Roberts v. Wayne County

I respectfully dissent. I believe that MCL 45.514(1)©; MSA 5.302(14X1)© of the charter counties act restricted defendants’ power to make the modifications which I believe clearly infringed on plaintiffs’ rights and status under the civil service system. This Court in Gray v Wayne Co, 148 Mich App 247, 253; 384 NW2d 141 (1986), lv den 426 Mich 872 (1986), declared that a charter county’s freedom to adopt procedures remains limited by, and subject to, legislative enactments. Simply, I agree with plaintiffs’ contention that it would make little sense for the Legislature in the first three…