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Analysis: Hickory Hills Police Pension Plan would go broke in 11 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Hickory Hills Police Pension Plan lost $1,989,405 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 $21,333,962 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 11 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $772,900 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $1,216,505 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 $800,000 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $650,000 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $238,930 – $15,829 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,038,930 in 2016.

Hickory Hills Police Pension Plan non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$772,900$1,216,505-$1,989,405
2015$1,444,098$1,135,051$309,047
2014$1,986,448$1,108,415$878,033
2013$1,382,939$974,343$408,596
2012$241,370$864,696-$623,326

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