Borough of Thorpe v. Jim Thorpe Borough Police Department

KELTON, Senior Judge.

The narrow issue in this police pension fund case is whether a 1995 amendment to the Police Pension Fund Act, effective after a 1993 trial court decision striking part of an arbitration award and while the appeal of that decision is pending with this Court, is determinative of our review of the arbitration award. We hold that it is.

Appellant Jim Thorpe Borough Police Department appeals a March 12, 1993 Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County which vacated a provision of an arbitrator’s award ordering the return of member contributions to the police pension…