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Analysis: East St Louis Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in five years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the East St Louis Police Pension Fund would have lost $3,638,310 in 2018, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $15,864,055 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in five years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $616,938 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $3,021,372 in expenses, according to the 2019 biennial report detailing the health of each of the state’s pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the fund’s annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $1,655,017 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,637,890 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $264,506 – $67,088 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,919,523 in 2018.

East St Louis Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$616,938$3,021,372-$3,638,310
2017$2,034,954$2,861,366-$826,412
2016$335,965$2,838,256-$2,502,291
2015-$284,064$2,790,047-$3,074,111
2014$1,063,226$3,035,840-$1,972,614

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