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Analysis: Moline Police Pension Fund would go broke in 17 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Moline Police Pension Fund lost $2,170,869 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 $36,677,666 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 17 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $2,060,859 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $4,231,728 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 $3,740,468 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $3,075,320 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $585,208 – $21,559 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,325,676 in 2016.

Moline Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$2,060,859$4,231,728-$2,170,869
2015$33,812$3,990,579-$3,956,767
2014$2,077,542$4,258,874-$2,181,332
2013$3,017,833$3,613,537-$595,704
2012$2,715,380$3,420,344-$704,964

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