Arguments in a lawsuit from retired police officials against Butler City were rehashed Thursday in court for Common Pleas Judge Michael Yeager, who is expected to make a decision in the case.

Ronald Brown, former city police chief, and David Adam, former deputy chief, retired in 2018 after they worked in the department for 28 years.

In April, they sued the city and demanded about $62,000 combined for lost compensation time, pensions and personal days. In the lawsuits, Adam and Brown claim the city breached its contracts with them by miscalculating their individual pensions and compensation for overtime, adding that both were entitled to payment for unused sick and vacation days. The city is represented by Tom Breth and members of the law firm Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham. The retired officers are represented by Al Lindsay and his law firm.

Since April, the two sides have gone back and forth, arguing their points in legal filings. On Thursday, those arguments were brought before Yeager.

“The law shows they're not entitled to any additional payment,” said Jordan Shuber, an associate with the law firm Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham. “The city of Butler thanks you both for your work, and you've been properly paid for those services.”

Nathan Fulk, an associate with Lindsay's law firm, argued his clients should have been given severance pay based on their highest income, not the reduced income they were making when they retired.

“We just want to enforce the agreement,” Fulk said.

Shuber said the city paid what the two were owed, and that there is no reason to pay them at their highest income since that amount was reduced before their retirement.

“The plaintiffs may need a refresher course on how local government works,” Shuber said.

Yeager said he would consider both sides and later come to a decision in the case.

Afterward, Shuber said the purpose of the hearing was to show that Adam and Brown received their full compensation. He said the disagreement came from the income value. Adam and Brown want to be paid based on the income they were receiving before their salary was reduced in January 2018 under the new ordinance.

“They got what they deserved,” Shuber said.