Over 30 years of retirement, Flaherty would collect as much as $1.94 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.
The projection assumes Flaherty received $40,795 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 3 years of retirement, Flaherty will have already received $126,094 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.