be duty disabilities. The other 30% are
assumed to be ordinary disabilities.
<3l 85% of Safety -Law Enforcement and Fire disabilities are assumed to be duty disabilities.
The other 15% are assumed to be ordinary disabilities.
(4l 85% of Safety -Probation disabilities are assumed to be duty disabilities. The other 15% are
assumed to be ordinary disabilities.
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Termination Rates Before Retirement (Continued):
Rate(%)
Withdrawal(< 5 Years of Service)
Years of General all General Safety-Law Safety-
Service other OCTA & Fire Probation
0 10.0 10.0 3.0 11.0
1 8.0 7.0 2.0 10.0
2 6.0 6.0 2.0 8.0
3 6.0 5.0 1.0 6.0
4 5.0 4.0 1.0 5.0
Withdrawal (5+ Years of Service) 111
Age General all General Safety-Law Safety-
other OCTA & Fire Probation
20 5.0 3.0 1.0 5.0
25 5.0 3.0 1.0 5.0
30 5.0 3.0 1.0 5.0
35 4.4 3.0 0.9 4.4
40 3.5 3.0 0.6 3.7
45 2.5 3.0 0.5 2.9
50 2.0 2.7 0.2 2.2
55 1.0 1.9 0.0 1.4
60 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.4
(I) 15% of all terminated vested members will choose a refund of contributions and 85% will
choose a deferred vested benefit.
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Retirement Rates:
Rate(%)
Age General Safety -Law and Fire(tl Safety-ProbationC1l
50 3.0 10.0 4.0
51 3.0 15.0 6.0
52 3.0 20.0 8.0
53 3.0 20.0 10.0
54 3.0 20.0 15.0
CD 55 4.0 25.0 20.0
0 56 5.0 25.0 25.0 0 ~ 57 6.0 30.0 25.0 ~ 58 7.0 30.0 30.0 CQ (I) 59 9.0 40.0 30.0 00 ~ 60 11.0 100.0 40.0
61 13.0 100.0 50.0
62 15.0 100.0 60.0
63 17.0 100.0 100.0
64 19.0 100.0 100.0
65 25.0 100.0 100.0
66 20.0 100.0 100.0
67 20.0 100.0 100.0
68 20.0 100.0 100.0
69 20.0 100.0 100.0
70 100.0 100.0 100.0
(I) Retirement rate is 100% after a member accrues a benefit of 100% of final average earnings.
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Retirement Age and Benefit for
Deferred Vested Members:
Liability Calculation for Current
Deferred Vested Members:
Future Benefit Accruals:
Unknown Data for Members:
Percent Married:
Age of Spouse:
Net Investment Return:
Employee Contribution
Crediting Rate:
Consumer Price Index:
For future deferred vested members, we make the following retirement assumption:
General Age: 5 7
Safety Age: 53
We assume that 40% of future General and Safety deferred vested members are
reciprocal. For reciprocals, we assume 5 .1 % compensation increases per annum.
Liability for a current deferred vested member is estimated at 3.35 times the member's
total basic plus cola member contribution account balance.
1.0 year of service per year for the full-time employees. Continuation of current
partial service accrual for part-time employees. There is no assumption to anticipate
conversion of unused sick leave at retirement.
Same as those exhibited by members with similar known characteristics. If not
specified, members are assumed to be male.
80% of male members and 50% of female members are assumed to be married at
retirement or time of pre-retirement death.
Female (or male) spouses are four years younger (or older) than their spouses.
7.75%; net of investment and administrative expenses.
5.00%, compounded semi-annually.
Increase of 3.50% per year, retiree COLA increases due to CPI subject to a 3.0%
maximum change per year.
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Salary Increases:
Annual Payoffs Assumptions:
Inflation:
Age
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65+
Annual Rate of Compensation Increase(%)
3.50%, plus the following Merit and Longevity increases:
General Safe_!y
7.0 6.0
5.2 5.1
3.4
2.2
1.7
1.6
1.4
0.9
0.6
0.6
3.6
1.8
0.7
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.0
There are assumed to be no "across the board" salary increases (other than inflation).
Additional payoffs are expected to be received during a member's final average
earnings period. The percentages used in this valuation are:
Final One Final Three
Year Salary Year Salary
General Members 4.50% 2.10%
Safety -Probation 4.50% 2.10%
Safety-Law 9.30% 6.30%
Safety -Fire 5.10% 2.40%
Please note that the annual payoffs assumptions are the same for service and disability
retirements.
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Actuarial Value of Assets:
Valuation Value of Assets:
Actuarial Cost Method:
Market value of assets less unrecognized returns in each of the last five years.
Unrecognized return is equal to the difference between the actual and the expected
return on a market value basis, and is recognized over a five-year period.
The Valuation Value of Assets is the Actuarial Value of Assets reduced by the value
of the non-valuation reserves.
Entry Age Normal Actuarial Cost Method. Entry Age is the age at the member's hire
date. Nornrnl Cost and Actuarial Accrued Liability are calculated on an individual
basis and are allocated by salaries, with Normal Cost determined as a level percentage
of individual salary, as if the current benefit accrual rate had always been in effect.
The total unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability is amortized over a declining 30-year
period.
Please note that for members who have prior benefit service in another OCERS plan
( e.g. Probation Safety members with prior General plan service), the normal cost rate
for the current plan is calculated based on the date they enter service with their current
plan.
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Changes in Actuarial Assumptions and Methods
Post -Retirement Mortality Rates:
Healthy:
Disabled:
Employee Contribution Rates
and Optional Benefits:
Based on the May 6, 2005 review of economic and non-economic assumptions,
several assumptions were changed. Previously, those assumptions were as follows:
General and Probation males and Safety members: 1983 Group Annuity Mortality
Table for males.
General and Probation females and Safety beneficiaries: 1983 Group Annuity
Mortality Table for females.
For General members: 60% of the CHE 1981 General Disability Mortality Table.
For Safety members: 60% of the 1981 Safety Disability Mortality Table.
For General members: 1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table 50% male and 50%
females.
For Safety members: 1983 Group Annuity Mortality Table for males.
