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Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans
Note 14. Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans

The Company has a defined benefit pension plan. Benefits for hourly employees were based on a stated benefit per year of service, reduced by amounts earned in a previous plan. Benefits for salaried employees were based on years of service and the employees’ final compensation. The defined benefit pension plan is frozen. The Company’s policy is to make the minimum amount of contributions that can be deducted for federal income taxes. The Company expects to make no contributions to the pension plan in 2019. In the second quarter of 2018, the Company made mutually agreed upon lump-sum payments to certain individuals covered by the defined benefit pension plan which resulted in a curtailment loss of approximately $0.3 million during the second quarter of 2018, which is reported within “Net periodic benefit (income), excluding service cost within the Consolidated Statements of Income. In October 2019, the Company elected to terminate the defined benefit pension plan, effective December 31, 2019 with final distributions to be made in 2020.

The Company sponsored a defined benefit postretirement plan that covered hourly employees. This plan provides medical and dental benefits. This plan is contributory with retiree contributions adjusted annually. The Company’s policy is to make contributions equal to benefits paid during the year. The Company expects to contribute approximately $0.2 million to its postretirement plan in 2019 for the payment of benefits. In October 2019, the Company amended the plan to cease benefits effective June 30, 2020.

The following table provides the components of net periodic pension and postretirement benefit costs and total costs for the plans:

  
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
  
Pension
Benefits
  
Postretirement
Benefits
 
  
2019
  
2018
  
2019
  
2018
 
Service cost
 
$
26
  
$
26
  
$
-
  
$
-
 
Interest cost
  
130
   
135
   
25
   
30
 
Expected return on plan assets
  
(161
)
  
(221
)
  
-
   
-
 
Amortization of (gains) losses
  
36
   
33
   
(41
)
  
(21
)
Net periodic benefit (income) cost
 
$
31
  
$
(27
)
 
$
(16
)
 
$
9
 

  
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
  
Pension
Benefits
  
Postretirement
Benefits
 
  
2019
  
2018
  
2019
  
2018
 
Service cost
 
$
78
  
$
78
  
$
-
  
$
-
 
Interest cost
  
390
   
419
   
76
   
88
 
Expected return on plan assets
  
(484
)
  
(728
)
  
-
   
-
 
Amortization of (gains) losses
  
110
   
153
   
(125
)
  
(61
)
Curtailment loss
  
-
   
306
   
-
   
-
 
Net periodic benefit cost
 
$
94
  
$
228
  
$
(49
)
 
$
27