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Friday, April 19, 2024

Analysis: Addison Police Pension Fund would go broke in 11 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Addison Police Pension Fund lost $3,752,747 in 2016, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $40,066,675 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 11 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $387,885 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $3,364,862 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $2,724,449 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,102,168 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $620,301 – $96,446 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,344,750 in 2016.

Addison Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$387,885$3,364,862-$3,752,747
2015$2,319,429$3,278,190-$958,761
2014$3,815,434$2,812,274$1,003,160
2013$2,629,376$2,553,851$75,525
2012-$860,271$2,329,295-$3,189,566

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