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Analysis: Highwood Police Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Highwood Police Pension Fund lost $326,406 in 2016, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $2,792,443 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $35,829 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $362,235 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $267,185 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $166,641 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $102,682 – $46,055 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $369,867 in 2016.

Highwood Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$35,829$362,235-$326,406
2015$177,726$315,745-$138,019
2014$48,737$196,113-$147,376
2013$94,460$153,187-$58,727
2012$135,960$127,909$8,051

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