Over 30 years of retirement, Hnilicka would collect as much as $2.2 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Peoria Standard.
The projection assumes Hnilicka received $46,309 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Hnilicka will have already received $193,739 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.