City of East Peoria v. Board of Trustees of the City of East Peoria

Plaintiff, City of East Peoria, appealed from a trial court order affirming a decision of the Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of the City of East Peoria in which the Board granted a former police officer a pension based on the officer’s salary over the last three months of his employment. The City argued that under section 3-111(a) of the Illinois Pension Code the pension should instead be based on an average of the actual wages the officer received over the last year. The appellate court agreed and reversed the circuit court’s judgment, vacated the Board’s decision, and remanded with instructions. (STEIGMANN and KNECHT, concurring)