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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Analysis: East Joliet FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 30 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the East Joliet FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $113,709 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 $3,354,389 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 30 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $65,189 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $48,520 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 $268,916 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $213,532 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $68,670 – $11,376 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $337,586 in 2018.

East Joliet FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$65,189$48,520-$113,709
2017$77,127$22,612$54,515
2016$24,355$49,810-$25,455
2015$4,167$31,554-$27,387
2014$51,707$17,072$34,635

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