Transparency Resources : Public Pensions
Eligible City employees participate in one of two pension plans. Eligible firefighters participate in the Wichita Falls Fireman's Relief and Retirement Fund (WFFRRF). All other eligible employees participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS).
Texas Municipal Retirement System
The City of Wichita Falls participates in a pension plan provided by the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS).
TMRS, an agency created by the State of Texas and administered in accordance with the TMRS Act, Subtitle G, Title 8, Texas Government Code (the TMRS Act), is an agent multiple-employer retirement system for municipal employees in the State of Texas. The TMRS Act places the general administration and management of the System with a six-member Board of Trustees. Although the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoints the Board, TMRS is not fiscally dependent on the State of Texas.
TMRS’s defined benefit pension plan is a tax-qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. TMRS issues a publicly available Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Which may be found at www.tmrs.com
Fireman's Relief and Retirement Fund
The City provides pension benefits for all of its firefighters through a single-employer defined benefit pension plan. The Wichita Falls Fireman's Relief and Retirement Fund (Fund) operates under an act passed in 1937 by the Texas State Legislature and adopted by the City's firefighters. More information regarding this plan may be found on Wichita Falls Fireman's Relief and Retirement Fund website or in the City's Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports.
TMRS Summary
Employees of the City are required to contribute 7% of their annual gross earnings. The contribution rates for the City were 16.57% and 16.42% in the calendar years 2021 and 2022, respectively. The City's contributions to TMRS for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, equaled the required contributions.
Funded Ratio: 83.6%
Amortization Period for Unfunded Portion: 13.9 years
One-Year Rate of Return: 5.84%
Three-Year Rate of Return: 4.10%
Ten-year Rate of Return: 5.98%
Assumed Rate of Return (Discount Rate): 6.75%
Actuarially Determined Contribution (ADC) Rate: 16.50%
Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability (UAAL) as Percent of Covered Payroll: 103.7%
* Actuarial valuations are produced by TMRS on a calendar year basis and the City operates on a fiscal year ending September 30. Valuations for a given year are used in the following year's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. Calendar-to-fiscal year reporting results in slight variances between TMRS and City reporting. City reporting can be found in the City's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
* Rates of return presented are calculated using a time-weighted rate of return methodology based upon market values and are presented gross of investment management fees, as reported by TMRS.
Historical Actuarial Value of Assets versus Actuarial Accrued Liability
Provides five years of data detailing the actuarial value of assets versus the actuarial accrued liability.
Pension Fund Additions by Source and Deductions by Use
Provides five years of data detailing the additions by source, such as investment income, employer and employee contributions, and deductions by use, such as benefit payments, withdrawals, and administrative expenses.
Actuarial Valuations
Actuarial valuations are used to determine the amount that, when combined with investment earnings, should be consistently deposited into a retirement fund to ensure sufficient funds to pay promised benefits in full and over the long term. Actuarial valuations also show the plan's funding progress.
TMRS
*City-specific information can be found throughout the document.
WFFRRF
*Additional Fire Pension information may be found in the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
2015 WFFRRF Actuarial Valuation
2016 WFFRRF Actuarial Valuation
2017 WFFRRF Actuarial Valuation
2018 WFFRRF Actuarial Valuation
2019 WFFRRF Actuarial Valuation
2020 WFFRRF Actuarial Valuation
2021 WFFRF Actuarial Valuation Draft
2022 WFFRRF Actuarial Valuation
Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports
CAFR provides comprehensive financial information, including statements of fiduciary net position and changes in fiduciary net position.
TMRS
*City-specific information can be found in the appendices.
2019 TMRS Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
2020 TMRS Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
2021 TMRS Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
2022 TMRS Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
WFFRRF
*Additional Fire Pension information may be found in the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
Wichita Falls Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund
For additional information regarding the WFFRRF, please follow the above link.
Public Pension Search Tool
The Public Pension Search Tool includes details on state and local pension plans in Texas as reported to the Pension Review Board and submitted by each plan in response to a public information request from the Comptroller’s office.