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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Analysis: Woodstock Police Pension Fund would go broke in 10 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Woodstock Police Pension Fund lost $1,877,836 in 2016, according to a McHenry Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $17,950,726 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 10 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $641,853 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $1,235,983 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 $946,589 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $854,862 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $302,301 – $12,524 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,248,890 in 2016.

Woodstock Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$641,853$1,235,983-$1,877,836
2015$724,333$1,261,076-$536,743
2014$1,281,382$1,294,188-$12,806
2013$862,655$1,098,205-$235,550
2012-$44,100$974,179-$1,018,279

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