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Analysis: Elgin Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Elgin Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $11,466,169 in 2018, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $83,085,169 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 lost $4,261,425 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $7,204,744 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 $6,193,093 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $3,690,051 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $1,266,642 – $120,419 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $7,459,735 in 2018.

Elgin Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$4,261,425$7,204,744-$11,466,169
2017$12,475,197$6,556,175$5,919,022
2016$4,652,427$6,208,105-$1,555,678
2015$287,193$5,897,698-$5,610,505
2014$2,971,125$5,611,601-$2,640,476

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