Analysis: Evergreen Park pays $10.31 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Evergreen Park Firefighters Pension Fund

By Local Labs News Service

May 22, 2018

Taxpayers contributed 91.2 percent of the $155,103 the Evergreen Park Firefighters Pension Fund brought in last year, or $10.31 for every $1 from pension members, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

In all, Evergreen Park contributed $141,389 to the fund, which saw a $28,763 increase in revenue over 2015. Members contributed $13,713, or 8.8 percent, in 2016. Another $1 came from other unspecified sources.

Evergreen Park Firefighters Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Change 2012-2016
Municipality	$79,258	$87,461	$108,031	$113,025	$141,389	78.4%
Pension members	$12,067	$12,429	$12,865	$13,314	$13,713	13.6%
Other Revenue	$0	$1	$0	$1	$1	-
Total	$91,325	$99,891	$120,896	$126,340	$155,103	69.8%