CITY OF AVON PARK v. STATE

No. 2D12-3978.

117 So.3d 470 (2013)

CITY OF AVON PARK, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee, and Michael Rowan, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald T. Buhr of Gerald T. Buhr, P.A., Odessa; and Brian Koji and Shaina Thorpe of Allen Norton & Blue, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Jerry Hill , State Attorney, and Victoria J. Avalon , Assistant State Attorney, Bartow, for Appellee State of Florida.

Robert H. Grizzard, II , Lakeland, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Michael Rowan.


CASANUEVA, Judge.

On October 19, 2011, the City of Avon Park terminated Michael Rowan's employment as Chief of Police, and Mr. Rowan contests his termination in a pending administrative proceeding. The parties contend that an issue in that proceeding will be Mr. Rowan's actions as Chief of Police in investigating certain members of the Avon Park City Council. An investigator with the State Attorney's Office for the Tenth Judicial Circuit had conducted an investigation...

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