Atkinson v. Anne Arundel County

In 2002, the voters of Anne Arundel County adopted an amendment to the County Charter relating to the resolution by binding arbitration of collective bargaining impasses with the County’s law enforcement employees and uniformed firefighters. In 2003, the County Council adopted an ordinance implementing that Charter provision. In 2011, the County Council amended the 2003 ordinance to provide, inter alia, that binding arbitration did not require the Council “to appropriate funds or enact legislation necessary to implement a final written award” in arbitration. An uncodified section of the 2011…