Over 30 years of retirement, Cunningham would collect as much as $140,265, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.
The projection assumes Cunningham received $2,948 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Cunningham will have already received $5,984 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.