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Analysis: Jacksonville Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Jacksonville Police Pension Fund would have lost $2,552,978 in 2018, according to a West Central Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $16,725,434 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 $833,439 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,719,539 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 $1,196,319 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $930,594 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $264,059 – $26,527 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,460,378 in 2018.

Jacksonville Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$833,439$1,719,539-$2,552,978
2017$2,076,353$1,788,089$288,264
2016$1,249,101$1,586,215-$337,114
2015-$431,733$1,626,408-$2,058,141
2014$524,158$1,487,943-$963,785

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