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Analysis: Roberts Park FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Roberts Park FPD Firefighters Pension Fund lost $1,082,200 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 $8,864,768 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 $209,244 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $872,956 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 $276,451 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $200,136 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $140,432 – $21,823 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $416,883 in 2016.

Roberts Park FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$209,244$872,956-$1,082,200
2015$459,810$818,915-$359,105
2014$571,427$773,068-$201,641
2013$416,037$720,189-$304,152
2012-$128,724$804,641-$933,365

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