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Monday, December 23, 2024

Analysis: St. Charles Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in 15 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, St. Charles Firefighters Pension Fund lost $2,331,031 in 2016, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $32,963,129 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 15 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $997,840 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $1,333,191 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 $1,162,413 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,089,212 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $473,869 – $67,510 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,636,282 in 2016.

St. Charles Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$997,840$1,333,191-$2,331,031
2015$1,287,724$1,074,230$213,494
2014$2,053,355$1,077,104$976,251
2013$2,257,555$1,074,836$1,182,719
2012-$59,473$860,423-$919,896

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