{"id":33265,"date":"2020-02-25T10:41:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=33265"},"modified":"2020-02-25T10:41:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:41:50","slug":"arguments-in-police-union-arbitration-appeal-scheduled-for-march-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/arguments-in-police-union-arbitration-appeal-scheduled-for-march-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Arguments in Police Union Arbitration Appeal Scheduled for March 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>JAMESTOWN \u2013 The legal battle over a two-year labor contract between the City of Jamestown and its police union will take its next step at the end of March in state appellate court in Rochester.<\/p>\n

According to the calendar page<\/a> of the State Supreme Court Appellate Division: 4th Judicial Department<\/strong>, attorneys Terence O’Neil<\/strong> from Bond, Schoeneck & King<\/strong> and Charles DeAngelo<\/strong> from Fessenden, Laumer & DeAngelo<\/strong> are scheduled to appear before the appellate division justices on Monday, March 30 to argue on behalf of their respective clients – the City of Jamestown and the Jamestown Kendall Club PBA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The long-awaited showdown is the result of the Jamestown City Council<\/strong> voting in May 2019 to appeal a State Supreme Court Decision<\/a>\u00a0that upheld\u00a0an October 2018 arbitration ruling<\/a> on the 2016-17 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the city and the Kendall Club. Among other things, that ruling provided a retroactive 2 percent increase in salaries for each of those two years for police officers.<\/p>\n

The council’s decision to appeal came after Chautauqua County Supreme Court<\/strong>\u00a0judge\u00a0James Dillon<\/strong> ruled in April 2019 that that arbitration panel ruling on the matter would stand.<\/p>\n