Over 30 years of retirement, Yates would collect as much as $261,622, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Yates received $5,499 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Yates will have already received $23,006 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.