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Analysis: Tri-Township FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Tri-Township FPD Firefighters Pension Fund lost $282,090 in 2016, according to a Quincy Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $2,332,609 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 $4,796 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $286,886 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 $262,735 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $166,438 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $39,891 – $5,951 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $302,626 in 2016.

Tri-Township FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$4,796$286,886-$282,090
2015$28,613$276,529-$247,916
2014$64,449$268,548-$204,099
2013$71,194$262,432-$191,238
2012$60,645$256,401-$195,756

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