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Monday, December 23, 2024

Analysis: Antioch Police Pension Fund would go broke in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Antioch Police Pension Fund lost $1,040,244 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 $7,949,018 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $54,803 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $1,095,047 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 $930,548 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $717,207 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $216,826 – $35,378 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,147,374 in 2016.

Antioch Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$54,803$1,095,047-$1,040,244
2015$305,325$966,671-$661,346
2014$234,854$797,768-$562,914
2013$343,262$728,961-$385,699
2012$277,905$617,051-$339,146

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