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Change in Actuarial Assumptions and Methods (Previous Assumptions Continued):
Termination Rates Before Retirement:
General (Non-OTCA) -Male
Ordinary Vested Ordinary Duty Ordinary
~ Withdrawal Withdrawal Disability Disability Death
25 12.56% 0.70% 0.00% 0.01% 0.05%
30 8.88% 0.90% 0.01% 0.04% 0.06%
35 6.16% 1.00% 0.02% 0.10% 0.09%
40 4.32% 1.10% 0.04% 0.10% 0.12%
45 3.28% 0.74% 0.06% 0.14% 0.22%
50 2.64% 0.41% 0.11% 0.16% 0.39%
55 2.16% 0.16% 0.21% 0.19% 0.61%
60 0.00% 0.00% 0.52% 0.19% 0.92% tlJ 65 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.56% 0
0 ~
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CD Ordinary Vested Ordinary Duty Ordinary
00 ~ Withdrawal Withdrawal Disability Disability Death ..... 25 9.90% 0.20% 0.00% 0.00% 0.03%
30 7.20% 0.80% 0.01% 0.04% 0.03%
35 5.51% 1.00% 0.03% 0.05% 0.05%
40 4.44% 1.02% 0.06% 0.06% 0.07%
45 3.54% 1.18% 0.10% 0.14% 0.10%
50 2.53% 0.60% 0.15% 0.16% 0.16%
55 1.86% 0.28% 0.21% 0.19% 0.25%
60 0.00% 0.00% 0.26% 0.19% 0.42%
65 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.71%
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Change in Actuarial Assumptions and Methods (Previous Assumptions Continued):
Termination Rates Before Retirement (Continued):
General (OTCA) -Male
Ordinary Vested Ordinary Duty Ordinary
!ill Withdrawal Withdrawal Disability Disability Death
25 15.07% 0.70% 0.00% 0.01% 0.05%
30 10.66% 0.90% 0.01% 0.02% 0.06%
35 7.39% 1.00% 0.02% 0.04% 0.09%
40 5.18% 1.10% 0.04% 0.05% 0.12%
45 3.94% 0.74% 0.06% 0.15% 0.22%
50 3.17% 0.41% 0.11% 0.22% 0.39%
55 2.59% 0.16% 0.21% 0.40% 0.61%
60 0.00% 0.00% 0.52% 0.63% 0.92%
Cb 65 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.56%
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IQ Ordinary Vested Ordinary Duty Ordinary
Cl) !ill Withdrawal Withdrawal Disability Disability Death
00 25 17.00% 0.20% 0.00% 0.00% 0.03% 00 30 15.10% 0.80% 0.01% 0.04% 0.03%
35 12.00% 1.00% 0.03% 0.05% 0.05%
40 7.50% 1.02% 0.06% 0.10% 0.07%
45 4.73% 1.18% 0.10% 0.90% 0.10%
50 3.38% 0.60% 0.15% 1.00% 0.16%
55 2.48% 0.28% 0.21% 1.00% 0.25%
60 0.00% 0.00% 0.26% 1.00% 0.42%
65 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.71%
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Change in Actuarial Assumptions and Methods (Previous Assumptions Continued):
Termination Rates Before Retirement (Continued):
Safety -Law Enforcement
Ordinary Vested Ordinary Duty Ordinary
~ Withdrawal Withdrawal Disability Disability Death
25 1.75% 0.34% 0.00% 0.11% 0.05%
30 1.18% 0.29% 0.01% 0.13% 0.06%
35 0.67% 0.25% 0.02% 0.32% 0.09%
40 0.26% 0.26% 0.04% 0.66% 0.12%
45 0.00% 0.22% 0.12% 0.66% 0.22%
50 0.00% 0.15% 0.23% 0.66% 0.39%
55 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.00% 0.61%
60 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.92%
tD 65 0.00% 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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00 ~ Withdrawal Withdrawal Disability Disability Death
CC) 25 1.75% 0.34% 0.00% 0.03% 0.05%
30 1.18% 0.29% 0.01% 0.04% 0.06%
35 0.67% 0.25% 0.02% 0.05% 0.09%
40 0.26% 0.26% 0.04% 0.09% 0.12%
45 0.00% 0.22% 0.12% 0.50% 0.22%
50 0.00% 0.15% 0.23% 1.20% 0.39%
55 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 2.00% 0.61%
60 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.92%
65 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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Change in Actuarial Assumptions and Methods (Previous Assumptions Continued):
Termination Rates Before Retirement (Continued):
Safety-Probation Officers -Male
Ordinary Vested Ordinary Duty Ordinary
~ Withdrawal Withdrawal Disability Disability Death
25 12.56% 0.70% 0.00% 0.01 % 0.05%
30 8.88% 0.90% 0.01% 0.04% 0.06%
35 6.16% 1.00% 0.02% 0.10% 0.09%
40 4.32% 1.10% 0.04% 0.20% 0.12%
45 3.28% 0.74% 0.06% 0.28% 0.22% so 2.64% 0.41% 0.11% 0.32% 0.39%
55 2.16% 0.16% 0.21% 0.38% 0.61%
60 0.00% 0.00% 0.52% 0.38% 0.92% a, 65 0.00% 0 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.56%
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(0 ~ Withdrawal Withdrawal Disability Disability Death c:::, 25 9.90% 0.20% 0.00% 0.00% 0.03%
30 7.20% 0.80% 0.01% 0.04% 0.03%
35 5.51% 1.00% 0.03% 0.05% 0.05%
40 4.44% 1.02% 0.06% 0.12% 0.07%
45 3.54% 1.18% 0.10% 0.28% 0.10% so 2.53% 0.60% 0.15% 0.32% 0.16%
55 1.86% 0.28% 0.21% 0.38% 0.25%
60 0.00% 0.00% 0.26% 0.38% 0.42%
65 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.71%
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Change in Actuarial Assumptions and Methods (Previous Assumptions Continued):
Retirement Rates:
General Members Law Enforcement
and and
Safe!}'. Probation Officers Fire Authori!}'.
~ Male Female
50 2.00% 2.93% 26.60%
51 1.44% 1.90% 20.00%
52 1.90% 2.03% 20.00%
53 2.15% 2.29% 20.00%
54 2.37% 2.25% 20.00%
55 3.26% 4.05% 20.00%
56 4.10% 3.70% 20.00%
DJ 57 4.86% 5.14% 20.00%
0 58 5.08% 5.23% 20.00%
0 59 5.95% 5.58% 20.00% ~ 60 6.32% 7.21% 100.00% ~ 61 8.29% 9.25% 100.00% tQ 62 11.98% 13.00% 100.00% CD
CC) 63 11.44% 11.52% 100.00% ..... 64 12.00% 12.07% 100.00%
65 15.00% 19.40% 100.00%
66 13 .12% 19.46% 100.00%
67 14.55% 20.89% 100.00%
68 21.14% 20.94% 100.00%
69 21.42% 37.25% 100.00%
70 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
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Change in Actuarial Assumptions and Methods (Previous Assumptions Continued):
Retirement Age and Benefit for
Deferred Vested Members:
Net Investment Return:
Consumer Price Index:
Salary Increases:
Actuarial Value of Assets:
Actuarial Cost Method:
For future deferred vested members, we make the following retirement assumption:
General Age: 57
Safety Age: 50
7.50%; net of investment and administrative expenses.
Increase of 4.0% per year.
Annual Rate of ColllE_ensation Increase
Inflation: 4.0%; plus the following Merit and Longevity
increase:
Age General Safe!i:
25 0.5% 0.5%
30 0.5% 0.5%
35 0.5% 0.5%
40 0.5% 0.5%
45 0.5% 0.5%
50 0.5% 0.5%
55 0.5% 0.5%
60 0.5% 0.5%
65 0.5% 0.5%
There are assumed to be no "across the board" salary increases
(other than inflation).
The Actuarial Value of Assets is determined by applying the average ratio of the
market value of assets to the book value of assets during the last five years to the book
value of assets as of the date of the valuation.
Projected Unit Credit
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EXHIBITV
Summary of Plan Provisions
This exhibit summarizes the major provisions of the OCERS included in the valuation. It is not intended to be, nor should it be
interpreted as, a complete statement of all plan provisions.
Membership Eligibility: Membership with OCERS begins with the day of employment in an eligible position
by the County or a participating employer.
General Plans
2. 5%@ 55 Plans (City of Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County Sanitation District and Law Librar/1J)
Plan G General members hired before September 21, 1979.
Plan H General members hired on or after September 21, 1979
2. 7%@ 55 Plans (City of San Juan Capistrano, Orange County Employees except bargaining unit AFSCME members,
Orange County Superior Court, Orange Coimty Local Agency Formalion Commissioi'J, Orange
County Employees Ret.irement System(2), Children and Family Commission(3J and Orange County Fire
Authority)
Plan/
PlanJ
General members hired before September 21, 1979.
General members hired on or after September 21, 1979.
(JJ Improvement is prospective only for service after June 23, 2005.
ri; Improvement for management employees is prospective only for service after June 30, 2005.
(3J Improvement is prospective only for service after December 22, 2005.
2.0%@55 Plans (Transportation Corridor Agency)
Plan M General members hired before September 21, 1979.
Plan N General members hired on or after September 21, 1979.
All Other General Employers
Plan A
PlanB
General members hired before September 21, 1979.
General members hired on or after September 21, 1979.
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Safety Plans
Law Eriforcement, Fire Protection and Probation Members
Plan E Safety members hired before September 21, 1979.
PlanF
Final Compensation for
Benefit Determination:
Plans A, E, G, I and M
Plans B, F, H, J and N
Service:
Service Retirement Eligibility:
General
Safety and Probatfon
Benefit Formula:
General Plans
2.5%@55
Plan G (§31676.18)
Safety members hired on or after September 21, 1979.
Highest consecutive twelve months of compensation earnab le. ( § 31462 .1) (FAS 1)
Highest consecutive thirty-six months of compensation earnable. (§31462) (F AS3)
Years of service. (Yrs)
Age 50 with 10 years of service, or age 70 regardless of service, or after 30 years,
regardless of age. (§31672)
Age 50 with 10 years of service, or after 20 years, regardless of age. (§31663 .25)
All part time employees over age 55 with 10 years of employment may retire with 5
years of service.
