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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Former EMT battalion chief Sweeney paid in $245K to pension fund, could collect $5.24M in retirement

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Former EMT battalion chief Patrick Sweeney, who retired in November 2018, saved $244,978 toward a pension over 32 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Sweeney would collect as much as $5.24 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.

The projection assumes Sweeney received $110,232 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Sweeney will have already received $340,716 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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