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Monday, December 23, 2024

Analysis: Countryside FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in 14 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Countryside FPD Firefighters Pension Fund lost $1,753,060 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 $24,270,036 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 14 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $342,586 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $1,410,474 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 $1,004,370 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $814,358 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $316,318 – $45,716 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,320,688 in 2016.

Countryside FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$342,586$1,410,474-$1,753,060
2015$958,835$1,337,714-$378,879
2014$1,902,139$1,317,730$584,409
2013$1,937,416$1,207,401$730,015
2012-$140,191$1,181,570-$1,321,761

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