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City of Chicago Contributes to the Fund
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City of Chicago Contributes to the Fund

The Fund received $429,101,178 in employer contributions for the year ending 2024 from the City of Chicago. Approximately $4.31 million of this sum was distributed from Casino Taxes. The noted amount satisfied all statutory actuarial required employer contributions due & owing to the Fund for 2024. 

The City of Chicago contributed in January of 2024 an additional payment of $28.27 million allocated from the 2024 budget year and that payment was separate from, and in addition to, the statutorily required amount. 

In January of 2025 the Fund received a similar additional employer contribution of $15.64 million allocated from the 2025 budget year which is separate from, and in addition to, the City’s statutorily required contribution due and owing of $444.61 million for payment year 2025; through the March meeting, $226.66 million has been received in employer contributions for 2025.

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2024 Board Meetings

To review Board Meeting dates and documents, please click the link below.

Board Meetings

Member Trustee Election Information

Under provisions of the Illinois Pension Code, an election will be held to fill the office of Active Firefighter Member Trustee of The Retirement Board. The position will become vacant on December 1, 2024, because of the expiration of the term of an incumbent. Ballots will be mailed to all active members eligible to vote no later than September 18, 2024.

Click here to see the posted election notice for more details

All members are encouraged to exercise their right to vote.

Pre-Retirement Seminar

The 2025 Spring Pre-Retirement Seminar is scheduled to be held at Guaranteed Rate Field (Sox Park) in the Wintrust Conference and Learning Center. The date for the seminar is Saturday, April 26, 2025, from 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM. Registration is limited to 120 and we are at capacity for the spring event. We have tentatively set the Fall Pre-Retirement Seminar for September 27 at the same venue. Please register with the Fund via email at seminar@fabf.org to confirm participation or cancel if your plans have changed. 

Click here for more information and planning materials

Observed Holidays

Office Closed:

  • New Year's Holiday Observed
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
  • Lincoln's Birthday Observed
  • President's Day
  • Pulaski Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth Observed
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Columbus Day/Indigenous People Day
  • Veteran’s Day
  • Thanksgiving (Thursday and Friday)
  • Christmas Holiday Observed