Iowa City Ass'n of Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 610 v. Iowa Public Employment Relations Board

LARSON, Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal involving disputes between the Iowa City Association of Professional Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 610 (union), and the City of Iowa City concerning the negotiability of two contract proposals by the union. The Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) ruled that the proposals were permissive, rather than mandatory, subjects of bargaining under Iowa Code section 20.9 (1993). On judicial review, the district court ruled against the union on one of its proposals and against the City on the other. The union appealed and PERB and the City cross-appealed.…