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Analysis: Oak Park Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in six years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Oak Park Police Pension Fund would have lost $15,298,292 in 2018, according to a West Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $90,522,620 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in six years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $7,214,489 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $8,083,803 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 $5,724,005 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $3,952,354 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $1,173,251 – $191,069 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $6,897,256 in 2018.

Oak Park Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$7,214,489$8,083,803-$15,298,292
2017$13,164,727$7,707,361$5,457,366
2016$4,936,807$7,444,641-$2,507,834
2015-$559,458$7,160,540-$7,719,998
2014$4,536,080$6,840,299-$2,304,219

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