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Analysis: Belleville Police Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Belleville Police Pension Fund lost $3,997,127 in 2016, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $34,541,357 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 lost $808,519 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $3,188,608 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 $2,388,327 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,203,025 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $595,180 – $102,506 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,983,507 in 2016.

Belleville Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$808,519$3,188,608-$3,997,127
2015$2,196,212$3,028,402-$832,190
2014$2,618,865$2,951,449-$332,584
2013$1,871,630$2,844,102-$972,472
2012$74,066$2,689,588-$2,615,522

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