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Analysis: Alton Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 12 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Alton Police Pension Fund would have lost $2,071,118 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 $23,497,439 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 12 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $2,087,282 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $4,158,400 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 $3,002,272 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,529,427 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $447,269 – $35,734 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,449,541 in 2018.

Alton Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$2,087,282$4,158,400-$2,071,118
2017$1,787,613$4,018,556-$2,230,943
2016-$522,940$3,618,085-$4,141,025
2015$1,128,017$3,524,165-$2,396,148
2014$1,804,949$3,329,966-$1,525,017

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