CITY OF SWEETWATER v. PENEDO

No. 85-2440.

485 So.2d 34 (1986)

CITY OF SWEETWATER, Florida, a Municipal Corporation, Joaquin Cortera, Ronald Mitro, Irain Gonzalez, Jose Merita, Isidoro C. Cuevas, Antonio Duran and Hugo Alvarez, As Members of the City Council of the City of Sweetwater, Florida, Appellants, v. Armando A. PENEDO, As Mayor of the City of Sweetwater, Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gus Efthimiou, Jr. and C.P. "Dick" Lantz, for appellants.

Robert M. Brake, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, HENDRY and NESBITT, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

We agree with the trial court that the City Council of Sweetwater lacks power, without a vote of the electorate, to alter the existing authority of the Mayor over the police chief of the municipality. Art. VIII, § 6(e), Fla. Const. of 1968 (incorporating Art. VIII, § 11(1)(g), Fla. Const. of 1885, as amended); Art. V, § 5.03, Metropolitan Dade County Charter; §§ 168.01, 166.01-.02, 166.05, Fla. Stat. (1955); see also § 166...

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