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City of Paris, Texas Notes to Financial Statements September 30, 2012 V. Other Information (Continued) I. Employee Retirement Systems and Plans (Continued) 2. Firefighters' Relief and Retirement Fund (Continued) Service Retirement Disability and Death Benefits A member is eligible for service retirement on either (a) the date that the member has both attained age 55 and completed 20 years of service or (b) the date as of which the sum of the member's age and years of service first equals 80 provided the member has completed 20 years of service. A member who retires under the service retirement provisions of the fund will normally receive a monthly benefit equal to $94 multiplied by his/her years of service at retirement. The minimum service retirement benefit is $500 per month. Service retirement benefits are payable for the member's lifetime. In the event the member's death precedes that of his/her spouse, two-thirds of the member's pension will be continued to the spouse for his/her lifetime. An active member who becomes disabled will receive a monthly disability benefit. If a member dies while in active service, his/her widow(er) will receive an immediate monthly benefit, payable for his/her lifetime. Annual Pension Cost The actuarial valuation date used to determine the Annual Required Contribution for the year ended September 30, 2012, and the most current available information required for disclosure under Paragraph 22 of GASB Statement No. 27 is January 1, 2011. The actuarial cost method used in the January 1, 2011, valuation is the entry age normal actuarial cost method. This method is also referred to as the entry age actuarial cost method under the terminology developed by the Joint Committee on Pension Terminology. The valuation measures the actuarial balance between the present value of future benefits and the sum of (i) the present value of future contributions and (ii) the actuarial value of assets. The plan is not subject to the minimum funding requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 430. There has been no change in the actuarial cost method since the last actuarial valuation. The actuarial assumptions used in the actuarial valuation performed as of January 1, 2011, include a rate of return on the actuarial value of assets of 8% per year compounded annually; UP 1994 Mortality Table; termination rates from the Actuary's Pension Handbook; disability rates from 1985 Society of Actuaries Disability Table Study; and assumed retirement age of 55 with 20 years of service or satisfied the rule of 80. Compensation increases for individual members and total payroll is 4.5% compounded annually. Projected post retirement benefit increases are zero. The amortization of the unfunded actuarial accrued liability was determined as a level percentage of payroll. The amortization period is an open amortization period over 27.9 years. The actuarial value of assets is smoothed market value which smoothes interest and dividends as well as investment gains and losses. Calculation of the actuarial value of assets begins with an "initial asset value." 55