Key legal question
Whether the municipality's appeal against the departmental dismissal of the salary-reduction case was admissible and well-founded.
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible only insofar as the municipality challenged the costs; on the merits, the dismissal for mootness was upheld because no current protected interest remained after the employment ended.
Extracted reasoning
Once the employment relationship ended and no salary claims remained, the municipality no longer had a current legal interest in the salary-reduction decision. Any later pecuniary dispute would have to be pursued by administrative action, not by keeping the appeal pending.