Analysis: Justice pays $1.56 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Roberts Park FPD Firefighters Pension Fund

By South Cook News

Sep 9, 2020

Taxpayers contributed 60.4 percent of the $407,085 the Roberts Park FPD Firefighters Pension Fund brought in 2018, or $1.56 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, Justice contributed $245,864 to the fund, which saw a $873 increase in revenue over 2017. Members contributed $157,398, or 38.7 percent, in 2018. Another $3,823 came from other unspecified sources.

Roberts Park FPD Firefighters Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Change 2014-2018
Municipality	$239,585	$161,007	$276,451	$257,015	$245,864	2.6%
Pension members	$131,179	$138,639	$140,432	$142,984	$157,398	20%
Other Revenue	$220	$2,509	$2,490	$6,213	$3,823	1637.7%
Total	$370,984	$302,155	$419,373	$406,212	$407,085	9.7%