Analysis: Darien pays $3.12 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Tri-State FPD Firefighters Pension Fund

By DuPage Policy Journal

Aug 8, 2020

Taxpayers contributed 75.7 percent of the $1,592,297 the Tri-State FPD Firefighters Pension Fund brought in 2018, or $3.12 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, Darien contributed $1,204,855 to the fund, which saw a $270,599 increase in revenue over 2017. Members contributed $385,042, or 24.2 percent, in 2018. Another $2,400 came from other unspecified sources.

Tri-State FPD Firefighters Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Change 2014-2018
Municipality	$709,033	$697,090	$691,849	$944,958	$1,204,855	69.9%
Pension members	$372,516	$369,596	$368,810	$374,695	$385,042	3.4%
Other Revenue	$0	$27,831	$1,105	$2,045	$2,400	-
Total	$1,081,549	$1,094,517	$1,061,764	$1,321,698	$1,592,297	47.2%