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City of San Leandro <br />Notes to Basic Financial Statements <br />For the year ended June 30, 2012 <br /> <br /> <br />87 <br /> <br />NOTE 15 –OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, Continued <br /> <br />The City’s annual OPEB cost, equal to the ARC, the percentage of OPEB cost contributed to the plan and the net <br />OPEB obligation for 2012 and the preceding years were as follows: <br /> <br />Fiscal Year <br />Ended June <br />30, <br />Annual OPEB <br />Cost <br />Contributions <br />Made <br />Percentage of Annual <br />OPEB Cost <br />Contributed <br />Net OPEB <br />Obligation <br />2007 N/A N/A N/A <br />2009 1,791,000 1,411,315 79%379,685 <br />2010 1,870,000 1,359,742 73%510,258 <br />2011 1,387,000 920,415 66%466,585 <br />2012 1,452,000 1,169,503 81%282,497 <br />Total Net OPEB Obligation 1,639,025$ <br /> <br />C. Plan Funded Status Information <br /> <br />As of June 30, 2009, the latest valuation date, the funded status of the plan, was as follows: <br /> <br /> <br />Actuarial accrued liability (AAL)16,853,000 <br />Actuarial value of plan assets 500,000 <br />Unfunded actuarial accrued liability (UAAL)16,353,000 <br />Funded ratio (actuarial value of plan assets/AAL)3% <br />Covered payroll (active plan members)29,408,000 <br />UAAL as percentage of covered payroll 55.6% <br />Actuarial Valuations <br /> <br />Actuarial valuations of an ongoing plan involve estimates of the value of reported amounts and assumptions about the <br />probability of occurrence of events far into the future. Examples include assumptions about future employment, <br />mortality, and the healthcare cost trend. Amounts determined regarding the funded status of the plan and the annual <br />required contributions of the employer are subject to continual revision as actual results are compared with past <br />expectations and new estimates are made about the future. The schedule of funding progress, presented as required <br />supplementary information following the notes to the financial statements, present multi-year trend information that <br />shows whether the actuarial value of plan assets is increasing or decreasing over time relative to the actuarial accrued <br />liabilities for benefits. <br /> <br />D. Actuarial Methods and Assumptions <br /> <br />Projection of benefits for financial reporting purposes are based on the substantive plan (the plan as understood by the <br />employer and plan members) and include the types of benefits provided at the time of each valuation and the historical <br />pattern of sharing benefit costs between the employer and the plan members to the point. The methods assumptions <br />used include techniques that are designed to reduce the effects of short -term volatility in actuarial accrued liabilities <br />and the actuarial value of assets, consistent with the long-term perspective of the calculations. <br /> <br />In the June 30, 2011 actuarial valuation, the entry age normal actuarial cost method was used. The actuarial <br />assumptions include 5.5% investment rate of return, compared to the City’s own year to date investment yield 1.37%. <br />Assets in the plan are invested in a moderately conservative portfolio that will provide current income with capital <br />appreciation as a secondary objective. A 3.0% general rate of inflation was used, as well as 3.25% aggregate payroll <br />increases. Healthcare cost trend rates were 9.5% increases for HMO, and 10% increase for PPO plans respectively. <br />