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Indian River County, Florida Notes To Financial Statements Year Ended September 30, 2012 NOTE 15 — POLLUTION REMEDIATION - Continued Due to the addition of the Shadowbrook Estates site in fiscal year 2012, beginning net position for the governmental activities needed to be restated. The difference between the governmental activities restated beginning net position of $127,100 and the liability of $82,800 was expensed during the current year. Please see Note 21-C for more information regarding the restatement of beginning net position. NOTE 16 - PENSION PLANS Florida Retirement System Plan Description: The County's employees participate in the Florida Retirement System (FRS), a cost- sharing, multiple -employer public employee retirement system, administered by the Florida Department of Management Services. Effective July 1, 2011, the FRS became a contributory plan for all members, except DROP participants, whereby members contribute 3% and employers pay a rate based upon each member's employment class. Employer rates effective as of July 1, 2012 were as follows: regular class 5.18%, senior class 6.30%, special risk 14.90% and elected official class 10.23%. Employees elect participation in either the defined benefit plan (Pension Plan) or the defined contribution plan (Investment Plan). If the employee enrolled in the FRS prior to July 1, 2011, normal retirement is age 62 with 6 years of service or 30 years of service, regardless of age. If the employee enrolled in the FRS on or after July 1, 2011, normal retirement is age 65 with 8 years of service or 33 years of service, regardless of age. Under the Pension Plan, early retirement is available before reaching normal retirement age and will be subject to an early-retirement reduction of 5% for each year your age at retirement is under your normal retirement age. For those employees who elect participation in the Investment Plan rather than the Pension Plan, vesting occurs after one year of service. Participants have access to the full value of their vested account balance when they leave FRS employment, regardless of age. These participants receive a defined contribution for self-direction in an investment product with a third party administrator selected by the State Board of Administration. Retirement benefits are determined by age, years of service, the average of the highest 5 or 8 fiscal years of pay, membership class and the payment option selected at retirement. In addition to the above benefits, the FRS administers a Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP). This program allows eligible employees to defer receipt of monthly retirement benefit payments while continuing employment with a FRS employer for a period not to exceed five years after electing to participate. Deferred monthly benefits are held in the FRS Trust Fund and accrue interest. Florida Statutes Chapter 121, as may be amended from time to time by the state legislature, determines contribution rates for the various membership classes of the FRS. The FRS issues a publicly available financial report that includes financial statements, ten-year historical trend information and other required supplementary information. That report may be obtained by writing to the Florida Department of Management Services, Division of Retirement, Attention: Research and Education Section, P.O. Box 9000, Tallahassee, Florida 32315-9000, or from the website at www.dms.myflorida.com. 86