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Former captain Koertgen paid in $240K to pension fund, could collect $4.6M in retirement

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Former captain Timothy Koertgen, who retired in November 2017, saved $239,946 toward a pension over 37 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Koertgen would collect as much as $4.6 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Koertgen received $96,619 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Koertgen will have already received $298,641 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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