Over 30 years of retirement, Bergmark would collect as much as $808,972, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rockford Sun.
The projection assumes Bergmark received $17,004 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Bergmark will have already received $71,137 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.