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Analysis: Waukegan Police Pension Fund would go broke in 12 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Waukegan Police Pension Fund lost $7,140,209 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 $80,507,624 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 12 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $46,528 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $7,186,737 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 $6,286,274 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $5,670,179 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $1,470,091 – $305,816 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $7,756,365 in 2016.

Waukegan Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$46,528$7,186,737-$7,140,209
2015$5,204,299$6,846,410-$1,642,111
2014$6,675,625$6,417,900$257,725
2013$5,454,347$6,222,411-$768,064
2012$1,135,447$6,253,929-$5,118,482

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