VAUGHN v. CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS

No. 93-1873.

527 N.W.2d 411 (1994)

William H. VAUGHN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, and Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Roemerman and Susan E. Bennett of Crawford, Sullivan, Read, Roemerman & Brady, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

James M. Flitz, City Attorney's Office, Cedar Rapids, for appellees.

Heard by HAYDEN, P.J., and SACKETT and HABHAB, JJ.


HABHAB, Judge.

In 1980, the Cedar Rapids city council passed ordinance number 66-80 establishing the civil rights commission and describing its various duties and powers. The ordinance authorized the commission to "employ and dismiss" an executive director to serve at the will of the commission. The ordinance provided that expenses (including the appointment of the executive director) must first be approved by the city council.

In 1991, the commission selected...

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