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Council hears report on pension funding; staff says extra contributions are preserving position despite slow actuarial progress
Summary
Council discussed the city's ongoing contributions to its MERS pension plan, a $600,000 proposed additional payment and liability projections tied to investment performance and actuarial assumptions.
Brighton City Council members spent a portion of the budget workshop probing the citypension funding status and the effect of recent actuarial assumptions and market performance on the funding ratio.
City staff explained that required pension contributions are driven by actuarial assumptions and that the city is proposing an additional $600,000 payment above the required contribution this year to reduce the plan's unfunded liability. Staff estimated the required base contribution at about $1.2 million; the…
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