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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Cicero Police Pension Fund would have lost $9,474,901 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 $71,091,331 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 $2,604,395 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $6,870,506 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 $5,924,093 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $4,394,977 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $1,698,373 – $280,811 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $7,622,466 in 2018.

Cicero Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$2,604,395$6,870,506-$9,474,901
2017$7,431,103$6,236,051$1,195,052
2016$2,877,033$5,887,564-$3,010,531
2015-$94,301$5,714,466-$5,808,767
2014$3,161,123$4,928,941-$1,767,818

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