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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Analysis: Highland Park Police Pension Fund would go broke in 20 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Highland Park Police Pension Fund lost $1,878,952 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 $36,073,090 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 20 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $2,082,877 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $3,961,829 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 $3,611,980 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,508,625 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $515,835 – $19,510 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,127,815 in 2016.

Highland Park Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$2,082,877$3,961,829-$1,878,952
2015-$62,999$3,869,074-$3,932,073
2014$2,055,702$3,681,246-$1,625,544
2013$4,441,597$3,550,924$890,673
2012$2,520,727$3,342,181-$821,454

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