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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Analysis: Decatur Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Decatur Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $11,335,404 in 2018, according to a Macon Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $74,305,734 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $3,615,171 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $7,720,233 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 $5,611,626 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $4,232,824 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $905,768 – $96,298 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $6,517,394 in 2018.

Decatur Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$3,615,171$7,720,233-$11,335,404
2017$8,267,007$7,456,827$810,180
2016$4,769,039$7,430,757-$2,661,718
2015$267,259$7,109,140-$6,841,881
2014$4,484,205$6,809,108-$2,324,903

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