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Analysis: Coal City Police Pension Fund would go broke in 16 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Coal City Police Pension Fund lost $125,704 in 2016, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $1,946,194 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 16 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $51,503 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $177,207 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $299,400 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $152,078 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $79,760 – $21,848 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $379,160 in 2016.

Coal City Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$51,503$177,207-$125,704
2015$65,469$248,807-$183,338
2014$5,092$132,279-$127,187
2013$39,163$129,597-$90,434
2012$22,455$109,969-$87,514

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