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Analysis: Lockport Township FPD Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 108 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Lockport Township FPD Pension Fund would have lost $414,711 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 $44,546,833 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 108 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $2,207,122 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,621,833 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 $3,094,587 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,528,090 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $866,043 – $121,643 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,960,630 in 2018.

Lockport Township FPD Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$2,207,122$2,621,833-$414,711
2017$1,825,362$2,311,911-$486,549
2016-$917,713$2,240,243-$3,157,956
2015$1,077,572$2,026,043-$948,471
2014$2,046,595$1,964,763$81,832

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