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Surrey Public Library
For the year ended December 31, 2015
8. PENSION PLAN
The Library and its employees contribute to the Municipal Pension Plan (the Plan), a jointly trusteed pension plan. The Board
of Trustees, representing plan members and employers, is responsible for administering the Plan, including investment of
the assets and administration of benefits. The Plan is a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan. Basic pension benefits
provided are based on a formula. As at December 31, 2015, the Plan has about 185,000 active members and approximately
80,000 retired members. Active members include approximately 37,000 contributors from local government.
The most recent valuation for the Plan as at December 31, 2012 indicated a $1,370 million funding deficit for basic pension
benefits on a going concern basis. The next valuation will be as at December 31, 2015 with results available in 2016.
Employers participating in the Plan record their pension expense as the amount of employer contributions made during the
fiscal year (defined contribution pension plan accounting). This is because the Plan records accrued liabilities and accrued
assets for the Plan in aggregate, resulting in no consistent and reliable basis for allocating the obligation, assets and cost to
the individual employers participating in the Plan.
The Library paid $866,000 (2014 - $797,000) for employer contributions while employees contributed $788,000 (2014 - $718,000)
to the Plan in fiscal 2015.
9. BUDGET FIGURES
The budget data presented in these financial statements is based on the 2015-2019 Financial Plan of the City of Surrey. A
reconciliation of budgeted results to reported results is as follows:
2015
Budget
Budgeted operating surplus as approved
$
-
Less: Amortization
(2,741,000)
Add: Budgeted acquisitions of tangible capital assets
2,100,000
Budgeted deficit as presented
$
(641,000)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS