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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Analysis: Coal City Firefighter's Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 233 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Coal City Firefighter's Pension Fund would have lost $7,133 in 2018, according to a Grundy Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $1,661,235 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 233 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $73 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $7,060 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 $196,743 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $184,291 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $61,227 – $7,966 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $257,970 in 2018.

Coal City Firefighter's Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$73$7,060-$7,133
2017$17,755$8,631$9,124
2016$39,852$5,354$34,498
2015$36,024$6,102$29,922
2014$5,774$5,771$3

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