Over 30 years of retirement, Budzynski would collect as much as $552,636, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Kane County Reporter.
The projection assumes Budzynski received $11,616 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Budzynski will have already received $35,903 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.