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Analysis: Melrose Park Police Pension Fund would go broke in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Melrose Park Police Pension Fund lost $2,830,056 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 $21,954,923 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 $443,851 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $3,273,907 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 $2,544,568 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $950,865 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $616,461 – $54,789 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,161,029 in 2016.

Melrose Park Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$443,851$3,273,907-$2,830,056
2015-$52,183$3,236,656-$3,288,839
2014$1,223,222$3,007,958-$1,784,736
2013$2,717,327$2,923,051-$205,724
2012$1,109,550$2,715,297-$1,605,747

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