Over 30 years of retirement, O'Neil would collect as much as $1.25 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes DuPage Policy Journal.
The projection assumes O'Neil received $26,240 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, O'Neil will have already received $81,105 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.