Over 30 years of retirement, Bartanen would collect as much as $1.14 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Bartanen received $23,957 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Bartanen will have already received $74,049 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.