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Analysis: Oakbrook Terrace Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 93 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Oakbrook Terrace Police Pension Fund would have lost $137,800 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 $12,726,696 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 93 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,070,747 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,208,547 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 $1,039,772 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $589,879 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $171,168 – $12,565 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,210,940 in 2018.

Oakbrook Terrace Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,070,747$1,208,547-$137,800
2017$969,767$1,172,932-$203,165
2016-$79,874$1,047,638-$1,127,512
2015$747,127$936,856-$189,729
2014$832,903$1,093,763-$260,860

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