Over 30 years of retirement, Coan would collect as much as $1.1 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes McLean County Times.
The projection assumes Coan received $23,134 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Coan will have already received $96,784 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.