Over 30 years of retirement, Garrett would collect as much as $1.42 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Cook News.
The projection assumes Garrett received $29,889 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Garrett will have already received $125,046 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.