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Annual Report of the Comptroller, 1994
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As of June 30, 1994, the unfunded pension benefit obligation of the Plan is as follows (amounts expressed in
thousands):

Pension benefit obligation:

Retirees and beneficiaries currently receiving benefits
and terminated employees not yet receiving
benefits............................................................................... $ 40,472

Current employees:
Employer — financed vested.......................................... 58,945

Employer—financed non-vested.................................. 3,891

Total pension benefit obligation................................ 103,308

Net assets available for benefits, at cost

(market value $17,592)........................................................ 17,256

Unfunded pension benefit obligation...........................___$ 86,052

Contribution required and contribution made:

The Administration's retirement contributions are appropriated annually, based upon actuarial valuation. In
this regard, the Plan has engaged an independent firm of consulting actuaries to prepare annual actuarial
valuations and perform various actuarial consulting services. Effective January 1,1990, in accordance with the law
governing the Plan, all benefits of the Plan are funded in advance. The entry age normal cost method is the
actuarial cost method used to determine the employer's normal and accrued liability contribution rates and the
unfunded actuarial accrued liability.

Employer contributions to the Plan totalling $ 8,452,000 (9.6% of covered payroll) for fiscal year 1994 were
made in accordance with actuarially determined contribution requirements based on an actuarial valuation
performed as of June 30,1993. This amount consisted of $2,245,000 normal cost and $6,207,000 amortization of the
unfunded actuarial accrued liability (2.6% and 7.0%, respectively, of covered payroll).

The liquidation period for the unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities (as provided by law) is 26 years from June
30, 1994. Significant actuarial assumptions used to compute contribution requirements are the same as those used
to compute the pension benefit obligation.

The computation of the pension contribution requirements for fiscal year 1994 was based on the same actuarial
assumptions, actuarial funding method, and other significant factors used to determine pension contribution
requirements in the previous year. However, the benefit structure for the pension contribution changed from the
previous year. Participants are eligible for retirement at age 65 with 5 years of credited service in current year as
opposed to 10 years of service in prior year. Participants with 30 years of credited service are eligible for
retirement at age 55 as opposed to 60 in the prior year. These benefit changes increased the accrual factor from
1.1% in the prior year to 1.3% in current year.

Five-year historical trend information for the Plan (amounts expressed in thousands):

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)
Unfunded
Pension Benefit

(7)

(8)
Employer

Contributions

       

Unfunded

 

Obligation as

 

as a Percentage

 

Net Assets

   

Pension

 

a Percentage

 

of Annual

 

Available for

Pension

Percentage

Benefit

Annual

of Covered

 

Covered

Fiscal

Benefits

Benefit

Funded

Obligation

Covered

Payroll

Employer

Payroll

Year

at cost

Obligation

(1)/(2)

(2)-(1)

Payroll

(4)/(5)

Contributions

(7)/(5)

1990

$ 1,611

$ 74,745

2.2%

$73,134

$75,554

96.8%

$5,408

7.2%

1991

5,792

87,586

6.6

81,794

77,451

105.6

7,677

9.9

1992

8,481

92,718

9.1

84,237

80,700

104.4

7,327

9.1

1993

12,884

95,032

13.6

82,148

87,134

94.3

8,467

9.7

1994

17,256

103,308

16.7

86,052

88,491

97.2

8,452

9.6

Trend information for the Plan prior to fiscal year 1990 is unavailable.

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