Over 30 years of retirement, Widmer would collect as much as $9.49 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.
The projection assumes Widmer received $199,387 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Widmer will have already received $404,756 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.