Analysis: Warrenville pays $5.73 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Alsip Firefighters Pension Fund

By DuPage Policy Journal

Jul 4, 2020

Taxpayers contributed 85.2 percent of the $2,073,629 the Alsip Firefighters Pension Fund brought in 2018, or $5.73 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, Warrenville contributed $1,765,714 to the fund, which saw a $3,265 increase in revenue over 2017. Members contributed $307,846, or 14.8 percent, in 2018. Another $69 came from other unspecified sources.

Alsip Firefighters Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Change 2014-2018
Municipality	$1,301,138	$1,538,881	$1,541,749	$1,694,818	$1,765,714	35.7%
Pension members	$287,254	$286,786	$313,228	$294,101	$307,846	7.2%
Other Revenue	$8	$4,517	$15	$81,445	$69	762.5%
Total	$1,588,400	$1,830,184	$1,854,992	$2,070,364	$2,073,629	30.5%