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Monday, December 23, 2024

Analysis: Mundelein Police Pension Fund would go broke in 16 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Mundelein Police Pension Fund lost $1,543,374 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 $23,758,002 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 16 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $226,006 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $1,769,380 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 $1,305,730 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has decreased from $1,314,203 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $503,875 – $117,291 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,809,605 in 2016.

Mundelein Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$226,006$1,769,380-$1,543,374
2015$1,393,581$1,666,677-$273,096
2014$1,581,096$1,554,921$26,175
2013$1,026,854$1,398,853-$371,999
2012$185,461$1,401,715-$1,216,254

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