Over 30 years of retirement, Buttgen would collect as much as $91,647, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Rock Island Today.
The projection assumes Buttgen received $1,926 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Buttgen will have already received $8,059 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.