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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Analysis: Granite City Police Pension Fund would go broke in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Granite City Police Pension Fund lost $2,663,951 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 $16,348,898 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $393,568 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $2,270,383 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 $1,322,316 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has decreased from $1,430,381 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $402,882 – $18,565 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,725,198 in 2016.

Granite City Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$393,568$2,270,383-$2,663,951
2015$857,079$2,148,073-$1,290,994
2014$1,355,218$2,087,717-$732,499
2013$1,359,195$2,139,286-$780,091
2012$494,708$2,110,567-$1,615,859

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