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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Analysis: Highland Park Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Highland Park Police Pension Fund would have lost $6,359,188 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 $38,644,123 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $1,833,030 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $4,526,158 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 $3,987,084 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,390,648 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $529,624 – $36,018 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,516,708 in 2018.

Highland Park Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$1,833,030$4,526,158-$6,359,188
2017$4,498,016$4,360,499$137,517
2016$2,082,877$3,961,829-$1,878,952
2015-$62,999$3,869,074-$3,932,073
2014$2,055,702$3,681,246-$1,625,544

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