Over 30 years of retirement, Gottemoller would collect as much as $788,322, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Macon Reporter.
The projection assumes Gottemoller received $16,569 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.
After 4 years of retirement, Gottemoller will have already received $69,318 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the teachers' pension fund.