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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Analysis: North Chicago Police Pension Fund would go broke in five years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, North Chicago Police Pension Fund lost $3,338,021 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 $14,745,384 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in five years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $951,251 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $2,386,770 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 $1,119,364 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $701,412 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $474,366 – $82,697 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,593,730 in 2016.

North Chicago Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$951,251$2,386,770-$3,338,021
2015$854,259$2,341,001-$1,486,742
2014$1,084,631$2,129,270-$1,044,639
2013$980,457$1,943,334-$962,877
2012-$353,947$1,668,138-$2,022,085

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