Opinion ID: 2332327
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Heading: Facts Relating to the FRS

Text: The FRS trustees certified to E & A that the City's payable amount for fiscal year 2003-2004 was $8,913,102, and for fiscal year 2004-2005 was $13,765,477. E & A's proposed budget for fiscal year 2003-2004 allocated $1,884,356 as the City's contribution to the FRS and $193,799 as the City Airport Commission's contribution to the FRS. Those amounts were adopted by the Board of Aldermen. E & A's proposed budget for fiscal year 2004-2005 allocated $1,862,061 as the City's contribution to the FRS, and that amount was adopted by the Board of Aldermen. The FRS and individual members of the FRS trustees then sued the City, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and damages, alleging that the City was required by section 87.355 and Chapter 4.18, City Code to pay the amount certified. The parties all moved for summary judgment. The trial court found in the FRS's favor, finding that the City was required to pay the entire amount certified. The court rejected the City's contention that the FRS's claims were barred by the Hancock Amendment. The court found that the City waived its ability to raise the Hancock Amendment by not pleading it as an affirmative defense and because it lacked standing to assert a challenge based on the Hancock Amendment. The City appeals.