Retirement Age
50
55
60
62
65
Benefit Formula
(2.00¾xFASl xYrs)
(2.50% x FASl x Yrs)
(2.50% x FASl x Yrs)
(2.62%xFAS1 xYrs)*
(2.62% x FASl x Yrs)*
* Reflects benefit factors from Plan A as they provide a better benefit than those under 2.5%@ 55.
Plan H (§31676.18) 50
55
(2.00% x FAS3 x Yrs)
(2.50% x FAS3 x Yrs)
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Benefit Formula (continued):
Plan H (§31676.18) (Cont'd) Retirement Age Benefit Formula
60 (2.50% x FAS3 x Yrs)
62 (2.50% x FAS3 x Yrs)
65 (2.50% x FAS3 x Yrs)
2.7%@55 Retirement Age Benefit Formula
Plan I (§31676.19) 50 (2.00% x FASl x Yrs)
55 (2.70% x FASl x Yrs)
Ill 60 (2.70% x FASl x Yrs) 0 0 ~ 62 (2.70% x FASl x Yrs) ~ 65 (2.70% x FASl x Yrs) CQ
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Plan J (§31676.19) 50 (2.00% x FAS3 x Yrs)
55 (2.70% x FAS3 x Yrs)
60 (2.70% x FAS3 x Yrs)
62 (2.70% x FAS3 x Yrs)
65 (2.70% x FAS3 x Yrs)
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Benefit Formula (continued):
2.0%@55
Plan M (§31676.16)
Plan N (§31676.16)
All Other General Members
Plan A (§31676.12)
Retirement Age
50
55
60
62
65
50
55
60
62
65
Retirement Age
50
55
60
62
65
Benefit Formula
(1.43% x FASl x Yrs)
(2.00% x FASl x Yrs)
(2.34% x FASl x Yrs)**
(2.62% x FASl x Yrs)**
(2.62% x FASl x Yrs)**
(1.43% x FAS3 x Yrs)
(2.00% x FAS3 x Yrs)
(2.26% x FAS3 x Yrs)
(2.37% x FAS3 x Yrs)
(2.43% x FAS3 x Yrs)***
Benefit Formula
(1.34% x FASl x Yrs)
(1.77% x FASl x Yrs)
(2.34% x FASl x Yrs)
(2.62% x FASl x Yrs)
(2.62% x FASl x Yrs)
** Reflects benefit factors from Plan A as they provide a better benefit than those under 2. 0%@ 55.
*** Reflects benefit factors from Plan Bas they provide a better benefit than those under 2.0%@ 55.
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Benefit Formula (continued):
Plan B (§31676.1)
Safety Plans
Plan E (§31664.1)
Plan F (§31664.1)
Maximum Benefit:
Ordinary Disability:
General Plans
Plans A, B, G, H, I, J, Mand N
Eligibility
Retirement Age Benefit Formula
50 ( 1.18% x F AS3 x Yrs)
55 (1.49% x FAS3 x Yrs)
60 (1.92% x FAS3 x Yrs)
62 (2.09% x FAS3 x Yrs)
65 (2.43% x FAS3 x Yrs)
Retirement Age Benefit Formula
50 (3.00% x FASl x Yrs)
55 (3.00% x FASl x Yrs)
60 (3.00% x FASl x Yrs)
50 (3.00% x FAS3 x Yrs)
55 (3.00% x FAS3 x Yrs)
60 (3.00% x FAS3 x Yrs)
100% of Highest Average Compensation.
(§31676.1, §31676.12, §31676.16, §31676.18, §31676.19, §31664.1)
Five years of service. (§31720)
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Benefit Formula
Safety Plans
Plans E and F
Eligibility
Benefit Formula
Line-of-Duty Disability:
All Members
Eligibility
Benefit Formula
Plans A, G, I and M:
1.8% per year of service, and if the benefit does not exceed one-third of Final
Compensation, the service is projected to 62, but the total benefit cannot be more than
one-third of Final Compensation. (§31727 .2)
Plans B, H, J and N:
1.5% per year of service, and if the benefit does not exceed one-third of Final
Compensation, the service is projected to 65, but the total benefit cannot be more than
one-third of Final Compensation. (§31727.1)
Five years of service. (§31720)
1.8% per year of service. If the benefit does not exceed one-third of Final
Compensation, the service is projected to 55, but the total benefit cannot be more than
one-third of Final Compensation. (§3172 7)
For all members, 100% of the Service Retirement benefit will be paid, if greater.
No age or service requirements. (§31720)
50% of the Final Compensation or 100% of Service Retirement benefit, if greater.
(§31727.4)
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Pre-Retirement Death:
All Members
Eligibility
Benefit
Death in line of duty
Vested Members
Eligibibty
Benefit
Death After Retirement:
All Members
Service or
Ordinary Disability Retirement
Line-of-Duty Disability
None.
Refund of employee contributions with interest plus one month's compensation for
each year of service to a maximum of six month's compensation. (§31781) A lump
sum benefit in the amount of $1,000 is payable upon the death of a member (with 10
years of service) to his/her eligible beneficiary. (§31790)
5 0% of Final Compensation or 100% of Service Retirement benefit, if greater,
payable to spouse or minor-children. (§31787)
OR
Five years of service.
60% of the greater of Service or Ordinary Disability Retirement benefit payable to
eligible surviving spouse (§31765.1, §31781.1), in lieu of §31781.
60% of member's unmodified allowance continued to eligible spouse. (§31760.1) A
lump sum benefit in the amount of $1,000 is payable upon the death of a member
(with 10 years of service) to his/her eligible beneficiary. (§31790) An eligible spouse
is a surviving spouse who was married to the member at least one year prior to the
date ofretirement. (§31760.1)
100% of member's allowance continued to eligible spouse. (§31786) A lump sum
benefit in the amount of $1,000 is payable upon the death of a member (with 10 years
of service) to his/her eligible beneficiary. (§31790)
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Withdrawal Benefits:
Less than Five Years of Service
Five or More Years of Service
Post-retirement
Cost-of-Living Benefits:
Supplemental Benefit:
Member Contributions:
General Plans
Plan A
Basic
Cost-of-Living
PlanB
Basic
Cost-of-Living
Plans G, H, I and J
Basic
Cost-of-Living
Refund of accumulated employee contributions with interest or earned benefit at
age 70. (§31628) Effective January 1, 2003, A member may also elect to leave their
contributions on deposit in the retirement fund. (§31629.5)
If contributions left on deposit, entitled to earned benefits commencing at any time
after eligible to retire. (§31700)
Future changes based on Consumer Price Index to a maximum of 3% per year, excess
"banked." (§31870.1)
Non-vested supplemental COLA and medical benefits are also paid by the System to
eligible retirees and survivors. These benefits have been excluded from this valuation.
Please refer to Appendix A for the specific rates.
Provide for an average annuity payable at age 60 equal to 1/200 of FAS 1. (§31621.5)
Provide for one-half of future Cost-of-Living costs.
Provide for an average annuity payable at age 60 equal to 1/120 of FAS3. (§31621)
Provide for one-half of future Cost-of-Living costs.
Provide for an average annuity payable at age 55 equal to 1/100 ofFAS3 (FASl for
Plans G and I). (§31621.8)
Provide for one-half of future Cost-of-Living costs.
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PlanM
Basic
Cost-of-Livi11g
PlanN
Basic
Cost-of Living
Safety Plans:
Plans E
Basic
Cost-of Living
Plans F
Basic
Cost-of Living
Other Information:
Provide for an average annuity payable at age 60 equal to 1/120 ofFASl. (§31621)
Provide for one-half of future Cost-of-Living costs.
Provide for an average annuity payable at age 60 equal to 1/120 ofFAS3. (§31621)
Provide for one-half of future Cost-of-Living costs.
Provide for an average annuity payable at age 50 equal to 1/200 FAS 1. (§31639.5)
Provide for one-half of future Cost-of-Living costs.
