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Analysis: Zion Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 66 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Zion Police Pension Fund would have lost $457,483 in 2018, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $29,774,024 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 66 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $2,150,356 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,607,839 in expenses, according to the 2019 biennial report detailing the health of each of the state’s pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the fund’s annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $1,337,424 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $867,020 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $432,908 – $89,490 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,770,332 in 2018.

Zion Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$2,150,356$2,607,839-$457,483
2017$2,551,742$2,563,171-$11,429
2016-$385,612$2,413,790-$2,799,402
2015$2,127,421$2,090,048$37,373
2014$2,177,050$1,946,023$231,027

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