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Analysis: Joliet Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Joliet Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $18,776,363 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 $148,224,799 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $7,110,235 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $11,666,128 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 $12,616,328 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $12,098,686 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $2,205,919 – $138,226 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $14,822,247 in 2018.

Joliet Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$7,110,235$11,666,128-$18,776,363
2017$17,294,618$11,129,427$6,165,191
2016$8,839,152$10,245,059-$1,405,907
2015-$1,036,222$9,818,497-$10,854,719
2014$4,515,725$9,424,291-$4,908,566

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