Over 30 years of retirement, Lucas would collect as much as $581,346, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Lucas received $12,219 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Lucas will have already received $37,769 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.