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Analysis: Mccook Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Mccook Police Pension Fund would have lost $1,360,557 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 $10,765,155 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $475,301 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $885,256 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 $1,500,000 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $635,000 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $170,414 – $27,187 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,670,414 in 2018.

Mccook Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$475,301$885,256-$1,360,557
2017$992,663$809,431$183,232
2016$473,223$783,520-$310,297
2015$67,094$732,715-$665,621
2014$359,382$835,878-$476,496

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