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6.A. - Page 19 of 114 <br />million and it targets maintaining a balance equal to 33 percent of general fund operating <br />expenditures-" The City projects that the general fund unrestricted reserve will remain well <br />above this 33 percent target throughout the FY 2019-20 through FY 2023-24 period.89 <br />Long -Term Financial Forecast - Belmont <br />Belmont's long-term financial forecast is based on a five-year forecast period.90 The City <br />incorporated its long-term financial forecast into its FY 2019 and FY 2020 budgets,91 <br />which are readily -accessible on the finance department home page of the City's website. 92 <br />Brisbane <br />Pension Contribution Costs - Brisbane <br />Brisbane's pension contribution costs in FY 2017-18 were $1.91 million, up $0.193 million <br />(11.3 percent) from $1.71 million in FY 2016-17.93 The City's FY 2017-18 pension <br />contribution costs represented 23.5 percent of that year's covered payroll (up from 21.6 <br />percent the preceding year) and 10.9 percent of its total general fund spending (down from <br />11.0 percent the preceding year).94 <br />Brisbane projects its pension contribution costs will increase from FY 2017-18 by $1.63 <br />million (85.5 percent) to $3.54 million by FY 2023-24.95 The City has not made any <br />pension cost projections beyond FY 2023-24.96 <br />In addition to its contribution payments made to Ca1PERS, Brisbane also makes annual, <br />installment payments on its 2006 pension obligation bonds (originally issued in the amount <br />of $4.75 million) and on a 2013 Pension Side Fund Bank Loan (in the original principal <br />amount of $1.61 million).97 Brisbane paid a combined total of $0.794 million on the bonds <br />and loan in FY 2017-18. These payments will decrease to $0.364 million in FY 2018-19. <br />From FY 2018-19 through FY 2022-23 when the bonds and loan are fully paid off, the City <br />will make average annual payments on the bonds and loan of approximately $0.389 <br />million. 98 Taking bond and loan payments into account, the City's total payments on <br />account of its pensions (CalPERS, bond and loan payments combined) were $2.7 million in <br />88 Belmont, FY 2019 Budget, p. 6 of FY 2019 Budget Brief and p. 3 of Appendix. <br />89 Email from Belmont, dated June 7, 2019. Belmont, FY 2020 Budget, p. 21 of Budget Brief, General Fund and <br />Subsidized Funds Trends & Projections FY 2018 - FY 2024. <br />90 Ibid, pp. 19-21 of Budget Brief, General Fund and Subsidized Funds Trends & Projections FY 2017 - FY 2023. <br />91 Belmont FY 2019 Budget, pp. 19-21. Belmont, FY 2020 Budget, pp. 19-21 & 24. <br />92 The finance department's home page on the Belmont website may be found at <br />https://www.belmont..og v/departments/administrative-services/finance/budget. (Last accessed on May 9, 2019.) <br />93 Appendix A. <br />94 Ibid. <br />91 Email from Brisbane dated May 21, 2019. Brisbane, Ca1PERS 2017 Public Agency Actuarial Valuation Reports for <br />Miscellaneous First Tier, Miscellaneous Second Tier, PEPRA Miscellaneous, PEPRA Safety Fire, PEPRA Safety <br />Police, Safety. <br />96 Email from Brisbane, dated June 13, 2019. <br />97 Brisbane, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2017, pp. 53-54. <br />9s Ibid, pp. 53-54. <br />2018-2019 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury 12 <br />23 <br />