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Monday, December 23, 2024

Analysis: Hawthorn Woods Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 14 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Hawthorn Woods Police Pension Fund would have lost $292,741 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 $3,995,933 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 14 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $125,625 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $167,116 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 $339,582 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $234,261 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $115,071 – $35,498 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $454,653 in 2018.

Hawthorn Woods Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$125,625$167,116-$292,741
2017$338,414$129,981$208,433
2016$146,634$92,036$54,598
2015$10,720$95,159-$84,439
2014$37,981$106,457-$68,476

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