Over 30 years of retirement, Rivelli would collect as much as $3.89 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Lake County Gazette.
The projection assumes Rivelli received $81,723 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Rivelli will have already received $252,598 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.