Analysis: Collinsville pays $3.45 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Collinsville Firefighters Pension Fund

By Local Labs News Service

May 19, 2018

Taxpayers contributed 77.6 percent of the $1,015,392 the Collinsville Firefighters Pension Fund brought in last year, or $3.45 for every $1 from pension members, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

In all, Collinsville contributed $787,667 to the fund, which saw a $36,469 increase in revenue over 2015. Members contributed $227,725, or 22.4 percent, in 2016.

Collinsville Firefighters Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Change 2012-2016
Municipality	$674,487	$722,604	$666,611	$744,015	$787,667	16.8%
Pension members	$225,576	$228,906	$239,669	$234,908	$227,725	1%
Other Revenue	-$-1	$0	$0	$0	$0	100%
Total	$900,062	$951,510	$906,280	$978,923	$1,015,392	12.8%