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Analysis: Troy FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 107 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Troy FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $15,830 in 2018, according to a Will County Gazette analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $1,686,355 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 107 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $6,952 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $8,878 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 $251,822 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $95,030 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $97,447 – $52,418 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $349,269 in 2018.

Troy FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$6,952$8,878-$15,830
2017-$6,447$8,704-$15,151
2016$23,231$3,552$19,679
2015-$3,914$23,357-$27,271
2014$3,803$247$3,556

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