City of Coffeyville v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 1523

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is an appeal from the district court’s review of an administrative decision made by the Public Employee Relations Board of the State of Kansas (PERB). The case was decided on briefs and supporting documents submitted by the parties. We hold that the issue is moot and dismiss the appeal.

Appellee City of Coffeyville, Kansas, (City) had contracts with a number of unions. It was renegotiating the contracts and had successfully renegotiated most of the contracts.

Highly summarized, the City had fired an employee who was on the bargaining team…