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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Wilmette Police Pension Fund would have lost $6,704,709 in 2018, according to a North Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $43,840,586 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 $3,302,459 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $3,402,250 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 $2,127,000 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,800,000 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $456,418 – $32,853 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,583,418 in 2018.

Wilmette Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$3,302,459$3,402,250-$6,704,709
2017$5,670,929$3,103,006$2,567,923
2016$3,231,460$2,762,177$469,283
2015-$827,422$2,681,775-$3,509,197
2014$1,985,707$2,602,723-$617,016

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