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Monday, December 23, 2024

Analysis: Deerfield Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 11 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Deerfield Police Pension Fund would have lost $4,457,511 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 $44,994,332 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 11 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $1,613,046 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,844,465 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 $1,100,000 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $989,616 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $418,230 – $44,093 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,518,230 in 2018.

Deerfield Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$1,613,046$2,844,465-$4,457,511
2017$6,296,844$2,942,585$3,354,259
2016$3,845,026$2,644,321$1,200,705
2015-$4,417$2,466,339-$2,470,756
2014$3,637,561$2,467,972$1,169,589

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