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CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON Notes to Basic Financial Statements continued (5) Other Information, continued (C) Retirement Plan – Oregon PERS (OPERS), continued Benefit Changes After Retirement, continued The Supreme Court decision in Moro requires that members “will be entitled to receive during retirement a blended COLA rate that reflects the different COLA provisions applicable to benefits earned at different times.” The Supreme Court did not articulate a specific methodology for determining the blended COLA. For purposes of this valuation, PERS has determined the blend based on creditable service earned before and after October 2013. This approach is consistent with OAR 459-005-0510 adopted by the PERS Board in September 2015. Automatic COLA for benefits earned prior to SB 822 and SB 861 Benefits are adjusted annually to reflect the increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index (Portland area - all items) as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The maximum adjustment to be made for any year is 2 percent of the previous year’s benefit, except for 2013 when the adjustment is limited to 1.5%. Any CPI change in excess of the limit is accumulated for future benefit adjustments that would otherwise be less than the limit. No benefit will be decreased below its original amount. Automatic adjustments for benefits earned post 2013 In 2014 and future years benefits will be increased annually based on a marginal rate schedule. The increase is calculated as 1.25% on the first $60,000 of annual benefit and 0.15% on amounts above $60,000 of annual benefit. Plan Benefits Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan (OPSRP) Pension Program (OPSRP DB) The OPSRP Pension Program (ORS Chapter 238A) provides benefits to members hired on or after August 29, 2003. Pension Benefits This portion of the OPSRP pension program provides a life pension funded by employer contributions. Benefits are calculated with the following formula for members who attain normal retirement age: Police and fire: 1.8% is multiplied by the number of years of service and the final average salary. Normal retirement age for police and fire members is age 60 or age 53 with 25 years of retirement credit. To be classified as a police and fire member, the individual must have been employed continuously as a police and fire member for at least five years immediately preceding retirement. General service: 1.5% is multiplied by the number of years of service and the final average salary. Normal retirement age for general service members is age 65, or age 58 with 30 years of retirement credit. A member of the OPSRP Pension Program becomes vested on the earliest of the following dates: the date the member completes 600 hours of service in each of five calendar years, the date the member reaches normal retirement age, and, if the pension program is terminated, the date on which termination becomes effective. Death Benefits Upon the death of a non-retired member, the spouse or other person who is constitutionally required to be treated in the same manner as the spouse, receives, for life, 50% of the pension that would otherwise have been paid to the deceased member. Disability Benefits A member who has accrued 10 or more years of retirement credits before the member becomes disabled or a member who becomes disabled due to job-related injury shall receive a disability benefit of 45% of the member’s salary determined as of the last full month of employment before the disability occurred. 66 December 9, 2019, Meeting - Item 2CCC Agenda - Page 110