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Friday, November 22, 2024

Analysis: Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund lost $3,289,207 in 2016, according to a Quincy Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $27,103,962 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $139,880 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $3,429,087 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $2,569,640 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,470,264 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $379,247 – $18,439 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,948,887 in 2016.

Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$139,880$3,429,087-$3,289,207
2015$1,648,660$3,310,028-$1,661,368
2014$2,290,285$3,236,340-$946,055
2013$1,565,719$3,173,037-$1,607,318
2012$826,756$3,083,347-$2,256,591

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