Over 30 years of retirement, Metzler would collect as much as $268,565, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Metzler received $5,645 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Metzler will have already received $23,615 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.