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Analysis: Chicago Heights Police Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Chicago Heights Police Pension Fund lost $4,757,955 in 2016, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $42,815,097 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $539,608 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $4,218,347 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 $2,527,866 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,707,443 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $669,631 – $1,979 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,197,497 in 2016.

Chicago Heights Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$539,608$4,218,347-$4,757,955
2015$2,494,519$4,028,146-$1,533,627
2014$2,948,336$3,660,159-$711,823
2013$2,819,636$3,450,874-$631,238
2012$506,254$3,246,488-$2,740,234

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