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Analysis: Highwood Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 31 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Highwood Police Pension Fund would have lost $111,659 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 $3,373,026 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 31 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $142,344 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $254,003 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 $307,415 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $209,273 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $75,396 – $12,077 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $382,811 in 2018.

Highwood Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$142,344$254,003-$111,659
2017$203,144$230,755-$27,611
2016$35,829$362,235-$326,406
2015$177,726$315,745-$138,019
2014$48,737$196,113-$147,376

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