{"id":8702,"date":"2014-05-28T17:29:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T21:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=8702"},"modified":"2014-05-28T17:29:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T21:29:13","slug":"numberscentral-so-how-much-do-city-retirees-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/28\/numberscentral-so-how-much-do-city-retirees-get\/","title":{"rendered":"NumbersCentral: So How Much Do City Retirees Get?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City of Danville retirees are back in front of the city council asking for cost-of-living adjustments and\/or bonuses.\u00a0 But when you look at how much some of the retirees make on a guaranteed basis, your eyes may open quite widely. It&#8217;s time for a NumbersCentral&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The City of Danville has its own retirement system where employees get a set benefit for life based on years and service and their pay rate.<\/p>\n<p>I asked the city for a list of all retirees and how much they received from the City&#8217;s pension fund. I&#8217;ll let you draw your own conclusions.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/226842183\/content?start_page=1&view_mode&access_key=key-45MfTw99ci1JOrrM6VO8\"  data-auto-height=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"scribd_226842183\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t<div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;width:100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/226842183\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">View this document on Scribd<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Wow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/13\/breakdown-danville-school-board-election\/sclogo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"120,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sclogo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=120%2C120\" alt=\"sclogo\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Danville retirees are back in front of the city council asking for cost-of-living adjustments and\/or bonuses. But when you look at how much some of the retirees make on a guaranteed basis, your eyes may open quite widely. It&#8217;s time for a NumbersCentral&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> [&#8230;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[58,20,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-danville","category-newscentral","category-numberscentral","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pwqFk-2gm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8680,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/25\/quickhits-5252014\/","url_meta":{"origin":8702,"position":0},"title":"UPDATED: QuickHits! 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The Register & Bee editorial board correctly says that City\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10354,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/19\/numberscentral-danville-school-discipline-cases\/","url_meta":{"origin":8702,"position":1},"title":"NumbersCentral: Danville School Discipline Cases","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"September 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"There were some questions about the much lower disciplinary referral rate for this school year so far compared to last year. Let's do a NumbersCentral and look at the report given to the school board last night... Here you go... \u00a0 \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;NumbersCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"NumbersCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/numberscentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13759,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/21\/numberscentral-how-many-students-in-danville-public-schools\/","url_meta":{"origin":8702,"position":2},"title":"NumbersCentral: How many students in Danville Public Schools?","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"At Thursday night's Danville School Board meeting, they discussed the customary enrollment count taken at the start of the school year. I found these numbers to be quite interesting, so I wanted you to see them too. Let's go to the NumbersCentral! The first thing to remember is that these\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12507,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/27\/numberscentral-thats-one-big-electricity-bill\/","url_meta":{"origin":8702,"position":3},"title":"NumbersCentral: That&#8217;s one big electricity bill!","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"April 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a NumbersCentral where I have no idea what more than half of these numbers mean, but I do know it's a lot of money. Let's see how much Danville Utilities paid for the electricity it sold in February 2015. In our last Utility Commission article, a commenter asked\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;NumbersCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"NumbersCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/numberscentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/AWvX3gF.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/AWvX3gF.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/AWvX3gF.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/AWvX3gF.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10148,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/02\/numberscentral-danvilles-general-fund\/","url_meta":{"origin":8702,"position":4},"title":"NumbersCentral: Danville&#8217;s General Fund","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"September 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Have you ever wondered what taxes are coming into the City of Danville? Ever wondered how the budget stands compared to last year? No? Then go to the next article because we got numbers here, folks! Tonight, Danville's Interim Finance Director Michael Adkins will make this presentation to Danville City\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8624,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/09\/numberscentral-who-showed-up-to-vote-in-danville\/","url_meta":{"origin":8702,"position":5},"title":"NumbersCentral: Who showed up to vote in Danville?","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"May 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Everybody loves numbers and math, so SouthsideCentral is debuting our NumbersCentral category. If a story can be told by charts, graphics, and numbers, we'll show the information to you that way. Today's edition is about the anemic voter turnout in Danville's recent municipal elections... 19.02% of Danville's registered voters cast\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BreakDown&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BreakDown","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/breakdown\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"danvillevoterturnout1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/danvillevoterturnout1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/danvillevoterturnout1.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/danvillevoterturnout1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8703,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8702\/revisions\/8703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}