Over 30 years of retirement, Balgeman would collect as much as $348,394, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Kankakee Times.
The projection assumes Balgeman received $7,323 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Balgeman will have already received $22,635 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.