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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Watseka Police Pension Fund would have lost $403,718 in 2018, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $2,899,073 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $53,835 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $457,553 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 $245,531 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has decreased from $313,247 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $57,252 – $10,699 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $302,783 in 2018.

Watseka Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$53,835$457,553-$403,718
2017$69,038$426,383-$357,345
2016$26,780$381,861-$355,081
2015$73,470$368,552-$295,082
2014$19,233$347,819-$328,586

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