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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Analysis: Sandwich Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 30 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Sandwich Police Pension Fund would have lost $166,570 in 2018, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $4,837,077 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 30 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $224,668 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $391,238 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 $242,476 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has decreased from $315,534 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $119,438 – $17,107 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $361,914 in 2018.

Sandwich Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$224,668$391,238-$166,570
2017$256,742$398,196-$141,454
2016-$17,882$284,751-$302,633
2015$173,832$270,098-$96,266
2014$233,769$243,976-$10,207

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