City of Asheville v. Bowman

ELMORE, Judge.

Defendants are employees of the Asheville Police Department (APD) who were hired prior to 1 July 2000 and who hold post-secondary degrees. The dispute between defendants and the City of Asheville arose out of changes that the APD made in its recruitment and hiring policies. On 19 June 2000, APD Chief of Police Will Annarino (Annarino) distributed a memorandum entitled "Changes in Policies and Procedures Regarding Recruitment, Retention and Career Development" to all APD employees. A subsection of this memo outlined the APD's new policy of increasing the entry level of pay for…