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Thursday, December 19, 2024

Analysis: Bourbonnais Police Pension Fund would go broke in 16 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Bourbonnais Police Pension Fund lost $780,611 in 2016, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $11,988,040 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 16 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $205,971 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $574,640 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 $448,779 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $355,000 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $183,549 – $33,936 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $632,328 in 2016.

Bourbonnais Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$205,971$574,640-$780,611
2015$931,432$551,945$379,487
2014$892,956$526,058$366,898
2013$765,661$600,922$164,739
2012$372,553$492,912-$120,359

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