Over 30 years of retirement, Garretson would collect as much as $492,691, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes West Central Reporter.
The projection assumes Garretson received $10,356 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 5 years of retirement, Garretson will have already received $54,984 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.