Over 30 years of retirement, Covert would collect as much as $215,231, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DeKalb Times.
The projection assumes Covert received $4,524 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Covert will have already received $18,928 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.