Mayor Nutter's administration announced today it will not appeal a court ruling that ordered the city to pay millions into the firefighters union's cash-strapped healthcare fund.
Nutter said in a statement that he disagrees with the ruling, which calls for a $6.2 million lumpsum payment to the fund as well as increased monthly payments, but is going along with it because it is "in effect a split decision and only temporary in nature."
"We have concluded that it's more important for the Commonwealth Court to focus on the merits of the City's appeal than on this order, which has only temporary effect," Nutter said. "Should the City prevail in its appeal, the City will recover the money paid to the health fund under this order."
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