Tell v. Broward County

OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge.

On this appeal from a declaratory judgment the issue is whether the Bro-ward County ordinance establishing a civil service system may validly provide for classifications to be excluded by subsequent resolution. We affirm the circuit court judgment upholding the validity of that provision,

Broward County is a charter county and, as such, its powers are derived from Article VIII, Sec. 1(g) of the Florida Constitution. See State v. Broward County, 468 So.2d 965 (Fla.1985). Relevant here is its charter provision that “[A]ll powers of the County shall be carried…