LEASES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

LEASES

LEASES

NOTE 16.           LEASES

A lease is defined as a contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to control the use of identified property, plant or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Most of our leases are for branches, ATM locations, and office space and have terms extending through 2040. All leases are classified as operating leases, and are recognized on the consolidated balance sheets as a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset with a corresponding lease liability.

The following table presents the consolidated statements of condition classification of the ROU assets and lease liabilities:

(in thousands)	Classification	December 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Lease Right-of-Use Assets
Operating lease right-of-use assets	Other assets	$	8,078	$	9,274
Lease Liabilities
Operating lease liabilities	Other liabilities		8,501		9,643

The calculated amount of the ROU assets and lease liabilities in the table above are impacted by the length of the lease term and the discount rate used for the present value of the minimum lease payments. The lease agreements often include one or more options to renew at our discretion. If at lease inception, we consider the exercising of a renewal option to be reasonably certain, we will include the extended term in the calculation of the ROU asset and lease liability.

The following table presents the weighted average lease term and discount rate of the leases:

	December 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Weighted-average remaining lease term (in years)
Operating leases	7.17		8.03
Weighted-average discount rate
Operating leases	3.09	%	3.07	%

The following table represents lease costs and other lease information. As we have elected, for all classes of underlying assets, not to separate lease and non-lease components and instead to account for them as a single lease component, the variable lease cost primarily represents variable payments such as real estate taxes, common area maintenance and utilities.

	Year Ended
(in thousands)	December 31, 2022		December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Lease Costs
Operating lease cost	$	1,344	$	1,295	$	1,285
Variable lease cost		402		229		271
Total lease cost	$	1,746	$	1,524	$	1,556

Future minimum payments for operating leases with initial or remaining terms of one year or more as of December 31, 2022 are, as follows:

(in thousands)	Payments
Twelve Months Ended:
December 31, 2023	$	1,343
December 31, 2024		1,316
December 31, 2025		1,092
December 31, 2026		987
December 31, 2027		864
Thereafter		3,210
Total future minimum lease payments		8,812
Amounts representing interest		(311)
Present value of net future minimum lease payments	$	8,501