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Analysis: Watseka Police Pension Fund would go broke in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Watseka Police Pension Fund lost $355,081 in 2016, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $2,756,497 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $26,780 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $381,861 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 $710,649 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $279,547 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $54,384 – $10,027 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $765,033 in 2016.

Watseka Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$26,780$381,861-$355,081
2015$73,470$368,552-$295,082
2014$19,233$347,819-$328,586
2013$66,514$344,468-$277,954
2012$74,961$334,141-$259,180

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