Court Opinion

ID: 9698323
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:47:42.819908+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:40.149204
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam,
(on motion for rehearing). The briefs
for rehearing raise no issue that was not fully argued and considered on appeal. However, we modify certain language of the opinion. As set forth at page 609 of the opinion, sec. 62.135 (2), Stats., provides:
“. . . The pensions and all other benefits in the amounts and on the terms and conditions and in all other respects as provided in sections 61.65 and 62.13 and then in effect in such city or village shall be obligations of such benefit contracts on the part of the city or village and the board of trustees and each fireman and policeman and beneficiary having such a benefit contract shall have a vested right to such pensions and other benefits and they shall not be diminished, impaired or increased by subsequent legislation nor by any other means.”
The opinion further states:
“In light of this provision a collective bargaining agreement cannot increase the sources of revenue that go into the pension fund or be determinative as to what ‘revénue’ will be paid in order to calculate the applicant’s *612bpension because the ‘agreement’ is another ‘means’ within this section. . . .”
This statement could be construed to mean that a collective bargaining agreement can have no effect upon the amount of an applicant’s pension; therefore, the following sentence is substituted:
“In light of this provision a collective bargaining agreement does not necessarily increase the sources of revenue that go into the pension fund, nor is it determinative as to what forms of revenue are encompassed within the term ‘compensation’ when calculating an applicant’s pension. While the amounts of the respective revenues comprising ‘compensation’ may be determined through a collective bargaining agreement, subject to sec. 62.13 (9) (c) 3, Stats., this court cannot and will not look to the collective bargaining agreement for the definition of the term ‘compensation.’ ”
The motion for rehearing is denied, without costs.