Over 30 years of retirement, Witkus would collect as much as $3.52 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Witkus received $74,086 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Witkus will have already received $228,993 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.