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CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA <br />NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS <br />FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 <br />NOTE 7 — EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT SYSTEM (CONTINUED) <br />PENSION PLAN- FRS <br />Plan Description <br />The Pension Plan is a cost-sharing, multiple -employer defined benefit pension plan, with a <br />Deferred Retirement Option Program ("DROP") for eligible employees. <br />Benefits Provided <br />Benefits under the Pension Plan are computed on the basis of age, average final <br />compensation, and service credit. For Pension Plan members enrolled before July 1, 2011, <br />Regular class members who retire at or after age 62 with at least six years of credited <br />service, or 30 years of service regardless of age, are entitled to a retirement benefit payable <br />monthly for life, equal to 1.6% of their final average compensation, based on the five <br />highest years of salary for each year of credited service. Vested members with less than 30 <br />years of service may retire before age 62 and receive reduced retirement benefits. Special <br />Risk Administrative Support class members who retire at or after age 55 with at least six <br />years of credited service, or 25 years of service regardless of age, are entitled to a <br />retirement benefit payable monthly for life, equal to 1.6% of their final average <br />compensation based on the five highest years of salary, for each year of credited service. <br />Special Risk class members (sworn law enforcement officers, firefighters, and correctional <br />officers) who retire at or after age 55 with at least six years of credited service, or with 25 <br />years of service regardless of age, are entitled to a retirement benefit payable monthly for <br />life, equal to 3.0% of their final average compensation, based on the five highest years of <br />salary for each year of credited service. Senior Management Service class members who <br />retire at or after age 62 with at least six years of credited service, or 30 years of service <br />regardless of age are entitled to a retirement benefit payable monthly for life, equal to 2.0% <br />of their final average compensation, based on the five highest years of salary for each year <br />of credited service. <br />Elected Officers' class members who retire at or after age 62 with at least six years of <br />credited service, or 30 years of service regardless of age, are entitled to a retirement benefit <br />payable monthly for life, equal to 3.0% (3.33% for judges and justices) of their final <br />average compensation, based on the five highest years of salary for each year of credited <br />service. <br />For Plan members enrolled on or after July 1, 2011, the vesting requirement is extended to <br />eight years of credited service for all these members and increasing normal retirement to <br />age 65, or 33 years of service regardless of age, for Regular, Senior Management Service, <br />and Elected Officers' class members, and to age 60, or 30 years of service regardless of <br />age, for Special Risk and Special Risk Administrative Support class members. Also, the <br />final average compensation for all these members will be based on the eight highest years <br />of salary. <br />52 <br />