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Friday, April 26, 2024

Analysis: Carbondale Police Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Carbondale Police Pension Fund lost $2,500,991 in 2016, according to a Carbondale Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $22,230,514 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 $34,897 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $2,466,094 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 $2,175,859 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,394,299 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $393,468 – $30,128 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,569,327 in 2016.

Carbondale Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$34,897$2,466,094-$2,500,991
2015$1,225,221$2,348,181-$1,122,960
2014$1,015,982$2,342,296-$1,326,314
2013$1,317,980$2,002,720-$684,740
2012$992,010$2,149,337-$1,157,327

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