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Analysis: Plainfield FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 21 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Plainfield FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $1,114,019 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 $23,373,442 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 21 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $962,050 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $151,969 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 $1,390,125 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,225,780 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $548,325 – $277,520 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,938,450 in 2018.

Plainfield FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$962,050$151,969-$1,114,019
2017$2,447,861$126,960$2,320,901
2016$1,071,725$129,682$942,043
2015$148,246$159,218-$10,972
2014$235,462$23,195$212,267

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