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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, East Alton Firefighters Pension Fund lost $218,963 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 $1,934,006 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 $5,407 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $213,556 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 $160,072 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $69,418 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $42,546 – $3,577 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $202,618 in 2016.

East Alton Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$5,407$213,556-$218,963
2015$67,084$211,567-$144,483
2014$47,393$289,084-$241,691
2013$69,844$247,804-$177,960
2012$83,901$210,488-$126,587

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