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Analysis: Milan Police Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Milan Police Pension Fund lost $664,792 in 2016, according to a Rock Island Today analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $5,668,141 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $112,040 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $552,752 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 $291,676 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $276,335 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $95,972 – $15,191 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $387,648 in 2016.

Milan Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$112,040$552,752-$664,792
2015$199,101$539,649-$340,548
2014$529,942$527,125$2,817
2013$477,209$486,137-$8,928
2012-$34,591$444,126-$478,717

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