Crowell v. City of Eastman

Benham, Judge.

In October 1983, the city manager of the City of Eastman appointed Crowell chief of police. There was no written contract of employment. Crowell was given a City of Eastman employee handbook which contained personnel policies and procedures adopted by the city council as an ordinance in 1978. The personnel policy ordinance provides that dismissals of employees may be appealed in writing to the city council. The ordinance also provides that department heads, a category which includes the chief of police, are not automatically included in the personnel policies, and that their…