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Analysis: Westmont Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 71 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Westmont Police Pension Fund would have lost $424,931 in 2018, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $29,969,054 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 71 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $2,483,972 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,908,903 in expenses, according to the 2019 biennial report detailing the health of each of the state’s pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the fund’s annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $2,225,146 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,784,095 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $397,921 – $29,471 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,623,067 in 2018.

Westmont Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$2,483,972$2,908,903-$424,931
2017$2,458,246$2,823,112-$364,866
2016-$294,928$2,543,785-$2,838,713
2015$1,555,448$2,429,364-$873,916
2014$1,245,218$2,322,113-$1,076,895

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