Quantcast

Lake County Gazette

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Analysis: Lake Zurich Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 12 years without taxpayer subsidy

Adobestock 223399507

Adobe Stock

Adobe Stock

Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Lake Zurich Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $2,957,259 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 $34,204,794 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 12 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $1,554,257 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,403,002 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 $2,304,265 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,724,777 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $492,619 – $4,480 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,796,884 in 2018.

Lake Zurich Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$1,554,257$1,403,002-$2,957,259
2017$3,723,725$1,156,790$2,566,935
2016$750,015$613,610$136,405
2015$1,562,176$666,527$895,649
2014$1,749,687$578,901$1,170,786

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS