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Tough Choices Facing Florida’s Local Governments: Municipal Pensions Carol S. Weissert, PhD Director, LeRoy Collins Institute Professor of Political Science Florida State University Senate Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability January 17, 2013

Collins Institute Reports Trouble Ahead: Local Governments and Retirement Obligations (Feb. 2011) Report Card: Florida Municipal Pension Plans (Nov. 2011) Years in the Making: Florida’s Underfunded Municipal Pension Plans (Sept. 2012)

Scope of Problem Many, but by all means not all, municipal pensions are underfunded. Around one third percent of plans in the 100 largest cities are under 70 percent funding.

Pension Plan Grades

Grades & Participant Type

Plan Costs by Grades

Problem is Not New The underfunding of municipal pensions is not new, not was it caused by the recent drop in the stock market – though market conditions have certainly made the problem worse.

Troubling Trends Ratio of retirees to active participants is increasing.

Municipalities are paying a greater share of the annual contribution.

In 2010 for the first time, the typical municipality paid out more money in retirement benefits than it contributed for benefits earned that year.

LCI Recommendations Recommendations for local governments on retiree benefits: 1.The minimum age before a retiree qualifies for benefits should be gradually raised. A reasonable age to begin receiving benefits could be approximately Localities should not include overtime or additional earnings/bonus pay in the base salary used to calculate pension benefits. 3.Localities should improve the accessibility of funding, actuarial reporting and liabilities information to its taxpayers.

LCI Recommendations 4. The statutory restrictions on the use of premium tax dollars that link increases in tax premium funds to the provision of additional benefits should be reduced or removed. Municipalities and counties should be able to use premium tax dollars to cover their current pension obligations.