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Analysis: Coal City Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 17 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Coal City Police Pension Fund would have lost $161,320 in 2018, according to a Illinois Valley Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $2,601,423 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 17 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $49,913 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $211,233 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 $506,931 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $208,489 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $74,077 – $13,400 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $581,008 in 2018.

Coal City Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$49,913$211,233-$161,320
2017$29,112$183,152-$154,040
2016$51,503$177,207-$125,704
2015$65,469$248,807-$183,338
2014$5,092$132,279-$127,187

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