Albright v. City of Shamokin

WIEAND, Judge:

The issue in this appeal is whether the City of Shamokin can discontinue the payment of benefits to a retired employee after the City determined that its pension ordinance failed to comply with requirements of the enabling legislation.

Edward Albright entered the employ of the City of Sha-mokin in April, 1963, as a laborer in the street department. On December 17, 1969, the City enacted an ordinance which provided retirement benefits for certain qualifying employees. The ordinance provided that the “Normal Retirement Date shall be the first day of the month following the Member’s…