Town of Framingham Retirement Fund Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission The table below was data accumulated from annual reports.
Year	Contributions	Amount in fund	Total Members	Active Members	Inactive Members	Retired Members
1975	866,000	6,627,307
1976	1,024,600	7,640,358
1977	1,453,600	8,671,541	1,760
1978	1,390,800	9,600,000	1,704	1,394		310
1979	1,451,687	10,000,000	1,717	1,357		360
Year	Contributions	Amount in fund	Total Members	Active Members	Inactive Members	Retired Members
1980	1,971,555	11,868,133
1981	2,300,241	12,000,000	1,668	1,246		422
1982	2,304,116	14,978,115	1,633	1,178		455
1983	2,660,919	16,984,359	1,632	1,147		485
1984	2,963,060	18,233,989	1,540	1,041		499
1985	3,269,951	21,646,125	1,545	1,026		519
1986	3,295,772
1987	3,303,956	26,953,222	1,645	1,072		573
1988	3,334,088	26,561,411	1,646	1,048		598
1989	3,694,028	32,715,096	1,699	1,061		638
Year	Contributions	Amount in fund	Total Members	Active Members	Inactive Members	Retired Members
1990	4,271,394	35,628,547	1,659	1,016		643
1991	4,562,690	46,527,043	1,636	955		681
1992	5,202,479	48,220,457	1,616	915		701
1993	5,729,799	58,903,314	1,626	877		749
1994	5,971,974	54,906,319	1,703	948		755
1995	7,881,211
1996	6,682,933	85,040,498	1,873	1,100		773
1997	6,627,203	105,937,243	1,871	1,100		781
1998	6,652,682	126,733,190	1,873	1,200		809
1999	6,844,917	147,571,369	2,032	1,239		793
Year	Contributions	Amount in fund	Total Members	Active Members	Inactive Members	Retired Members
2000	6,851,337	137,890,627	2,108	1,305		803
2001	6,240,352	129,910,753	2,266	1,453		813
2002	6,503,587	112,684,332	2,081	1,281		800
2003	6,784,750	138,335,983	2,078	1,268		810
2004	7,183,953	154,981,950	2,153	1,338		815
2005	7,579,461	171,407,017	2,248	1,446		802
2006	7,928,181	197,768,747	2,201	1,407		794
2007	8,309,783	217,975,543	2,227	1,447		780
2008	8,983,361	151,341,614	2,184	1,404		780
2009	9,419,974	174,744,878	2,186	1,408		778
Year	Contributions	Amount in fund	Total Members	Active Members	Inactive Members	Retired Members
2010	9,968,614	195,532,400	2,110	1,321		789
2011	10,207,621	191,234,650	2,172	1,132		814
2012	10,338,095	214,950,930	2,177	1,125	255	797
2013	12,279,663	243,198,754	2,238	1,175	247	816
2014	11,998,971	243,815,884	2,167	1,130	270	767
2015	11,845,227	258,418,879	2,255	1,151	308	796
2016	2,339,537	255,278,200	2,351	1,205	331	815

Framingham population (U.S. Census Bureau)
Year	Population
1960	44,562
1970	64,068
1980	65,113
1990	64,989
2000	66,910
2007	64,786
2010	68,050

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The Framingham retirement fund does not include teachers. A member is vested after 10 years, meaning that they will get some payments for life. If you quit before 10 years, you can either get a refund of your contributions or you can transfer them to another town where you gained employment. An active member is employed by town of Framingham and contributing. An inactive member is one who has quit Framingham (and may come back) but has not requested a refund on his/her contributions. On June 29, 2010, I requested that the annual report provide a breakdown between active, inactive, and retired personnel. As of 2010, the retirement fund is 75% funded. In 2004, the retirement fund was 67.3 percent funded. This means that $154,981,950 represents 67.3%, so full funding would be something close to $230,285,215. This means we are only $75,303,265 in the hole. State law requires that it be fully funded by 2027. Increasing the annual funding will diminish funds for operations. As of December 2008, the retirement fund took a big plunge and now stands at $151,341,614 on December 31, 2008. This leaves us with an approximate $85,000,000 shortfall. Current actuarial tables require a 4% hike year over year, but with the sharp fall in 2008, that will have to be increased (accelerated).

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