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Analysis: Buffalo Grove Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 10 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Buffalo Grove Police Pension Fund would have lost $6,581,603 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 $64,375,006 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 10 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $2,726,923 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $3,854,680 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 $2,668,632 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,083,757 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $703,230 – $48,556 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,371,862 in 2018.

Buffalo Grove Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$2,726,923$3,854,680-$6,581,603
2017$8,300,527$3,664,819$4,635,708
2016$3,418,114$3,327,511$90,603
2015$186,333$3,009,177-$2,822,844
2014$3,756,510$2,780,935$975,575

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