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Analysis: Moline Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Moline Firefighters Pension Fund lost $3,907,759 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 $28,601,582 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,473,038 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $5,380,797 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 $4,574,093 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $3,024,688 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $433,785 – $3,099 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $5,007,878 in 2016.

Moline Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$1,473,038$5,380,797-$3,907,759
2015$143,155$5,096,337-$4,953,182
2014$1,642,081$4,769,639-$3,127,558
2013$2,472,829$4,447,671-$1,974,842
2012$2,218,450$4,528,881-$2,310,431

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