Analysis: Bensenville pays $4.75 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Bensenville Firefighters Pension Fund

By Local Labs News Service

May 16, 2018

Taxpayers contributed 82.9 percent of the $1,182,160 the Bensenville Firefighters Pension Fund brought in last year, or $4.75 for every $1 from pension members, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

In all, Bensenville contributed $979,547 to the fund, which saw a $287,899 increase in revenue over 2015. Members contributed $205,881, or 17.4 percent, in 2016.

Bensenville Firefighters Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Change 2012-2016
Municipality	$472,123	$603,069	$591,714	$716,084	$979,547	107.5%
Pension members	$148,578	$157,501	$162,911	$177,866	$205,881	38.6%
Other Revenue	-$9,441	-$12,889	-$10,156	$311	-$3,268	65.4%
Total	$611,260	$747,681	$744,469	$894,261	$1,182,160	93.4%