Foley v. Consolidated City of Indianapolis

MILLER, Judge.

This is an appeal from summary judgment granted in favor of the City of Indianapolis (City) in an action brought under the Declaratory Judgment Act, Ind.Code 34 — 4-10-1 et seq., by certain members of the Indianapolis Police Department (IPD) claiming entitlement to increases in pay under a city-initiated college incentive pay program (CIP) and charging the City with failure to appropriate sufficient funds to maintain the program. Although the City did not dispute the existence of CIP benefits they claimed the right to alter those benefits from year to year. The police officers…