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Analysis: Elgin Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Elgin Police Pension Fund would have lost $14,025,258 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 $114,636,949 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $4,967,621 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $9,057,637 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 $8,604,338 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has decreased from $10,498,071 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $1,936,667 – $174,564 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $10,541,005 in 2018.

Elgin Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$4,967,621$9,057,637-$14,025,258
2017$15,349,958$8,147,604$7,202,354
2016$7,710,835$7,856,036-$145,201
2015$542,909$7,720,371-$7,177,462
2014$4,229,541$7,040,385-$2,810,844

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