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Analysis: East Alton Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the East Alton Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $256,062 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 $1,907,679 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $44,960 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $301,022 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 $160,151 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $104,734 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $45,880 – $7,203 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $206,031 in 2018.

East Alton Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$44,960$301,022-$256,062
2017$82,211$261,165-$178,954
2016-$5,407$213,556-$218,963
2015$67,084$211,567-$144,483
2014$47,393$289,084-$241,691

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