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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Analysis: Round Lake Police Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Round Lake Police Pension Fund lost $690,921 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 $6,094,436 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $79,496 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $611,425 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 $448,626 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $314,268 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $190,946 – $43,598 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $639,572 in 2016.

Round Lake Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$79,496$611,425-$690,921
2015$288,129$368,454-$80,325
2014$400,026$455,648-$55,622
2013$316,707$432,034-$115,327
2012$52,240$420,457-$368,217

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