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Sunday, February 23, 2025

Analysis: Park City Police Pension Fund would go broke in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Park City Police Pension Fund lost $227,237 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 $1,488,513 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $31,822 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $259,059 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 $360,000 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $216,000 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $61,010 – $11,630 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $421,010 in 2016.

Park City Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$31,822$259,059-$227,237
2015$36,361$242,058-$205,697
2014$11,132$240,666-$229,534
2013$29,683$228,275-$198,592
2012$37,888$197,181-$159,293

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