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Analysis: Cicero Firefighters' Pension Fund would go bankrupt in five years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Cicero Firefighters' Pension Fund would have lost $6,769,728 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 $30,823,151 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in five years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $940,892 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $5,828,836 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 $3,814,229 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $3,791,278 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $704,715 – $117,032 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,518,944 in 2018.

Cicero Firefighters' Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$940,892$5,828,836-$6,769,728
2017$3,843,198$5,440,983-$1,597,785
2016$1,634,227$5,352,703-$3,718,476
2015-$394,433$5,213,877-$5,608,310
2014$866,674$4,761,363-$3,894,689

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