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Analysis: Hodgkins Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Hodgkins Police Pension Fund would have lost $1,713,008 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 $14,817,810 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $630,877 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,082,131 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 $1,166,840 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $976,267 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $353,284 – $181,353 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,520,124 in 2018.

Hodgkins Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$630,877$1,082,131-$1,713,008
2017$1,889,566$977,408$912,158
2016$681,617$935,895-$254,278
2015$40,497$981,426-$940,929
2014$852,179$772,286$79,893

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