Analysis: Champaign pays $4.52 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Champaign Firefighters Pension Fund

By Local Labs News Service

May 16, 2018

Taxpayers contributed 81.9 percent of the $4,108,589 the Champaign Firefighters Pension Fund brought in last year, or $4.52 for every $1 from pension members, according to a Chambana Sun analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

In all, Champaign contributed $3,364,504 to the fund, which saw a $50,529 increase in revenue over 2015. Members contributed $744,085, or 18.1 percent, in 2016.

Champaign Firefighters Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Change 2012-2016
Municipality	$3,821,175	$3,752,286	$3,842,882	$3,362,615	$3,364,504	-12%
Pension members	$672,998	$677,019	$696,369	$694,767	$744,085	10.6%
Other Revenue	$7,561	$38,765	$305	$678	$0	-100%
Total	$4,501,734	$4,468,070	$4,539,556	$4,058,060	$4,108,589	-8.7%