Over 30 years of retirement, Sipes would collect as much as $67,092, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Sangamon Sun.
The projection assumes Sipes received $1,410 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Sipes will have already received $5,899 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.