Provide for an average annuity payable at age 50 equal to 1/100 ofFAS3. (§31639.25)
Provide for one-half of future Cost-of-Living costs.
Safety members with 30 or more years of service are exempt from paying member
contributions. The same applies for General members hired on or before March 7,
1973.
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Changes in Plan Provisions The following plan changes are included in this valuation:
NOTE:
(a) Probation adopted 3.0% of final average pay at age 50 on service earned after
June 30, 2005.
(b) The Orange County Sanitation District and City of Rancho Santa Margarita
adopted 2.5% of final average pay at age 55 on all service.
(c) The General employees of Orange County (with the exception of bargaining
unit AFSCME), Orange County Superior Court, Orange County Fire
Authority and City of San Juan Capistrano all adopted 2. 7% of final average
pay at age 5 5 on all service.
(d)
(e)
The Orange County Local Agency Fonnation Commission adopted 2.7% of
final average pay at age 55 on service earned after June 23, 2005. Orange
County Employees ~etirement System (management employees) adopted
2.7% of final average pay at 55 on service earned after June 30, 2005.
Children and Family Commission adopted 2.7% of final average pay at 55 on
service earned after December 22, 2005.
The Law Library adopted 2.5% of final average pay at age 55 on service
earned after June 23, 2005.
(f) Transportation Corridor Agency adopted 2.0% of final average pay at age 55
on all service.
The summary of major plan provisions is designed to outline principle plan benefits as interpreted for purposes of
the actuarial valuation. If the System should find the plan summary not ;n accordance with the actual provisions,
the System should alert the actuary so that both can be sure the proper provisions are valued
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Appendix A
UAAL Amortization Schedule as of December 31, 2004
Date Amortization Years Remaining
Rate Groups Established Initial Base Amount Remaining Base
General Members
Rate Group #I -Non-OCTA 12/31/2004 $45,292,000 $2,653,000 30 $45,292,000
Rate Group #2-2.7%@ 55 12/31/2004 1,331,507,000 78,008,000 30 1,331,507,000
Rate Group #3 -2.5%@55 (non-Rancho Santa 12/31/2004 67,595,000 3,960,000 30 67,595,000 txJ Margarita) 0 0 Rate Group #4 -2.5%@ 55 (Rancho Santa Margarita) 12/31/2004 191,000 11,000 30 191,000 ~
"Ji Rate Group #5 -OCTA 12/31/2004 70,302,000 4,119,000 30 70,302,000
(Q Rate Group #9 -TCA 12/31/2004 6,061,000 355,000 30 6,061,000 Ct) ...-.
0 c.., Safety Members
Rate Group #6 -Probation 12/31/2004 82,839,000 4,853,000 30 82,839,000
Rate Group #7 -Law Enforcement 12/31/2004 409,515,000 23,992,000 30 409,515,000
Rate Group #8 -Fire Authority 12/31/2004 144.849.000 8,486,000 30 144,849,000
Total 12/31/2004 $2, 158.J 51 QQQ $126431 QQ0 $2 158 15] QQQ
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Appendix B
Members Contribution Rates
General Plans A (OCTA and Non-OCTA), G, I and M Members' Contribution Rates from the December 31, 2004 Actuarial Valuation
(Expressed as a Percentage of Monthly Payroll)
Calculated Under Adopted Assumptions
Plan I (2. 7% @ 55) Plan G (2.5% @ 55) Plan M (2.0% @ 55) Plan A (OCT A) Plan A (Non-OCTA)
Entry Age Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total
15 7.35% 9.89% 7.35% 9.76% 5.07% 7.17% 3.04% 5.16% 3.04% 4.90%
16 7.35% 9.89% 7.35% 9.76% 5.07% 7.17% 3.04% 5.16% 3.04% 4.90%
17 7.34% 9.88% 7.34% 9.75% 5.07% 7.17% 3.04% 5.16% 3.04% 4.90%
OJ 18 7.33% 9.87% 7.33% 9.75% 5.08% 7.18% 3.05% 5.17% 3.05% 4.91% 0
0 19 7.33% 9.87% 7.33% 9.75% 5.08% 7.18% 3.05% 5.17% 3.05% 4.91% ::I;-
~ 20 7.34% 9.88% 7.34% 9.75% 5.09% 7.19% 3.05% 5.17% 3.05% 4.91%
(Q 21 7.35% 9.89% 7.35% 9.76% 5.11% 7.21% 3.06% 5.19% 3.06% 4.93%
Cl) 22 7.37% 9.92% 7.37% 9.79% 5.12% 7.24% 3.07% 5.21% 3.07% 4.95% .....
~ 23 7.39% 9.95% 7.39% 9.83% 5.15% 7.27% 3.09% 5.23% 3.09% 4.97%
24 7.43% 10.00% 7.43% 9.87% 5.18% 7.31% 3.11% 5.26% 3.11% 5.00%
25 7.47% 10.06% 7.47% 9.93% 5.21% 7.36% 3.13% 5.30% 3.13% 5.03%
26 7.52% 10.12% 7.52% 10.00% 5.25% 7.42% 3.15% 5.34% 3.15% 5.07%
27 7.58% 10.20% 7.58% 10.07% 5.30% 7.48% 3.18% 5.38% 3.18% 5.12%
28 7.64% 10.29% 7.64% 10.16% 5.35% 7.55% 3.21% 5.43% 3.21% 5.16%
29 7.71% 10.38% 7.71% 10.25% 5.40% 7.63% 3.24% 5.49% 3.24% 5.21%
30 7.79% 10.49% 7.79% 10.35% 5.46% 7.71% 3.27% 5.55% 3.27% 5.27%
31 7.87% 10.59% 7.87% 10.46% 5.52% 7.79% 3.31% 5.61% 3.31% 5.33%
32 7.96% 10.71% 7.96% 10.57% 5.58% 7.88% 3.35% 5.67% 3.35% 5.39%
33 8.05% 10.83% 8.05% 10.70% 5.65% 7.98% 3.39% 5.74% 3.39% 5.46%
34 8.14% 10.96% 8.14% 10.82% 5.72% 8.08% 3.43% 5.82% 3.43% 5.53%
35 8.24% 11.10% 8.24% 10.96% 5.80% 8.19% 3.48% 5.89% 3.48% 5.60%
36 8.35% 11.24% 8.35% 11.10% 5.87% 8.30% 3.52% 5.97% 3.52% 5.67%
37 8.46% 11.38% 8.46% 11.24% 5.95% 8.41% 3.57% 6.05% 3.57% 5.75%
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General Plans A (OCTA and Non-OCTA), G, I and M Members' Contribution Rates from the December 31, 2004 Actuarial Valuation
(Expressed as a Percentage of Monthly Payroll)
Calculated Under Adopted Assumptions
Plan I (2. 7% @ 55) Plan G (2.5% @ 55) Plan M (2.0% @ 55) Plan A (OCTA) Plan A (Non-OCTA)
Entry Age Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total
38 8.57% 11.53% 8.57% 11.39% 6.04% 8.52% 3.62% 6.13% 3.62% 5.83%
39 8.68% 11.68% 8.68% l l.54% 6.12% 8.64% 3.67% 6.22% 3.67% 5.91%
40 8.80% 11.84% 8.80% 11.69% 6.21% 8.76% 3.72% 6.31% 3.72% 5.99%
41 8.91% 12.00% 8.91% 11.85% 6.29% 8.89% 3.78% 6.40% 3.78% 6.08%
42 9.04% 12.16% 9.04% 12.01% 6.38% 9.02% 3.83% 6.49% 3.83% 6.16%
43 9.16% 12.33% 9.16% 12.17% 6.48% 9.14% 3.89% 6.58% 3.89% 6.25%
44 9.28% 12.50% 9.28% 12.34% 6.57% 9.28% 3.94% 6.67% 3.94% 6.34%
45 9.41% 12.67% 9.41% 12.51% 6.66% 9.41% 4.00% 6.77% 4.00% 6.43%
OJ 46 9.54% 0 12.84% 9.54% 12.68% 6.76% 9.55% 4.06% 6.87% 4.06% 6.53%
0 47 9.67% 13.02% 9.67% 12.85% 6.86% 9.69% 4.12% 6.97% 4.12% 6.62% ~ 13.04% 6.96% 9.83% 4.18% 7.08% 4.18% 6.72% ~ 48 9.81% 13.20% 9.81%
(Q 49 9.94% 13.39% 9.94% 13.22% 7.07% 9.98% 4.24% 7.18% 4.24% 6.82%
Cl) 50 10.08% 13.58% 10.08% 13.40% 7.17% 10.13% 4.30% 7.29% 4.30% 6.93%
~ C)
UI 51 10.23% 13.77% 10.23% 13.59% 7.28% 10.29% 4.37% 7.40% 4.37% 7.03%
