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Monday, November 25, 2024

Analysis: North Chicago Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the North Chicago Police Pension Fund would have lost $1,757,528 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 $15,123,946 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,044,191 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,801,719 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 $1,340,164 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $735,690 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $391,044 – $30,091 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,731,208 in 2018.

North Chicago Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,044,191$2,801,719-$1,757,528
2017$1,225,103$2,490,415-$1,265,312
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

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