CITY OF MADISONVILLE v. SISK

No. 89-CA-1225-S.

783 S.W.2d 885 (1990)

CITY OF MADISONVILLE; O.L. Lantaff, Mayor; George A. Moore II, Member of City Council; James "Buddy" Gill, Member of City Council; Norman Suthard, Member of City Council; D.W. Riley, Member of City Council; Bob G. Simmons, Member of City Council; Rudy Stone, Member of City Council; and City Council of Madisonville, Appellants, v. Mary Lou SISK, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron L. Hobgood, Madisonville, for appellants.

Ken S. Dean, Madisonville, for appellee.

Before EMBERTON, GUDGEL and WILHOIT, JJ.


GUDGEL, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Hopkins Circuit Court in a matter involving a city police officer's discharge from employment. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred by finding that the authority to terminate appellee's employment rested in the Madisonville City Council rather than in the city's mayor. We affirm.

For purposes of this appeal, the facts are not in controversy. Since Madisonville, a fourth-class...

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