52 10.37% 13.96% 10.37% 13.79% 7.40% 10.45% 4.44% 7.52% 4.44% 7.14%
53 10.53% 14.17% 10.53% 13.99% 7.51% 10.61% 4.51% 7.64% 4.51% 7.26%
54 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 7.64% 10.78% 4.58% 7.76% 4.58% 7.37%
55 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 7.76% 10.96% 4.66% 7.89% 4.66% 7.49%
56 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 7.89% 11.14% 4.73% 8.02% 4.73% 7.62%
57 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 8.02% 11.32% 4.81% 8.15% 4.81% 7.74%
58 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 8.15% 11.51% 4.89% 8.28% 4.89% 7.87%
59 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 8.28% 11.70% 4.97% 8.42% 4.97% 8.00%
60 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 8.28% 11.70% 4.97% 8.42% 4.97% 8.00%
COLA Loading: 34.62% 32.92% 41.22% 69.37% 60.95%
Interest: 7.75%
Sa/a,y Increases: See Exhibit IV. page 51
Mortality: See Exhibit IV, page 45
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General Plans B (OCTA and Non-OCTA), H, J and N Members' Contribution Rates from the December 31, 2004 Actuarial Valuation
(Expressed as a Percentage of Monthly Payroll)
Calculated Under Adopted Assumptions
Plan J (2.7% @55) Plan H (2.5% @ 55) Plan N (2.0% @ 55) Plan B (OCTA) Plan B (Non-OCTA)
Entry Age Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total
15 7.03% 9.46% 7.03% 9.34% 4.87% 6.87% 4.87% 6.89% 4.87% 6.65%
16 7.03% 9.46% 7.03% 9.34% 4.87% 6.87% 4.87% 6.89% 4.87% 6.65%
17 7.02% 9.45% 7.02% 9.33% 4.87% 6.87% 4.87% 6.89% 4.87% 6.65%
18 7.01% 9.44% 7.01% 9.32% 4.87% 6.87% 4.87% 6.89% 4.87% 6.65%
19 7.01% 9.44% 7.01% 9.32% 4.87% 6.87% 4.87% 6.89% 4.87% 6.65%
20 7.02% 9.45% 7.02% 9.33% 4.88% 6.90% 4.88% 6.92% 4.88% 6.67%
21 7.03% 9.46% 7.03% 9.34% 4.90% 6.91% 4.90% 6.93% 4.90% 6.69%
lJJ 22 7.05% 9.48% 7.05% 9.37% 4.91% 6.94% 4.91% 6.96% 4.91% 6.71%
0 23 7.07% 9.52% 7.07% 9.40% 4.94% 6.97% 4.94% 6.99% 4.94% 6.74% 0 ~ 24 7.10% 9.56% 7.10% 9.44% 4.96% 7.01% 4.96% 7.03% 4.96% 6.78% ~ 25 7.14% 9.62% 7.14% 9.50% 5.00% 7.06% 5.00% 7.08% 5.00% 6.83%
CQ 26 7.19% 9.68% 7.19% 9.56% 5.04% 7.11% 5.04% 7.13% 5.04% 6.88% Cl) ..... 27 7.25% 9.76% 7.25% 9.63% 5.08% 7.17% 5.08% 7.19% 5.08% 6.94% 0 0, 28 7.31% 9.84% 7.31% 9.72% 5.13% 7.24% 5.13% 7.26% 5.13% 7.00%
29 7.38% 9.93% 7.38% 9.81% 5.18% 7.31% 5.18% 7.33% 5.18% 7.07%
30 7.45% 10.03% 7.45% 9.90% 5.23% 7.39% 5.23% 7.41% 5.23% 7.15%
31 7.53% 10.13% 7.53% 10.00% 5.29% 7.47% 5.29% 7.49% 5.29% 7.23%
32 7.61% 10.24% 7.61% 10.11% 5.35% 7.56% 5.35% 7.58% 5.35% 7.31%
33 7.70% 10.36% 7.70% 10.23% 5.42% 7.65% 5.42% 7.68% 5.42% 7.40%
34 7.79% 10.48% 7.79% 10.35% 5.49% 7.75% 5.49% 7.77% 5.49% 7.50%
35 7.88% 10.61% 7.88% 10.48% 5.56% 7.85% 5.56% 7.87% 5.56% 7.59%
36 7.98% 10.75% 7.98% 10.61% 5.63% 7.96% 5.63% 7.98% 5.63% 7.69%
37 8.09% 10.89% 8.09% 10.75% 5.71% 8.06% 5.71% 8.09% 5.71% 7.80%
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General Plans B (OCTA and Non-OCTA), H, J and N Members' Contribution Rates from the December 31, 2004 Actuarial Valuation
(Expressed as a Percentage of Monthly Payroll)
Calculated Under Adopted Assumptions
Plan J (2. 7% @ 55) Plan H (2.5% @ 55) Plan N (2.0% @ 55) Plan B (OCTA) Plan B (Non-OCT A)
Entry Age Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total
38 8.19% 11.03% 8.19% 10.89% 5.79% 8.17% 5.79% 8.20% 5.79% 7.91%
39 8.30% 11.17% 8.30% 11.03% 5.87% 8.29% 5.87% 8.31% 5.87% 8.02%
40 8.41% 11.32% 8.41% 11.18% 5.95% 8.40% 5.95% 8.43% 5.95% 8.13%
41 8.53% 11.48% 8.53% 11.33% 6.04% 8.52% 6.04% 8.55% 6.04% 8.24%
42 8.64% 11.63% 8.64% 11.49% 6.12% 8.65% 6.12% 8.67% 6.12% 8.36%
43 8.76% 11.79% 8.76% 11.64% 6.21% 8.77% 6.21% 8.79% 6.21% 8.48%
44 8.88% 11.95% 8.88% 11.80% 6.30% 8.90% 6.30% 8.92% 6.30% 8.60%
a, 45 9.00% 12.11% 9.00% 11.96% 6.39% 9.02% 6.39% 9.05% 6.39% 8.73%
0 46 9.12% 12.28% 9.12% 12.\3% 6.48% 9.16% 6.48% 9.18% 6.48% 8.85% 0 :ii;-47 9.25% 12.45% 9.25% 12.29% 6.58% 9.29% 6.58% 9.32% 6.58% 8.99%
~ 48 9.38% 12.63% 9.38% 12.47% 6.68% 9.43% 6.68% 9.46% 6.68% 9.12%
CQ 49 9.51% 12.80% 9.51% 12.64% 6.78% 9.57% 6.78% 9.60% 6.78% 9.26% Cl)
-.\ 50 9.64% 12.98% 9.64% 12.82% 6.88% 9.72% 6.88% 9.74% 6.88% 9.40% 0 ...... 51 9.78% 13.17% 9.78% 13.00% 6.99% 9.86% 6.99% 9.89% 6.99% 9.54%
52 9.92% 13.35% 9.92% \3.19% 7.09% 10.02% 7.09% 10.05% 7.09% 9.69%
53 10.30% 13.86% 10.30% 13.68% 7.21% 10.18% 7.21% 10.21% 7.21% 9.84%
54 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 7.32% 10.34% 7.32% 10.37% 7.32% 10.00%
55 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 7.44% 10.51% 7.44% 10.54% 7.44% 10.16%
56 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 7.57% 10.68% 7.57% 10.71% 7.57% 10.33%
57 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 7.69% 10.86% 7.69% 10.89% 7.69% 10.50%
58 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 7.98% 11.27% 7.98% 11.30% 7.98% 10.90%
59 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 8.28% 11.70% 8.28% 11.73% 8.28% 11.31%
60 10.69% 14.38% 10.69% 14.20% 8.28% 11.70% 8.28% 11.73% 8.28% 11.31%
COLA Loading: 34.62% 32.92% 41.22% 41.62% 36.57%
Interest: 7.75%
Salary Increases: See Exhibit IV, page 51
Mortality: See Exhibit IV, page 45
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Safety Plan E (Fire, Law and Probation) Members' Contribution Rates from the December 31, 2004 Actuarial Valuation
(Expressed as a Percentage of Monthly Payroll)
Calculated Under Adopted Assumptions
Plan E (Fire Authority) Plan E (Law Enforcement) Plan E (Probation)
Entry Age Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total
15 3.77% 8.56% 3.77% 8.46% 3.77% 8.20%
16 3.77% 8.56% 3.77% 8.46% 3.77% 8.20%
17 3.77% 8.56% 3.77% 8.46% 3.77% 8.20%
18 3.77% 8.56% 3.77% 8.46% 3.77% 8.20%
19 3.77% 8.56% 3.77% 8.46% 3.77% 8.20%
20 3.78% 8.57% 3.78% 8.48% 3.78% 8.21%
21 3.78% 8.59% 3.78% 8.50% 3.78% 8.21%
a, 22 3.79% 8.61% 3.79% 8.52% 3.79% 8.25%
0
0 23 3.81% 8.64% 3.81% 8.55% 3.81% 8.28%
~ 24 3.83% 8.68% 3.83% 8.59% 3.83% 8.32%
~ 25 3.85% 8.73% 3.85% 8.64% 3.85% 8.37%
CQ 26 3.87% 8.79% 3.87% 8.69% 3.87% 8.42% Cl) .... 27 3.90% 8.86% 3.90% 8.76% 3.90% 8.48% 0 00 28 3.93% 8.93% 3.93% 8.84% 3.93% 8.56%
29 3.97% 9.02% 3.97% 8.92% 3.97% 8.64%
30 4.02% 9.12% 4.02% 9.02% 4.02% 8.73%
