Over 30 years of retirement, Kirkbride would collect as much as $297,955, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
The projection assumes Kirkbride received $6,262 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Kirkbride will have already received $26,199 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.