Quantcast

Lake County Gazette

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Analysis: Antioch Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 10 years without taxpayer subsidy

Adobestock 302709923

Adobe Stock

Adobe Stock

Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Antioch Police Pension Fund would have lost $963,958 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 $9,229,815 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 10 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $347,033 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,310,991 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 $1,347,509 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $784,690 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $237,024 – $20,730 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,584,533 in 2018.

Antioch Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$347,033$1,310,991-$963,958
2017$527,755$1,160,591-$632,836
2016$54,803$1,095,047-$1,040,244
2015$305,325$966,671-$661,346
2014$234,854$797,768-$562,914

MORE NEWS