Over 30 years of retirement, Retherford would collect as much as $1.23 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.
The projection assumes Retherford received $25,863 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Retherford will have already received $79,940 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.