Over 30 years of retirement, Stewart would collect as much as $59,180, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Stewart received $1,243 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Stewart will have already received $2,523 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.