In Re Arbitration Between the Borough of Berwick

LORD, Senior Judge.

The Borough of Berwick (Borough) appeals to this Court from the Columbia County Common Pleas Court order affirming the arbitrator’s decision that officers of the Borough Police Department (police) may retire at the age of fifty, after twenty years of service, effective January 1, 1991.

The parties stipulated before this Court to the following pertinent facts. The Teamsters Local Union No. 764 is the authorized collective bargaining representative for the police. The Borough has a pension fund for its police. At the time of the collective bargaining negotiations, the…