Over 30 years of retirement, Berrigan would collect as much as $886,033, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes South Cook News.
The projection assumes Berrigan received $18,623 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Berrigan will have already received $57,562 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.