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Analysis: Joliet Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Joliet Police Pension Fund would have lost $24,848,304 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 $216,496,874 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $10,586,143 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $14,262,161 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 $15,495,791 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $13,610,557 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $3,108,245 – $107,801 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $18,604,036 in 2018.

Joliet Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$10,586,143$14,262,161-$24,848,304
2017$26,522,447$13,452,544$13,069,903
2016$12,454,199$12,937,825-$483,626
2015-$1,302,774$12,247,351-$13,550,125
2014$7,202,322$11,522,008-$4,319,686

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