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Analysis: Rolling Meadows Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Rolling Meadows Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $5,120,271 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 $33,415,115 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 $1,317,095 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $3,803,176 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 $3,788,593 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,678,449 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $421,856 – $30,275 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,210,449 in 2018.

Rolling Meadows Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$1,317,095$3,803,176-$5,120,271
2017$4,236,181$3,544,147$692,034
2016$2,011,866$3,334,275-$1,322,409
2015$221,451$3,200,632-$2,979,181
2014$1,383,546$3,055,935-$1,672,389

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