Over 30 years of retirement, Werkmeister would collect as much as $123,201, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Werkmeister received $2,589 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Werkmeister will have already received $5,256 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.