Over 30 years of retirement, Weitekamp would collect as much as $311,873, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Carbondale Reporter.
The projection assumes Weitekamp received $6,555 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Weitekamp will have already received $27,426 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.