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Sunday, May 5, 2024

Analysis: Itasca Police Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Itasca Police Pension Fund lost $1,712,254 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 $14,457,014 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $410,734 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $1,301,520 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 $704,812 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $596,937 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $219,287 – $24,812 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $924,099 in 2016.

Itasca Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$410,734$1,301,520-$1,712,254
2015$759,851$1,066,913-$307,062
2014$1,047,799$961,445$86,354
2013$1,001,647$891,999$109,648
2012-$24,284$808,024-$832,308

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