Ammend v. County of Isanti

I respectfully dissent. Whether an employee has been demoted from an employment position is a question of law. Gorecki v. Ramsey County, 437 N.W.2d 646, 649 (Minn.1989). The record indicates that the Isanti County Board of Commissioners makes all significant hiring, firing, and budgetary decisions. The board neither authorized Ammend’s alleged demotion from the chief deputy position nor created a new position for him. Moreover, after Souther-land became the sheriff Ammend continued to receive the chief deputy’s salary and benefits. The Commissioner erred in concluding that Southerland’s…