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6.1 B <br /> Page 75 <br /> NOTE 9 — EMPLOYEE BENEFITS �CONTINUED) <br /> The City is not required by law or contractual agreement to provide funding for retiree health costs <br /> other than the pay-as-you-go amount necessary to provide current benefits to retirees. The City's retiree <br /> health plan is being managed through the California Employer's Retiree Benefits Trust (CERBT), an <br /> irrevocable trust fund that allows public employers to prefund the future cost of their retiree health <br /> insurance benefits and other post employment benefits for their covered employees or retirees. <br /> The CERBT's administrator, CaIPERS, issues a publicly available financial report consisting of financial <br /> statements and required supplementary information for CERBT in aggregate. The report may be <br /> obtained by writing to CaIPERS, Lincoln Plaza North, 400 Q Street, Sacramento, CA 95811. During FY <br /> 2009/10, the City contributed $3,830,000, or 103%, of the actuarially required contributions to the <br /> retiree health plan. � <br /> The City's annual other post employment benefit (OPEB) cost (expense) is calculated based on the <br /> annual required contribution of the employer (ARC), an amount actuarially determined in accordance <br /> with the parameters of GASB Statement 45. The ARC represents a level of funding that, if paid on an <br /> ongoing basis, is projected to cover normal costs each year and amortize any unfunded actuarial <br /> liabilities (or funding excess) over a period not to exceed thirty years. The following table shows the <br /> components of the City's annual OPEB costs for the year, the amount actually contributed to the plan, <br /> and changes in the City's net OPEB obligation. <br /> Annual Required Contribution $ 3,729,000 <br /> Interest on net OPEB obligation 517,000 <br /> Adjustment to annual required contribution (416,000) <br /> Annual OPEB Cost 3,830,000 <br /> Contributions made to irrevocable trust (2,207,196) <br /> Benefit payments made outside of trust (1,622,804) <br /> Increase in net OPEB obligation p <br /> Net OPEB obligation - beginning of the year 6,674,477 <br /> Net OPEB obligation - end of the year $ 6,674,477 <br /> The City annual OPEB cost, the percentage of annual OPEB cost contributed to the plan, and the net <br /> OPEB obligation for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 and the two preceding years were as follows: <br /> Year Annual AnnuaIOPEB OPEB <br /> Ended OPEB Cost Cost Contributed Obligation (Asset) <br /> $ % $ <br /> 6/30/2008 4,744,124 31 3,263,392 <br /> 6/30/2009 5,027,000 32 6,674,477 <br /> 6/30/2010 3,830,000 100 6,674,477 <br /> As of June 30, 2009, the most recent actuarial valuation date, the plan was 0% funded. The actuarial <br /> accrued liability (AAL) for benefits was $37,264,000, and the actuarial value of plan assets was $0, <br /> resulting in an unfunded actuarial accrued liability (UAAL) of $37,264,000. The covered payroll (annual <br /> payroll of active employees covered by the plan) was $43,764,165 and the ratio of UAAL to the covered <br /> payroll was 85%. <br /> 52 <br />