Over 30 years of retirement, West would collect as much as $2.11 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes West received $44,384 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, West will have already received $185,687 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.