Over 30 years of retirement, Heckman would collect as much as $1.15 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Heckman received $24,098 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Heckman will have already received $74,485 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.