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Analysis: Arlington Heights Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 11 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Arlington Heights Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $10,523,138 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 $106,729,946 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 11 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $3,661,970 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $6,861,168 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 $6,353,000 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $4,701,000 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $1,065,390 – $125,497 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $7,418,390 in 2018.

Arlington Heights Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$3,661,970$6,861,168-$10,523,138
2017$12,685,889$6,579,837$6,106,052
2016$6,914,634$6,284,079$630,555
2015-$2,558,509$4,002,454-$6,560,963
2014$9,277,334$5,480,203$3,797,131

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