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Analysis: Country Club Hills Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 28 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Country Club Hills Police Pension Fund would have lost $735,102 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 $19,891,256 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 28 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,117,870 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,852,972 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 $1,550,303 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,121,471 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $334,263 – $18,662 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,884,566 in 2018.

Country Club Hills Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,117,870$1,852,972-$735,102
2017$1,283,742$1,784,510-$500,768
2016-$457,177$1,618,035-$2,075,212
2015$827,255$1,432,455-$605,200
2014$1,108,131$1,368,257-$260,126

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