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Analysis: Colona Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 28 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Colona Police Pension Fund would have lost $85,040 in 2018, according to a Rock Island Today analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $2,319,689 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 28 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $84,968 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $170,008 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 $291,167 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $245,636 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $58,893 – $9,788 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $350,060 in 2018.

Colona Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$84,968$170,008-$85,040
2017$110,980$139,846-$28,866
2016-$1,955$156,841-$158,796
2015$9,082$126,141-$117,059
2014-$59,583$128,588-$188,171

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