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Analysis: Melrose 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 Melrose Park Police Pension Fund would have lost $4,327,407 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 $24,971,170 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 $610,209 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $3,717,198 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 $4,190,868 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,931,505 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $634,799 – $121,220 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,825,667 in 2018.

Melrose Park Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$610,209$3,717,198-$4,327,407
2017$2,368,534$3,488,122-$1,119,588
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

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