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Indian River County, Florida <br />Property Appraiser <br />Notes To Financial Statements <br />Year Ended September 30, 2017 <br />NOTE 3 — PENSION PLAN - Continued <br />Florida Retirement System - Continued <br />Pension Liabilities: At September 30, 2017, the Division of Retirement calculated the Property <br />Appraiser's liability of $2,028,627 for the FRS plan and $701,702 for the HIS Program, for a total of <br />$2,730,329 for its proportionate share of the net pension liability. The net pension liability was <br />measured as of June 30, 2017, and the total pension liability used to calculate the net pension liability <br />was determined by an actuarial valuation as of July 1, 2017. The Property Appraiser's proportion of the <br />net pension liability was based on a projection of the Property Appraiser's long-term share of <br />contributions to the Pension Plan relative to the projected contributions of all participating employers, <br />actuarially determined. At September 30, 2017, the Property Appraiser's proportion was .006858% for <br />the FRS Pension Plan and .006563% for the HIS Program. <br />Discount Rate for Pension Plan: The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability was <br />7.10%. The projection of cash flows used to determine the discount rate assumed that plan member <br />contributions will be made at the current contribution rate and that the Property Appraiser's <br />contributions will be made at statutorily required rates, actuarially determined. Based on those <br />assumptions, the pension plans' fiduciary net position was projected to be available to make all projected <br />future benefit payments of current active and inactive employees. Therefore, the long-term expected <br />rate of return on pension plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to <br />determine the total pension liability. <br />Sensitivity of the Property Appraiser's Proportionate Share of the Net Position Liability to Changes in <br />the Discount Rate for the Pension Plan: The following presents the Property Appraiser's proportionate <br />share of the Net Pension Liability (NPL) of the Pension Plan calculated using the discount rate of <br />7.10%. Also presented is what the Property Appraiser's proportionate share of the FRS plan NPL would <br />be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is I% lower or I% higher than the current rate: <br />1% Decrease Current Discount 1% Increase <br />(6.10%) Rate (7.10%) (8.10%) <br />Property Appraiser's proportionate <br />share of NPL $ 3,671,692 $ 2,028,627 $ 664,506 <br />Discount rate for the HIS Program: In general, the discount rate for calculating the pension liability is <br />equal to the single rate equivalent to discounting at the long-term expected rate of return for benefit <br />payments prior to the projected depletion date. Because the HIS Program is essentially funded on a pay- <br />as-you-go basis, the depletion date is considered to be immediate. The single equivalent discount rate is <br />equal to the municipal bond rate selected by the plan sponsor. The Bond Buyer General Obligation 20 - <br />Bond Municipal Bond Index was adopted as the applicable municipal bond index. <br />M <br />