Over 30 years of retirement, Grimes would collect as much as $172,504, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rock Island Today.
The projection assumes Grimes received $3,625 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Grimes will have already received $11,205 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.