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Analysis: Lansing Police Pension Fund would go broke in 10 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Lansing Police Pension Fund lost $3,297,542 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 $30,714,501 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 10 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $97,258 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $3,200,284 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 $2,670,076 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,387,260 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $561,720 – $108,998 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,231,796 in 2016.

Lansing Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$97,258$3,200,284-$3,297,542
2015$1,357,778$3,124,164-$1,766,386
2014$866,437$3,000,877-$2,134,440
2013$1,513,796$2,952,477-$1,438,681
2012$922,381$2,771,953-$1,849,572

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