Analysis: Decatur pays $3.45 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Decatur Police Pension Fund

By Macon Reporter

Jul 5, 2020

Taxpayers contributed 77.5 percent of the $6,084,800 the Decatur Police Pension Fund brought in 2018, or $3.45 for every $1 from pension members, according to a Macon Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

In all, Decatur contributed $4,713,752 to the fund, which saw a $426,983 increase in revenue over 2017. Members contributed $1,364,975, or 22.4 percent, in 2018. Another $6,073 came from other unspecified sources.

Decatur Police Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	Change 2014-2018
Municipality	$4,277,221	$4,229,151	$4,213,121	$4,440,715	$4,713,752	10.2%
Pension members	$1,186,391	$1,240,308	$1,251,329	$1,173,624	$1,364,975	15.1%
Other Revenue	-$80,926	$4,627	-$6,972	$43,478	$6,073	107.5%
Total	$5,382,686	$5,474,086	$5,457,478	$5,657,817	$6,084,800	13%