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Analysis: Woodstock Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 84 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Woodstock Police Pension Fund would have lost $253,457 in 2018, according to a McHenry Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $21,232,421 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 84 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,017,206 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,270,663 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 $1,408,019 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $882,336 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $328,649 – $36,526 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,736,668 in 2018.

Woodstock Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,017,206$1,270,663-$253,457
2017$1,659,112$1,327,645$331,467
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

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