Over 30 years of retirement, Meyer would collect as much as $87,810, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes North Cook News.
The projection assumes Meyer received $1,845 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 5 years of retirement, Meyer will have already received $9,794 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.