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City of Elk River Notes to Basic Financial Statements NOTE 11— PENSION PLANS (CONTINUED) Public Employees' Retirement Association (Continued) D. Pension Costs (Continued) Police and Fire Fund Pension Costs At December 31, 2021, the City reported a liability of $2,404,450 for its proportionate share of the Police and Fire Fund's net pension liability. The net pension liability was measured as of June 30, 2021, and the total pension liability used to calculate the net pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of that date. The City's proportionate share of the net pension liability was based on the City's contributions received by PERA during the measurement period for employer payroll paid dates from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021, relative to the total employer contributions received from all of PERA's participating employers. The City's proportionate share was 0.3115% at the end of the measurement period and 0.2998% for the beginning of the period. The State of Minnesota contributed $18 million to the Police and Fire Fund in the plan fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. The contribution consisted of $9 million in direct state aid that does meet the definition of a special funding situation and $9 million in supplemental state aid that does not meet the definition of a special funding situation. The $9 million direct state aid was paid on October 1, 2020. Thereafter, by October 1 of each year, the State will pay $9 million to the Police and Fire Fund until full funding is reached or July 1, 2048, whichever is earlier. The $9 million in supplemental state aid will continue until the fund is 90% funded, or until the State Patrol Plan (administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System) is 90% funded, whichever occurs later. Strong asset returns for the fiscal year ended 2021 will accelerate the phasing out of these state contributions, although it is not anticipated that they will be phased out during the fiscal year ended 2022. The State of Minnesota is included as a non -employer contributing entity in the Police and Fire Retirement Plan Schedule of Employer Allocations and Schedule of Pension Amounts by Employer pension allocation schedules) for the $9 million in direct state aid. Police and Fire Plan employers need to recognize their proportionate share of the State of Minnesota's pension expense (and grant revenue) under GASB 68 special funding situation accounting and financial reporting requirements. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the City recognized pension expense of (130,856) for its proportionate share of the Police and Fire Plan's pension expense. Included in this amount, the City recognized $19,692 as pension expense (and grant revenue) for its proportionate share of the State of Minnesota's contribution of $9 million to the Police and Fire Fund. The State of Minnesota is not included as a non -employer contributing entity in the Police and Fire Pension Plan pension allocation schedules for the $9 million in supplemental state aid. The City also recognized $28,035 for the year ended December 31, 2021, as revenue and an offsetting reduction of the net pension liability for its proportionate share of the State of Minnesota's on -behalf contributions to the Police and Fire Fund.