City of Scranton v. Fire Fighters Local Union No. 60

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

The City of Scranton (City) appeals from the September 18, 2006, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County (trial court), which denied the City’s petition for review of an Act 111 1 arbitration award. We affirm.

Since the late 1940s, the City has provided retirement benefits to its fire fighters through a pension fund known as the Fireman’s Relief and Pension Fund (Fire Fighter Fund), managed by the Pension Board. In the late 1980s, the City consolidated its various pensions programs and, to manage the fund, created an additional board known as the Joint…