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Analysis: Cherry Valley Police Pension Fund would go broke in five years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Cherry Valley Police Pension Fund lost $544,285 in 2016, according to a Rockford Sun analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $2,676,961 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in five years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $4,227 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $540,058 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 $426,743 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $291,665 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $92,030 – $6,797 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $518,773 in 2016.

Cherry Valley Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$4,227$540,058-$544,285
2015$99,943$426,657-$326,714
2014-$6,575$357,711-$364,286
2013$98,856$242,539-$143,683
2012$151,518$228,537-$77,019

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