MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE v. POLICE DEPT.

Nos. S-4044, S-4151.

839 P.2d 1080 (1992)

MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE, Appellant, v. ANCHORAGE POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, and International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1264, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David T. Jones, Perkins Coie, Anchorage, for appellant.

R. Brooke Holstedt, Aitchison, Hoag, Vick & Tarantino, Salem, Oregon, and Mary-Ellen Zalewski, Lane, Powell, Spears & Lubersky, Anchorage, for appellee Anchorage Police Dept. Employees Ass'n.

Charles A. Dunnagan, and James A. Gasper, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, P.C., Anchorage, for appellee Intern. Ass'n of Fire Fighters, Local 1264.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

INTRODUCTION

The primary question raised in this appeal is whether the Municipality of Anchorage's Code, which provides for final and binding interest arbitration,1 constitutes an unconstitutional delegation of the Municipality's legislative power to an arbitrator.2

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

The facts are undisputed. In 1975, the Municipality of Anchorage ...

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