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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Monmouth Firefighters Pension Fund lost $703,760 in 2016, according to a Galesburg Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $5,419,108 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 lost $8,202 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $695,558 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 $627,273 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $396,962 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $79,047 – $11,173 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $706,320 in 2016.

Monmouth Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$8,202$695,558-$703,760
2015$250,079$659,977-$409,898
2014$280,436$633,379-$352,943
2013$312,838$604,987-$292,149
2012$90,094$561,568-$471,474

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