City of Aurora v. Aurora Firefighters' Protective Ass'n

There is here involved Article XIV of the Charter of the city of Aurora, a Home Rule city. Article XIV was adopted by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the city on November 5, 1974.11t grants to the members of the Aurora Fire Department the rights to bargain collectively and to have unresolved issues submitted to arbitration. Most of the arguments presented to the trial court and here have been resolved by Greeley Police Union v. City Council of Greeley, 191 Colo. 419, 553 P.2d 790, which was announced on August 23, 1976, after all but supplemental briefs had been filed here. As in…