Analysis: DeKalb pays $4.57 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Dekalb Police Pension Fund

By DeKalb Times

Jul 3, 2020

Taxpayers contributed 82 percent of the $3,645,878 the Dekalb Police Pension Fund brought in 2018, or $4.57 for every $1 from pension members, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

In all, DeKalb contributed $2,989,632 to the fund, which saw a $581,580 increase in revenue over 2017. Members contributed $653,454, or 17.9 percent, in 2018. Another $2,792 came from other unspecified sources.

Dekalb Police Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Change 2014-2018
Municipality	$1,352,291	$1,448,949	$2,085,233	$2,485,107	$2,989,632	121.1%
Pension members	$632,775	$711,771	$294,236	$579,016	$653,454	3.3%
Other Revenue	-$19,610	-$3,457	$993	$175	$2,792	114.2%
Total	$1,965,456	$2,157,263	$2,380,462	$3,064,298	$3,645,878	85.5%