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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Analysis: Oak Brook Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Oak Brook Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $4,057,096 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 $26,417,913 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $1,255,488 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,801,608 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 $2,064,689 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,570,742 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $300,087 – $32,629 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,364,776 in 2018.

Oak Brook Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$1,255,488$2,801,608-$4,057,096
2017$3,459,106$2,736,745$722,361
2016$1,794,318$2,685,836-$891,518
2015-$256,566$2,661,755-$2,918,321
2014$1,178,813$2,460,877-$1,282,064

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