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Analysis: Rock Falls Police Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Rock Falls Police Pension Fund lost $817,923 in 2016, according to a NW Illinois News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $6,821,644 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $53,317 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $764,606 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $292,074 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $208,291 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $111,932 – $23,904 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $404,006 in 2016.

Rock Falls Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$53,317$764,606-$817,923
2015$380,788$591,788-$211,000
2014$526,278$596,550-$70,272
2013$514,499$518,093-$3,594
2012$81,742$508,843-$427,101

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