Bay County Employees’ Retirement System (BCERS)

Transcript:Bay County Employees’ Retirement System (BCERS):
Bay County Employees’ Retirement System (BCERS) GASB 68 Reporting as Compared to 2015 Actuarial Valuation 2015 Year One First Year for implementing GASB 68 on our financial statements. First Year of reporting the Bay County Retirement System (BCERS) as its stand alone financial statements. First Year of reporting Bay-Arenac Behavioral Health (BABH) as a separate defined employer entity. GASB 68 Reporting Implementation of GASB 68 was effective for December 31, 2015 year end Financial Statements that were due June 30, 2016. GASB 68 is to provide information about the effects of pension-related transactions for Bay County Employee’s retirement system. This information will provide users the information about the employers and non-employer pension obligations and the resources available to satisfy those obligations. GASB 68 continued If the assets of a multiple-employer defined benefit pension plan are pooled for investment purposes but separate accounts are maintained for each individual employer so that each employer’s share of the pooled assets is legally available to pay the benefits of only its employees, the pension plan should be classified as an Agent Multiple-Employer Defined Benefit Pension Plan. Due Dates of Required Reports BABH Financial Statements are due March 30th of each year. Bay County Financial Statements are due June 30th of each year. For Fiscal Year 2015 reporting – GASB 68 actuarial calculations were not completed until September 2016. The valuation method was not determined until this date. Valuation Methods Proposed It was necessary to make a determination of the basis of “True” Market Value for BABH and the other County groups going forward, given the March 2015, legal opinion by Corporation Counsel, qualifying Bay County Employee’s Retirement System (BCERS) as an “Agent Multiple Employer” defined benefit plan. Market Value is now needed for BABH but this value has never been tracked by individual group, and that actuarial standards require a consistent relationship between Market Value and Actuarial Value Valuation Methods continued.. Listed below are two types of market valuations: Implied Market Value – the individually developed valuation of assets multiplied by total MVA/Valuation Assets. MVA on Reserves – adjusting for actual contributions and benefit payments for each individual group, and allocating expenses and investment income as if each group gets the same investment return. Approach Method Determination It was determined after consulting with GRS, Rehmann and myself that the Implied Market Value was the preferred method for future valuations. I believe this method will