Patterson v. Linn

KONENKAMP, Justice (on reassignment).

[¶ 1.] By statute, the mayor in an alder-manic-governed municipality has the authority to remove officers the mayor appointed. Clifford L. Linn, the mayor of Sturgis, summarily fired the city finance officer during her one-year term. The city has a personnel policy outlining legal procedures for discharging employees, but it was not followed. The finance officer brought suit. In granting summary judgment for the mayor and the city, the circuit court concluded that even if the personnel policy applied, it could not override the statute empowering the mayor…