Over 30 years of retirement, Bartecki would collect as much as $1.88 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Bartecki received $39,600 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Bartecki will have already received $80,388 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.