Quantcast

Lake County Gazette

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Analysis: Lake Bluff Police Pension Fund would go broke in 10 years without taxpayer subsidy

Shutterstock 369740408

Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Lake Bluff Police Pension Fund lost $895,498 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 $8,818,086 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 10 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $115,717 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $779,781 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 $645,381 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $496,129 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $129,205 – $16,271 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $774,586 in 2016.

Lake Bluff Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$115,717$779,781-$895,498
2015$418,481$778,790-$360,309
2014$943,725$771,630$172,095
2013$542,957$678,623-$135,666
2012$37,077$596,229-$559,152

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