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Analysis: Beach Park FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 35 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Beach Park FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $48,025 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 $1,646,539 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 35 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $336 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $47,689 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 $216,303 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $198,273 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $48,606 – $6,058 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $264,909 in 2018.

Beach Park FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$336$47,689-$48,025
2017$20,646$44,902-$24,256
2016$22,787$44,948-$22,161
2015$33,336$54,595-$21,259
2014-$3,242$40,287-$43,529

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