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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Analysis: New Lenox FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 22 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the New Lenox FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $220,664 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 $4,850,842 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 22 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $95,480 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $125,184 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 $459,093 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $368,905 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $127,390 – $44,368 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $586,483 in 2018.

New Lenox FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$95,480$125,184-$220,664
2017$326,602$165,286$161,316
2016$160,533$114,764$45,769
2015$16,037$115,594-$99,557
2014$273,682$109,896$163,786

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