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Sunday, February 23, 2025

Analysis: Bolingbrook Police Pension Fund would go broke in 18 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Bolingbrook Police Pension Fund lost $3,303,165 in 2016, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $57,463,581 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 18 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $622,538 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $3,925,703 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $3,631,065 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,503,477 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $1,055,142 – $44,584 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,686,207 in 2016.

Bolingbrook Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$622,538$3,925,703-$3,303,165
2015$3,566,180$3,621,414-$55,234
2014$2,832,799$3,225,034-$392,235
2013$3,228,315$3,036,169$192,146
2012$1,947,181$2,885,701-$938,520

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