Over 30 years of retirement, Mitchell would collect as much as $4.19 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Mitchell received $88,141 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Mitchell will have already received $272,435 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.