31 4.06% 9.22% 4.06% 9.12% 4.06% 8.84%
32 4.12% 9.34% 4.12% 9.24% 4.12% 8.95%
33 4.17% 9.47% 4.17% 9.37% 4.17% 9.08%
34 4.24% 9.62% 4.24% 9.51% 4.24% 9.21%
35 4.30% 9.77% 4.30% 9.66% 4.30% 9.36%
36 4.38% 9.93% 4.38% 9.82% 4.38% 9.52%
37 4.45% 10.11% 4.45% 10.00% 4.45% 9.68%
*SEGAL
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Safety Plan E (Fire, Law and Probation) Members' Contribution Rates from the December 31, 2004 Actuarial Valuation
(Expressed as a Percentage of Monthly Payroll)
Calculated Under Adopted Assumptions
Plan E (Fire Authority) Plan E (Law Enforcement) Plan E (Probation)
Entry Age Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total
38 4.53% 10.29% 4.53% 10.18% 4.53% 9.86%
39 4.61% 10.48% 4.61% 10.36% 4.61% 10.04%
40 4.70% 10.67% 4.70% 10.55% 4.70% 10.22%
41 4.79% 10.87% 4.79% 10.75% 4.79% 10.41%
42 4.88% 11.07% 4.88% 10.95% 4.88% 10.60%
43 4.97% 11.28% 4.97% 11.15% 4.97% 10.80%
44 5.06% 11.49% 5.06% 11.36% 5.06% 11.00%
tXJ 45 5.15% 11.70% 5.15% 11.57% 5.15% I 1.21%
0 46 5.25% 11.91% 5.25% I 1.78% 5.25% 11.41% 0 ~ 47 5.34% 12.13% 5.34% 12.00% 5.34% I 1.62% ~ 48 5.44% 12.35% 5.44% 12.21% 5.44% I 1.83% (Q
Cl) 49 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04%
~ 50 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04% c:::,
C0 51 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04%
52 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04%
53 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04%
54 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04%
55 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04%
56 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04%
57 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04%
58 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04%
59 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04%
60 5.54% 12.57% 5.54% 12.43% 5.54% 12.04%
COLA Loading: 127.03% 124.53% 117.49%
Interest: 7.75%
Salary Increases: See Exh,:bit n: page 51
Mortality: See fahibit IV, page 45
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Safety Plan F (Fire, Law and Probation) Members' Contribution Rates from the December 31, 2004 Actuarial Valuation
(Expressed as a Percentage of Monthly Payroll)
Calculated Under Adopted Assumptions
Plan F (Fire Authority) Plan F (Law Enforcement) Plan F (Probation)
Entry Age Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total
15 7.25% 11.86% 7.25% 11.77% 7.25% 11.51%
16 7.25% 11.86% 7.25% 11.77% 7.25% 11.51%
17 7.25% 11.86% 7.25% 11.77% 7.25% 11.51%
18 7.25% 11.86% 7.25% I 1.77% 7.25% 11.51%
19 7.26% 11.87% 7.26% 11.78% 7.26% 11.52%
20 7.27% 11.88% 7.27% 11.79% 7.27% 11.54%
21 7.28% 11.91% 7.28% 11.81% 7.28% 11.56%
a, 22 7.30% 11 .94% 7.30% 11.85% 7.30% 11.59%
0 23 7.33% 11.98% 7.33% 11 .89% 7.33% 11.63% 0 ~ 24 7.36% 12.03% 7.36% 11.94% 7.36% 11.68%
~ 25 7.40% 12.10% 7.40% 12.01% 7.40% 11.75%
CQ 26 7.45% 12.18% 7.45% 12.09% 7.45% 11.83% (I)
-.a. 27 7.51% 12.27% 7.51% 12.18% 7.51% 11.92% -.a.
0 28 7.57% 12.38% 7.57% 12.29% 7.57% 12.02%
29 7.64% 12.50% 7.64% 12.40% 7.64% 12.14%
30 7.73% 12.63% 7.73% 12.54% 7.73% 12.27%
31 7.82% 12.78% 7.82% 12.69% 7.82% 12.41%
32 7.92% 12.95% 7.92% 12.85% 7.92% 12.57%
33 8.03% 13.13% 8.03% 13.03% 8.03% 12.75%
34 8.15% 13.33% 8.15% 13.22% 8.15% 12.94%
35 8.28% 13.54% 8.28% 13.43% 8.28% 13.14%
36 8.42% 13.77% 8.42% 13.66% 8.42% 13.36%
37 8.57% 14.01% 8.57% 13 .90% 8.57% 13.60%
*SEGAL
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Safety Plan F (Fire, Law and Probation) Members' Contribution Rates from the December 31, 2004 Actuarial Valuation
(Expressed as a Percentage of Monthly Payroll)
Calculated Under Adopted Assumptions
Plan F (Fire Authority) Plan F (Law Enforcement) Plan F (Probation)
Entry Age Normal Total Normal Total Normal Total
38 8.72% 14.26% 8.72% 14.15% 8.72% 13.84%
39 8.88% 14.52% 8.88% 14.41% 8.88% 14.10%
40 9.04% 14.79% 9.04% 14.67% 9.04% 14.35%
41 9.21% 15.06% 9.21% 14.95% 9.21% 14.62%
42 9.38% 15.34% 9.38% 15.22% 9.38% 14.89%
43 9.56% 15.63% 9.56% 15.51% 9.56% 15.17%
44 9.73% 15.92% 9.73% 15.80% 9.73% 15.45%
ti, 45 9.91% 16.21% 9.91% 16.09% 9.91% 15.74%
0 46 10.10% 16.51% 10.10% 16.38% 10.10% 16.03% 0 :II;" 47 10.28% 16.81% 10.28% 16.68% 10.28% 16.32% ~ 48 10.67% 17.45% 10.67% 17.31% 10.67% 16.94% IQ CD 49 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58%
~ 50 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58% ~
~ 51 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58%
52 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58%
53 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58%
54 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58%
55 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58%
56 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58%
57 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58%
58 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58%
59 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58%
60 11.08% 18.11% 11.08% 17.97% 11.08% 17.58%
COLA Loading: 63.52% 62.27% 58.75%
Interest: 7.75%
Salary Increases: See Exhibit IV, page 51
Mortality: See Exhibit IV, page 45
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Appendix C
Reconciliation of the December 31, 2003 Valuation Results with Those Calculated by the System's Prior Actuary
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Mr. Keith Bozarth
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Orange County Employees Retirement System
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Re: Orange County Employees Retirement System
Segal's Reconciliation of the December 31, 2003 Valuation Results
with those Calculated by Towers Perrin
Dear Keith:
In this letter, we have documented Segal's reconciliation of the December 31, 2003 valuation results
with those calculated by Towers Perrin (TP) in their actuarial report dated July 16, 2004. This
reconciliation was carried out as part of the transition of actuarial services to Segal to ensure that we
could independently replicate the actuarial values and contribution requirements as determined by TP
for the employer and the members using the plan provisions and actuarial assumptions adopted by the
Board for the December 31, 2003 valuation.
