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Analysis: Palatine Rural FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 13 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Palatine Rural FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $1,099,332 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 $13,303,741 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 13 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $640,431 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $458,901 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 $654,642 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $487,385 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $167,902 – $1,414 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $822,544 in 2018.

Palatine Rural FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$640,431$458,901-$1,099,332
2017$1,637,202$397,863$1,239,339
2016$750,321$385,919$364,402
2015$70,754$269,549-$198,795
2014$563,042$167,271$395,771

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