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Analysis: Long Creek FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 19 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Long Creek FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $33,062 in 2018, according to a Macon Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $625,062 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 19 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $10,603 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $43,665 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 $24,514 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $20,214 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $11,150 – $1,069 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $35,664 in 2018.

Long Creek FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$10,603$43,665-$33,062
2017$11,479$42,393-$30,914
2016$36,258$41,158-$4,900
2015$5,462$39,959-$34,497
2014$27,464$38,795-$11,331

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