Membership Data
Membership data used in our reconciliation was provided by TP. Please note that we did not attempt to
audit or reconcile the TP data back to the source data originally supplied by the System. A summary of
the number of members included in the valuation is set forth in the table below.
Segal TP Segal Total/
General Safety Total General Safety Total TPTotal
Membership Count
Active Members 19,003 3,645 22,648 19,022 3,649 22,671 99.9%
Inactive Members 2,143 135 2,278 2,143 135 2,278 100.0%
Retirees and 7,967 1,099 9,066 7,980 1,099 9,079 99.9% Beneficiaries
Total 29,113 4,879 33,992 29,145 4,883 34,028 99.9%
Benefits, Compensation and HR Consulting ATLANTA BOSTON CHICAGO CLEVELAND DENVER HARTFORD HOUSTON LOS ANGELES
MINNEAPOLIS NEW ORLEANS NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PHOENIX SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE TORONTO WASHINGTON, D.C.
Mullinotionol Group of Actuaries ood Consultoots AMSTERDAM BARCELONA GENEVA HAMBURG JOHANNESBURG LONDON MELBOURNE MEXICO CITY OSLO PARIS
Book Page 113
Mr. Keith Bozarth
Orange County Employees Retirement System
Segal's Reconciliation of the December 31, 2003 Valuation Results
With those Calculated by Towers Perrin
February 3, 2005
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Statistical Information
The statistical information was reproduced on the Segal system and compares to that presented in the
December 31, 2003 valuation as shown in the table below.
Segal TP Segal Total/
General Safety Total General Safety Total TP Total
Active Members
-Average Attained Age 44.2 40.3 43.6 44.1 40.4 43.5 100.2%
-Average Service 10.1 12.1 10.4 10.4 12.1 10.7 97.2%
Retirees and Beneficiaries
-Average Pension $1,692 $3,696 $1,935 $1,691 $3,713 $1,936 100.0%
Actuarial Liability Results
In our reconciliation, we compared the following actuarial values:
> The total actuarial accrued liabilities for active members (the equivalent of the accumulated normal
costs allocated to the years before the valuation date) and inactive members (the single sum value
of the lifetime benefits to current pensioners, beneficiaries and deferred vested members);
> The actuarial value of assets; and
> The next year's employee, employer and total normal cost (the amount of contributions required to
fund the dollar normal cost allocated to the current year of service).
The valuation programs used by two different actuaries rarely produce identical results. This can be
due to differences in decrement timing (such as, exactly when will a member expected to retire at a
given age actually retire: beginning, middle or end of that year) or other differences in methodology.
Even though there is no generally accepted actuarial principle that provides guidance on what is
considered an acceptable difference, a variance of 5% or less is generally considered acceptable. The
comparisons of these results are set forth in the table on the following page.
Book Page 114
Mr. Keith Bozarth
Orange County Employees Retirement System
Segal's Reconciliation of the December 31, 2003 Valuation Results
With those Calculated by Towers Perrin
February 3, 2005
Page 3
(In Thousand Dollars) Segal -----------'='--------General Safety General
TP
Actuarial Accrued
Liability (AAL) $4,241,070 $1,964,994 $6,206,064 $4,143,155 $1,956,278 $6,099,433
Actuarial Value of
Assets $3,493,884 $1,296,215 $4,790,099 $3,493,884 $1,296,215 $4,790,099
Next Year's
Employee Normal
Cost* $68,785
Next Year's Employer
Normal Cost** $56,070
Next Year's Total
Normal Cost $124,855
$28,099 $96,884
$36,802 $92,872
$64,901 $189,756
$68,785 $28,099 $96,884
$53,514 $37,247 $90,761
$122,299 $65,346 $187,645
Segal Total/
TPTotal
101.7%
100.0%
100.0%
102.3%
101.1%
* The TP employee normal costs included above are actually those calculated by Segal's valuation
software. Even though the aggregate employee normal costs are not provided in the TP December 31,
2003 valuation report, TP has provided Segal with the employee normal cost for each member in OCTA.
Segal has reproduced TP's employee normal cost for members in that group. That leads us to conclude
that there are no material differences in how the two valuation programs calculate employee normal cost.
** Segal's employer normal costs are calculated using a method that we believe to be consistent with that
used by TP. See Segal's recommendations below on suggested changes to the current method for the
upcoming benefit improvement studies and annual valuation.
We observe that our system produced a higher actuarial accrued liability and a higher total normal cost
when compared to TP. Since our results were within 5% of those produced by TP, we believe that the
liabilities calculated by TP in the December 31, 2003 valuation were reasonable, accurate and in
accordance with generally accepted actuarial principles, and that they reflect the plan provisions and
actuarial assumptions adopted by the Board for the December 31, 2003 valuation.
Observations and Recommendations
Calculation of the UAAL Rate
We recommend that the current UAAL rate calculation methodology be continued for the benefit
improvement studies. We further recommend that the System consider the following changes be
considered for incorporation into the December 31, 2004 valuation.
1. There is a difference of $106.6 million in UAAL produced by Segal's valuation software. This is
about 1.7% of the total AAL. The higher UAAL will be combined with the System's other actuarial
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Mr. Keith Bozarth
Orange County Employees Retirement System
Segal's Reconciliation of the December 31, 2003 Valuation Results
With those Calculated by Towers Perrin
February 3, 2005
Page4
gains or losses during calendar year 2004 and used to set the System's UAAL rate in the December
31, 2004 valuation.
2. As part of our reconciliation, we have also compared the total outstanding balance of all the
amortization layers ($1,184.8 million) with the System's UAAL as of December 31, 2003 ($1,309.3
million). The difference is $124.5 million. We believe the difference arises from the methodology
that was applied in calculating the new actuarial gains or losses in previous valuations. We propose
that the difference between the current UAAL payment and the amount required to amortize the full
UAAL be included in setting the System's new UAAL rate in the December 31, 2004 valuation.
3. The current UAAL rate has been calculated assuming that employer UAAL contributions would be
made at the end of the year. We believe an adjustment can be made to more accurately align the
employer UAAL rate to reflect that, on the average, UAAL contributions are paid at the middle of
the year. This will result in a reduction in the current UAAL rate.
Calculation of the Emplover Nonna I Cost Rate
TP has provided Segal with the total, employer and employee normal cost for each member in OCT A.
From those cost calculations, we make the following observations and suggested changes for the
upcoming benefit improvement studies requested by certain employers in advance of the December 31,
2004 valuation, as well as for the December 31, 2004 valuation:
1. Currently, employee normal cost is calculated by taking the current year's salary and multiplying
that times the employee rate. Implicit in that calculation was the assumption that all active
employees as of December 31, 2003 would remain employed during calendar year 2004 and there
would be no termination until the end of the year. We propose that this methodology be continued
for the benefit improvement studies but believe it should be reviewed as part of the December 31,
2004 valuation.
