Over 30 years of retirement, Bays would collect as much as $376,837, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes East Central Reporter.
The projection assumes Bays received $7,920 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 2 years of retirement, Bays will have already received $16,078 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.