BECKHAM v. CITY OF BOWLING GREEN

No. 86-CA-2675-MR.

743 S.W.2d 858 (1987)

Bobby BECKHAM, Gerald Hardcastle, John Payne, George A. Scott, Edward L. Word, J.R. Brown, John A. Cook, Bernie Cox, William Hendrick, Mark Johnson, Alexander Maxwell, Raymond Raymer, Bill Waltrip, John Watts and Jerry Wells, Appellants, v. CITY OF BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky; Charles Hardcastle, Mayor; Patsy Sloan, Elwood Janes, Charles Wilson, and Alan Palmer, City Commissioners, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied by Supreme Court February 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Lucas, Janet S. Jobe, English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, Bowling Green, for appellants.

David Lanphear, Safford, Satterfield & Lanphear, Bowling Green, for appellees.

Before HOWERTON, C.J., and LESTER and GUDGEL, JJ.


HOWERTON, Chief Judge.

The appellants are officers of the City of Bowling Green Police Department. They appeal from a judgment of the Warren Circuit Court upholding the enactment of an ordinance by the Board of Commissioners of Bowling Green, which reduced their salaries. We agree with the decision of the trial court and affirm.

On June 17, 1986, immediately prior to commencing the 1986/87 fiscal year, the Bowling Green Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance...

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