Brotherhood of West Chester Police v. Borough of West Chester

OPINION BY

President Judge COLINS.

The Brotherhood of West Chester Police (Brotherhood) appeals from a declaratory judgment issued by the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County that declared invalid a recently enacted provision in the Home Rule Charter of the Borough of West Chester that granted pension benefits to Borough police officers in excess of those authorized by Section 5 of the law commonly known as Act 600. 1 We affirm the trial court.

In the November 1998 general election the voters of the Borough of West Chester approved a ballot question that deleted this sentence from its Home…