Butler will pay a full pension to a police officer who was fired in January from the department.

Ronald Fundark II was dismissed for an undisclosed wrongdoing on Jan. 28 after more than 19 years with the department.

City council Tuesday night agreed to the pension proposal.

“The pension was earned during his 19-and-a-half years of service, and on that basis the city did not feel it was appropriate for him to forfeit his pension,” said city solicitor Jim Coulter.

Mayor Tom Donaldson would not comment Wednesday on the dismissal of Fundark, who was a sergeant when he was fired.

The council Tuesday agreed to grant Fundark, 48, a full pension once he turns 50.

For a Butler police officer to receive a full pension, the officer must have worked for at least 20 years and be 50 years old.

Should Fundark agree to the terms, he would have to buy five months and 24 days of time to reach his required 20 years for a full pension.

Fundark’s salary was around $62,000 a year. With a full pension, he would get half of that annually for the rest of his life. The pension is in lieu of Social Security.

Coulter said that while Fundark has not yet agreed to the terms, his contacts in the police department have indicated that he will do that.