Quantcast

North Cook News

Sunday, November 17, 2024

Analysis: Bartlett Police Pension Fund would go broke in 33 years without taxpayer subsidy

Shutterstock 225154648

Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Bartlett Police Pension Fund lost $1,074,367 in 2016, according to a North Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $34,764,747 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 33 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $267,430 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $1,341,797 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 $1,311,249 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,214,215 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $524,083 – $86,755 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,835,332 in 2016.

Bartlett Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$267,430$1,341,797-$1,074,367
2015$2,096,641$1,134,892$961,749
2014$1,544,426$1,058,222$486,204
2013$1,971,113$976,652$994,461
2012$2,549,177$908,808$1,640,369

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

!RECEIVE ALERTS

The next time we write about any of these orgs, we’ll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time.
Sign-up

DONATE

Help support the Metric Media Foundation's mission to restore community based news.
Donate

MORE NEWS