Analysis: Mattoon pays $6.74 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Mattoon Firefighters Pension Fund

By East Central Reporter Reports

May 21, 2018

Taxpayers contributed 87.1 percent of the $1,570,435 the Mattoon Firefighters Pension Fund brought in last year, or $6.74 for every $1 from pension members, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

In all, Mattoon contributed $1,367,692 to the fund, which saw a $11,203 increase in revenue over 2015. Members contributed $202,743, or 12.9 percent, in 2016.

Mattoon Firefighters Pension Fund revenue over 5 years

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Change 2012-2016
Municipality	$1,361,766	$1,354,955	$1,398,877	$1,356,510	$1,367,692	0.4%
Pension members	$202,782	$195,815	$198,792	$202,721	$202,743	-0%
Other Revenue	-$-1	$0	$0	$1	$0	100%
Total	$1,564,547	$1,550,770	$1,597,669	$1,559,232	$1,570,435	0.4%