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Analysis: Sauk Village Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in two years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Sauk Village Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $48,305 in 2018, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $72,087 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in two years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $175 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $48,480 in expenses, according to the 2019 biennial report detailing the health of each of the state’s pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the fund’s annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $60,779 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $12,946 five years ago. Members made no contributions this year – $4,939 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $60,779 in 2018.

Sauk Village Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$175$48,480-$48,305
2017$426$43,502-$43,076
2016$8,297$48,003-$39,706
2015$3,357$63,441-$60,084
2014$3,439$6,579-$3,140

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