Over 30 years of retirement, Farrell would collect as much as $562,078, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Farrell received $11,814 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Farrell will have already received $23,982 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.