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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Analysis: Clarendon Hills Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Clarendon Hills Police Pension Fund would have lost $1,193,660 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 $9,202,971 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $302,794 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $890,866 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 $471,591 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $349,114 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $119,587 – $9,881 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $591,178 in 2018.

Clarendon Hills Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$302,794$890,866-$1,193,660
2017$834,465$748,743$85,722
2016$246,182$449,094-$202,912
2015$568,605$550,750$17,855
2014$654,437$542,882$111,555

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