Over 30 years of retirement, Gilbert would collect as much as $66,636, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rockford Sun.
The projection assumes Gilbert received $1,400 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Gilbert will have already received $5,857 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.