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Monday, May 19, 2025

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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Decatur Police Pension Fund would have lost $14,121,117 in 2018, according to a Macon Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $101,233,613 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 $5,873,724 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $8,247,393 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 $4,713,752 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $4,277,221 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $1,364,975 – $178,584 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $6,078,727 in 2018.

Decatur Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$5,873,724$8,247,393-$14,121,117
2017$12,889,866$7,652,924$5,236,942
2016$8,076,847$7,161,638$915,209
2015-$159,507$6,945,803-$7,105,310
2014$5,790,077$6,171,294-$381,217

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