Kloss v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners

While I agree with the majority that the jurisdictional issues raised are without merit and that the decision of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the village of Mundelein that plaintiff, Gerard Kloss, violated certain provisions of the Board’s rules was not against the manifest weight of the evidence, I dissent from that portion of the opinion which holds that Kloss’ misconduct did not constitute sufficient cause for discharge. Recently, our supreme court in Sutton v. Civil Service Com. (1982), 91 Ill. 2d 404, considered the role of the court when reviewing a decision of an…