Employee Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2019

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs

Information related to our retirement plans for each of the fiscal years ended October 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, is as follows (amounts in thousands):

	2019			2018			2017
Plan costs:
Service cost	$	403		$	568		$	619
Interest cost	1,416			1,198			1,142
Amortization of prior service cost	506			936			969
Amortization of unrecognized losses	—			17			137
	$	2,325		$	2,719		$	2,867
Projected benefit obligation:
Beginning of year	$	35,515		$	38,222		$	38,980
Plan amendments adopted during year	4,956
Service cost	403			568			619
Interest cost	1,416			1,198			1,142
Benefit payments	(1,358		)	(1,358		)	(1,318		)
Change in unrecognized gain/loss	4,138			(3,115		)	(1,201		)
Projected benefit obligation, end of year	$	45,070		$	35,515		$	38,222
Unamortized prior service cost:
Beginning of year	$	870		$	1,806		$	2,775
Plan amendments adopted during year	4,956
Amortization of prior service cost	(506		)	(936		)	(969		)
Unamortized prior service cost, end of year	$	5,320		$	870		$	1,806
Accumulated unrecognized (loss) gain, October 31	$	(2,567	)	$	1,571		$	(1,560	)
Accumulated benefit obligation, October 31	$	45,070		$	35,515		$	38,222
Accrued benefit obligation, October 31	$	45,070		$	35,515		$	38,222

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]

The table below provides, based upon the estimated retirement dates of the participants in the retirement plans, the amounts of benefits we would be required to pay in each of the next five fiscal years and for the five fiscal years ended October 31, 2029 in the aggregate (in thousands):

Year ending October 31,	Amount
2020	$	1,687
2021	$	2,526
2022	$	2,785
2023	$	3,046
2024	$	3,077
November 1, 2024 – October 31, 2029	$	16,878