Over 30 years of retirement, Childress would collect as much as $661,205, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Childress received $13,898 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Childress will have already received $42,957 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.