STATE OF MAINE MAINE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Case No. 94-IR-01 Issued: December 6, 1993 ___________________________________ ) CITY OF BANGOR, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) and ) DECISION DENYING PETITION ) FOR INTERPRETIVE RULING BANGOR FIRE FIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION, ) LOCAL 772, IAFF, AFL-CIO-CLC, ) ) Bargaining Agent. ) ___________________________________) On September 16, 1993, the City of Bangor filed a request for interpretive ruling with the Maine Labor Relations Board (Board), pursuant to 26 M.R.S.A. 968(3) (1988) and Board Rule 7.09, requesting that the Board reconsider that portion of its August 9, 1993, Decision and Order which ordered that: 3. The City must reimburse Firefighters represented by the Association, with interest, for any addi- tional post-expiration expenditures for HMO or traditional insurance coverage which employees have made as a result of the uncontemplated reduction of total traditional health insurance costs and the City's contribution thereto. On August 25, 1993, the City appealed the Board's Decision and Order to the Superior Court in accordance with 26 M.R.S.A. 968(5)(F) (Supp. 1992). In that appeal the City requests the Court "reverse and modify" the Board's order, "affirm the City's actions regarding employee contribution towards the cost of their health insurance, order the MLRB to defer to said arbitration award . . . and grant such other ruling as [the] Court deems necessary." Although the Board possesses the inherent authority to reconsider its decisions and orders in appropriate circumstances, the issues requested to be reconsidered here concern matters now -1- pending judicial review. Moreover, the petition does not request detemination of prospective rights, obligations or liabilities of the parties which have not already been specified in the Board's Decision and Order. See Rule 7.09. Accordingly, the City's Petition must be and hereby is denied. Issued this 6th day of December, 1993. MAINE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD /s/______________________________ Peter T. Dawson Chair /s/______________________________ George W. Lambertson Employee Representative /s/______________________________ Eben B. Marsh Alternate Employer Representative -2-