Kee v. Miami-Dade County

This is a petition for certiorari review of the affirmance by the circuit court, appellate division, of the county manager’s decision to reject the hearing examiner’s recommendation in an administrative proceeding involving public employee disciplinary matters. We deny the writ because the county manager has the complete discretion to determine the appropriate penalty where the hearing officer has decided that an offense requiring discipline was committed.

Petitioner, Walter Kee, III, drives a garbage truck for Miami-Dade County. On March 3, 1998, Kee had an accident in which he damaged a…