Drop v. Town of Belleville Munic. Corp.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McELROY, J.A.D.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Law Division denying to plaintiffs-appellants, upon retirement from defendant-respondent’s police force, the right to a lump sum payment for accumulated and unused sick pay provided to “uniformed and nonuniform” town employees under Ordinance Number 1954, adopted July 27, 1976, and Ordinance Number 1964, enacted October 26, 1976. We affirm that decision.

The trial judge viewed these ordinances as facially ambiguous and in aid of interpretation utilized the minutes of meetings of the respondent’s…