Over 30 years of retirement, Carroll would collect as much as $1.29 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Carroll received $27,023 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Carroll will have already received $54,857 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.