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Analysis: Streator Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Streator Firefighters Pension Fund lost $684,092 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 $4,700,184 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $40,045 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $724,137 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 $571,726 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $433,217 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $88,090 – $16,764 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $659,816 in 2016.

Streator Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$40,045$724,137-$684,092
2015$37,262$665,788-$628,526
2014-$320,121$627,358-$947,479
2013$290,711$583,414-$292,703
2012$591,074$610,268-$19,194

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