Analysis: Burr Ridge pays $3.35 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Burr Ridge Police Pension Fund

By DuPage Policy Journal

Jul 9, 2020

Taxpayers contributed 77 percent of the $1,014,373 the Burr Ridge Police Pension Fund brought in 2018, or $3.35 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, Burr Ridge contributed $780,713 to the fund, which saw a $87,058 increase in revenue over 2017. Members contributed $232,978, or 23 percent, in 2018. Another $682 came from other unspecified sources.

Burr Ridge Police Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Change 2014-2018
Municipality	$555,623	$543,678	$593,000	$697,784	$780,713	40.5%
Pension members	$209,560	$219,573	$235,261	$234,761	$232,978	11.2%
Other Revenue	$6,453	$8,352	$1,580	-$5,230	$682	-89.4%
Total	$771,636	$771,603	$829,841	$927,315	$1,014,373	31.5%