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6.1. B. - Page 79 NOTE 9 — EMPLOYEE BENEFITS �CONTINUED� The City annual OPEB cost, the percentage of annual OPEB cost contributed to the plan, and the net OPEB obligation for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011 and the two preceding years were as follows: Year Annual AnnuaIOPEB OPEB Ended OPEB Cost Cost Contributed Obligation (Asset) $ °/a $ 6/30/2009 5,027,000 32 6,674,477 6/30/2010 3,830,000 100 6,674,477 6/30/2011 3,944,000 98 6,768,477 As of June 30, 2011, the most recent actuarial valuation date, the plan was 8.3% funded. The actuarial accrued liability (AAL) for benefits was $53,083,000, and the actuarial value of plan assets was $4,429,000, resulting in an unfunded actuarial accrued liability (UAAL) of $48,654,000. The covered payroll (annual payroll of active employees covered by the plan) was $44,961,408 and the ratio of UAAL to the covered payroll was 108.2%. Actuarial valuations of an ongoing plan involve estimates of the value of reported amounts and assumptions about the probability of occurrence of events far into the future. Examples include assumptions about future employment, mortality, and the healthcare cost trend. Amounts determined regarding the funded status of the plan and the annual required contributions of the employer are subject to continual revision as actual results are compared with past expectations and new estimates are made about the future. The Schedule of Funding Progress, presented as Required Supplementary Information following the notes to the financial statements, presents multiyear trend information about whether the actuarial value of plan assets is increasing or decreasing over time relative to the actuarial accrued liabilities for benefits. Projections of benefits for financial reporting purposes are based on the substantive plan (the plan as understood by the employer and the plan members) and include the types of benefits provided at the time of each valuation and the historical pattern of sharing of benefit costs between the employer and plan members to that point. The actuarial methods and assumptions used include techniques that are designed to reduce the effects of short-term volatility in actuarial accrued liabilities and the actuarial value of assets, consistent with the long-term perspective of the calculations. In the June 30, 2011 actuarial valuation, the actuarial cost method used is Entry Age Normal (EAN) cost method. Under the EAN cost method, the plan's Normal Cost is developed as a level percent of payroll throughout the participants' working lifetime. Entry age is based on current age minus years of service. The Actuarial Accrued Liability (AAL) is the cumulative value on the valuation date of prior Normal Cost. For the retirees, the AAL is the present value of all projected benefits. The Unfunded AAL is being amortized as a level dollar closed 30 year basis, as a level percent of payroll with a remaining amortization period at June 30, 2011 of 30 years. GASB 45 requires the interest rate to represent the underlying expected return for the source of funds used to pay benefits. The actuarial methods and assumptions included 7.61% interest rate. Annual inflation assumed to increase at 3% per annum and Aggregate Payroll assumed to increase at 3.25% per annum. The study also used assumptions for the salary merit and longevity increases, and demographic assumptions such as mortality, withdrawal, and disability based on CaIPERS 1997-2007 Experience Study. Retirement assumption was also based on CaIPERS 1997-2007 Experience Study of the Miscellaneous Plan 2.7% at 55 years, with expected retirement age of approximately 58.1, and Public Safety 3% at 50 years, with expected retirement age of approximately 54.1 for Police and 55.3 for Fire. 53