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Analysis: Cicero Firefighters' Pension Fund would go broke in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Cicero Firefighters' Pension Fund lost $3,718,476 in 2016, according to a West Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $29,274,759 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,634,227 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $5,352,703 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 $4,097,789 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $3,388,107 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $624,746 – $39,304 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,722,535 in 2016.

Cicero Firefighters' Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$1,634,227$5,352,703-$3,718,476
2015-$394,433$5,213,877-$5,608,310
2014$866,674$4,761,363-$3,894,689
2013$2,945,264$4,491,394-$1,546,130
2012$1,957,232$4,137,257-$2,180,025

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