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CONTRACTS - Public employment: Waters v. City of Pioneer Village (COA 11/20/2009)

By Michael Stevens

Waters v. City of Pioneer Village
2008-CA-000837 11/20/09 2009 WL 3877596
Opinion by Judge Clayton; Judges Moore and VanMeter concurred.

The Court affirmed an order of the circuit court granting a judgment to the appellee city on its claim against appellant for breach of an employment contract.

The Court first held that KRS 70.290, which allows a law enforcement agency to require a newly appointed officer to enter into an employment contract for no longer than three years from the date of graduation from the Criminal Justice Training Academy, did not prohibit the city from seeking repayment of the amounts owed under the contract. The statute did not provide the sole means of reimbursement to the City for expended training costs. While the statute placed a duty on an agency to pay the agency that paid for the training, it did not place a duty on the first agency to obtain the payment from the second.

The Court then held that because the City was entitled to be reimbursed under the employment contract, rather than under the statute, the amount recovered was properly calculated pursuant to the contract.

Full post as published by Kentucky Cases on January 13, 2010 (boomark / email).