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Analysis: O'Fallon Police Pension Fund would go broke in 17 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, O'Fallon Police Pension Fund lost $1,497,437 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 $25,307,278 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 17 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $448,460 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $1,048,977 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 $1,106,081 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,054,671 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $333,079 – $25,765 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,439,160 in 2016.

O'Fallon Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$448,460$1,048,977-$1,497,437
2015$1,662,228$1,021,151$641,077
2014$1,916,992$905,560$1,011,432
2013$1,946,390$649,053$1,297,337
2012$721,611$577,011$144,600

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