Pearl v. Lomelo

HERSEY, Judge.

This case presents the classic example of an internecine struggle between the executive and legislative branches of the government of a municipality to control its purse strings. The precise issue is whether the mayor or the city council of the City of Sunrise ultimately establishes the city’s budget.

The mayor, appellee here, prepared and submitted to the city council a proposed budget for the 1981-82 fiscal year. The city council amended the budget in several material respects and then adopted the amended budget by ordinance. The mayor then vetoed the ordinance, whereupon his…