LAFAYETTE PROFESSION FIREFIGHTERS v. LCPCG

No. 07-755.

971 So.2d 487 (2007)

LAFAYETTE PROFESSION FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION and its President Donald J. Chauvin v. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greg Guidry, Onebane Law Firm, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellant, Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government.

Louis L. Robein, Jr., Robein, Urann & Lurye, P.L.C., Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee, Lafayette Professional Firefighters.

Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, and J. DAVID PAINTER, Judges.


PAINTER, Judge.

The Lafayette City-Parish Consolidated Government (LCPCG) appeals the ruling of the trial court that it reduce firefighter pay by implementing a "trigger clause" included in a 2003 ordinance providing for firefighter pay.

FACTS

In November 2002, a tax millage was approved by the voters of Lafayette Parish which supported a base pay rate for firefighters of $1833.00 per month. In 2003, individual firefighters and officials of the Lafayette...

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