Las Vegas Police Protective Ass'n v. City of Las Vegas

OPINION

On November 5, 1968, a majority of the voters of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, through initiative process enacted an ordinance1 increasing the monthly wage of firefighters, retroactive to July 1, 1968, by not less than $144.00. The ordinance further provided, in any event firefighters were not to be paid less than police patrolmen. In City of Las Vegas v. Ackerman, 85 Nev. 493, 457 P.2d 525 (1969), this court not only found the ordinance to be constitutionally sound, but that the electorate of Las Vegas had the power to enact the ordinance in its present form.

On August 8, 1969, the…