Over 30 years of retirement, Ufert Fairless would collect as much as $3.23 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Ufert Fairless received $67,881 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Ufert Fairless will have already received $137,798 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.