2. Currently, employer normal cost was calculated by taking the difference between the total normal
cost and the employee normal cost described above. Since terminal pay was not programmed into
TP's valuation software, TP made a normal cost adjustment outside of their valuation software by
multiplying the expected percentage of terminal pay times the net employer normal cost to
approximate the impact of including terminal pay. We believe this method could understate the
employer normal cost as we believe that the total normal cost should be adjusted by the terminal pay
percentage before netting out the employee normal cost contributions. We propose that this new
methodology be applied in both the benefit improvement studies and the December 31, 2004
valuation.
3. We understand that the current total normal cost was calculated assuming that the contributions
would be made by the employer and the employee as of the beginning of the year. We propose that
the current methodology be continued for the improvement studies. However, an adjustment to
reflect that, on the average, normal cost contributions are paid at the middle of the year should be
included in the December 31, 2004 valuation.
Book Page 116
Mr. Keith Bozarth
Orange County Employees Retirement System
Segal's Reconciliation of the December 31, 2003 Valuation Results
With those Calculated by Towers Perrin
February 3, 2005
Page 5
With the above normal cost adjustments, we estimate that the total employer normal cost calculated in
the December 31, 2003 valuation would have increased from $93 million to about $104 million.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
p~a_~
Paul Angelo, FSA, MAAA
Vice President and Actuary
AYY/gxk:jc
cc: James W. Buck
Stephen Cadena
183452/05794.002
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Andy Yeung, ASA, MAAA
Associate Actuary
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History of Employer (ER) Contribution Rates for OCERS
Yr Ended
6130 Tier I Tier II
1978 6.72% NIA
1979 8.41% NIA
1980 11.30% 9.89%
1981 14.37% 13.66%
1982 15.43% 15.43%
1983 15.16% 15.16%
1984 15.12% 15.12%
1985 14.40% 14.40%
1986 14.40% 14.40%
1987 13.95% 13.95%
1988 13.73% 13.73%
1989 6.42% 6.42% started year at 13. 72% but reduced for County on 211189
1990 10.63% 10.63%
1991 10.81% 10.81%
1992 2.55% 2.55%
1993 2.55% 2.55%
1994 2.55% 2.55%
1995 3.93% 3.93%
1996 5.36% 5.36%
1997 5.36% 5.36%
1998 6.82% 6.82%
1999 1.86% 1.86%
2000 2.00% 2.00%
2001 0.96% 0.96%
2002 0.96% 0.96%
2003 5.66% 5.66%
2004 9.15% 9.15%
2005 12.62% 12.62%
2006 15.31% 15.31% Sum Number Average
2007 20.15% 20.15% 139.38% 20 6.9690
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FAHR Committee Questions from Benefits Workshop May 18, 2006
1. Are PERS and CalPERS the same?
o In California, PERS and CalPERS are the same. Other states have their
own PERS systems.
2. Cost Projection: What is the liability for OCSD over the next 10 years?
o Mike White, Controller: Projecting the future costs of OCERS to OCSD
over the next ten years is similar to predicting what the Federal Reserve
Board's plans are for future Fed rate increases. There are three
predominant underlying drivers that will affect the District's future OCERS
retirement costs:
1. Impacts on contribution rates as a result of future actuarial valuations;
2. Performance results of the current pension assets; and
3. Future staffing and compensation levels.
A ten-year forecast is provided below with the following underlying
assumptions:
1. The are no changes in the underling assumptions used in the most
recent actuarial valuation in future actuarial valuations;
2. The performance results of pension assets over the next ten years are
in line with the current yields assumed in the most recent actuarial
valuation; and
3. Staffing levels remain at 644 FTE's over the next ten years with salary
increases of three percent per year.
The resulting ten-year forecast is the budgeted OCERS premiums
contained in the FY 2006-07 and FY 2007-08 Proposed Budget, and
increased at a rate of three percent per year thereafter since the OCERS
premium is a percentage of salaries. Three percent is based on an
estimate of CPI over time.
Increase Over
the Prior Year
FY 06/07 $11,768,700 25.22% (1)
FY 07/08 $12,575,600 6.86% (2)
FY 08/09 $12,952,900 3.00%
FY 09/10 $13,341,500 3.00%
FY 10/11 $13,741,700 3.00%
FY 11/12 $14,154,000 3.00%
FY 12/13 $14,578,600 3.00%
FY 13/14 $15,016,000 3.00%
FY 14/15 $15,466,500 3.00%
FY 15/16 $15,930,500 3.00%
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1. Based on recently revised OCERS actuarial assumptions, lower than
expected yields earned on pension assets in recent years, and enhanced
retirement plan benefits.
2. Based on projected compensation levels within existing M.O.U.'s.
3. Is there a "sliding" scale to the benefits?
o Pension amounts are determined by years of service, average monthly
compensation, and the retirement formula at the time of retirement. The
average monthly compensation (final average salary) is either based on
12 or 36 months depending on the plan (Plan G: 12 months; Plan H: 36
months). Additionally, the benefits are affected by the IRS limits set forth
in sections 415(b)(1)(A) and 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code.
If an employee chooses to retire prior to age 55 (age 50 -54), the
employee will not benefit from the maximum salary percentage (2.5%),
rather, the percentage will be pro-rated based on the employee's age;
however, the salary percentage will never increase beyond 2.5% for
employees who retire at age 55 or older.
o Staff Report Reference: Pages 8-9, "Service Retirement"
4. Do OCERS benefit programs have a "menu" of options to choose from as
PERS does?
o OCERS permits customization to two retirement components, retirement
formula and final average salary (plan sponsor has the option of choosing
to determine FAS based on employee's last 12 or 36 months of
compensation).
CalPERS offers additions to their basic benefit from which a plan sponsor
may choose to enhance their benefits. The CalPERS basic benefit
structure is similar to, but not the same as, that offered by OCERS. For
example, the annual OCERS COLA is capped at 3%. PERS has a similar
cap but a sponsor can choose (and pay) to have a higher COLA cap.
o Staff Report Reference: Page 14, "Retirement Plan Customization"
4(a) Can we set caps?
o Plan sponsors are not permitted to set caps on retirement outside of
adjustments to the retirement formula.
o Staff Report Reference: Page 14, "Retirement Plan Customization"
4(b) Can choices be made with regard to survivor benefits, etc?
o No, OCERS provides for standard survivor benefit options that are not
subject to customization by the plan sponsor.
o Staff Report Reference: Page 12 -13, "Survivor Benefits"
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4{c) Maximum monthly allowance on survivor benefits?
o OCERS sets monthly allowance maximums for retirees; those amounts
are not subject to customization by plan sponsors.
o Staff Report Reference: Page 12 -13, "Survivor Benefits"
5. Perhaps we should hire a benefit consultant to provide an overview of
OCSD's benefit progam.
o OCSD has contacted several benefits consulting firms, to include Hewitt
& Associates, to obtain a quote to conduct a review of OCSD's defined
benefit program, for the purpose of providing
recommendations/alternatives on future retirement programs that may
include defined contribution or hybrid plans.
o Staff Report Reference: Page 14, "Retirement Plan Alternative/Defined
Contribution Plan"
6. When would a member hit the benefit level of 100% of their salary (40
years)?"
o Based on the current retirement formula, an employee would need to be
at least 55 years of age and have 40 years of service to achieve a
retirement benefit that is equal to 100% of salary.
o Staff Report Reference: Page 8-9, " Service Retirement/Allowance"
7. Average retirement benefit for OCSD retirees.
o The average OCSD employee retires at age 60 with 24 years of service
which pays a 60% service retirement allowance under the current
formula.
o Staff Report Reference: Page 8-9, " Service Retirement/Allowance"
8. Ventura -2% @ 60 with a cap -proposed legislation -status.
o The Ventura Decision had a significant impact on retirement allowances
by including other pay items in addition to base pay as compensation
earnable.
o Neither OCERS nor their legal department is aware of proposed
legislation for a retirement formula of 2% @ 60 with a cap.
o Staff Report Reference: Page 8, " Service Retirement/Allowance"
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