Pension Information
The City's Pension Plan
The City of Andrews is a member of Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) a statewide, multiple employer agent plan. In an agent plan, each participating government’s pension is centrally administered and governed by state statutes but the assets and related pension liabilities for each government are accounted for separately and any unfunded liabilities are solely the obligation of that government. Andrews has chosen from a menu of plan options as authorized by the TMRS statute. Andrews’ plan provides the following benefit level:
Employee contribution rate: | 7% of pay | |
Matching ratio (city to employee): | 2 to 1 | |
Years required for vesting: | 10 | |
Service retirement eligibility (age/years of service): | 60/10, 0/25 | |
Updated Service Credits: | 100% repeating, transfers | |
Cost of Living Adjustments: | 70% of CPI, repeating |
Upon retirement the employee account balance including interest is combined with the employer match to price a lifetime annuity based on the employee’s age at retirement.
Actuarial Information as of December 31, 2022
Actuarial accrued liability (AAL) | $32,696,489 | |
Actuarial value of assets (AVA) | $27,892,758 | |
Unfunded actuarial accrued liability (UAAL) | $5,803,731 | |
Funded Ratio (AVA/AAL) | 82.78% | |
Equivalent Single Amortization Period | 20 years | |
Assumed rate of return | 6.75% | |
Valuation Payroll | $6,039,609 | |
UAAL as a percent of covered payroll | 97.30% |
Equivalent single amortization period - The weighted average of all amortization periods used when components of the total unfunded actuarial accrued liability are separately amortized and the average is calculated in accordance with the parameters.
The following documents can be found on the TMRS Website. See the links below.
- Actuarial valuations for at least the past 5 years. Click here.
- Annual Reports for at least the past 5 years. Click here.
Historical Rate of Return
1-Year Return: -7.35% |
Portfolio Management Strategy
Plan assets are managed on a total return basis with an emphasis on both capital appreciation as well as the production of income, in order to satisfy the short-term and long-term funding needs of TMRS. The long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was determined using a building-block method in which best estimate ranges of expected future real rates of return (expected returns, net of pension plan investment expense and inflation) are developed for each major asset class. These ranges are combined to produce the long-term expected rate of return by weighting the expected future real rates of return by the target asset allocation percentage and by adding expected inflation. In determining their best estimate of a recommended investment return assumption under the various alternative asset allocation portfolios, GRS focused on the area between (1) arithmetic mean (aggressive) without an adjustment for time (conservative) and (2) the geometric mean (conservative) with an adjustment for time (aggressive). The target allocation and best estimates of real rates of return for each major asset class are summarized in the following table:
Asset Class | Target % |
Global equities | 35.0% |
Core Fixed Income | 6.0% |
Non-core fixed income | 20.0% |
Real estate | 12.0% |
Other Public & Private Markets | 12.0% |
Hedge funds | 5.0% |
Private equity | 10.0% |
Cash equivalents | 0.0% |
Contributions
Actuarially Determined Contribution (ADC) rate - A target or recommended contribution to a defined benefit pension plan for the reporting period, determined in conformity with Actuarial Standards of Practice based on the most recent measurement available when the contribution for the reporting period was adopted.
Actuarily Determined Contributions | |||||
(as a % of pay) | |||||
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
Employee | 7.00% | 7.00% | 7.00% | 7.00% | 7.00% |
Employer | 15.98% | 16.18% | 15.61% | 15.98% | 16.08% |
Total Required Contributions | 22.98% | 23.18% | 22.61% | 22.98% | 23.08% |
Click Here for Downloadable Data Including Pension Data and an AVA vs AAL comparison
Important Links:
Texas Transparency Organization
Link to the Texas Comptroller’s website about transparency in government.
Public Pension Search Tool
Public Information Request
City Council Contact Information
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