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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Analysis: Lake Zurich Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Lake Zurich Police Pension Fund would have lost $2,897,574 in 2018, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $21,982,475 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $1,069,397 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,828,177 in expenses, according to the 2019 biennial report detailing the health of each of the state’s pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the fund’s annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $1,820,234 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,258,410 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $373,412 – $87,569 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,193,646 in 2018.

Lake Zurich Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$1,069,397$1,828,177-$2,897,574
2017$2,535,432$1,595,907$939,525
2016$869,361$926,804-$57,443
2015$1,301,083$1,053,152$247,931
2014$1,107,502$896,158$211,344

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