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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Analysis: Kankakee Police Pension Fund would go broke in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Kankakee Police Pension Fund lost $2,925,292 in 2016, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $19,016,182 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $316,496 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $2,608,796 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 $2,773,787 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,988,468 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $525,627 – $27,146 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,299,414 in 2016.

Kankakee Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$316,496$2,608,796-$2,925,292
2015$1,084,641$2,550,512-$1,465,871
2014$1,099,914$2,355,369-$1,255,455
2013$1,381,254$2,226,070-$844,816
2012$149,854$2,130,806-$1,980,952

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