Speer v. City of Joplin

FLANIGAN, Judge.

On November 10,1989, the City of Joplin terminated the employment of appellant Don Speer, a sergeant in the Joplin Police Department. Speer appealed to the Personnel Board of the City of Joplin, (the Board). The Board, after an evidentiary hearing, upheld the termination. Speer filed a petition for judicial review in the Circuit Court of Jasper County. The court entered judgment affirming the Board’s decision. Speer appeals.

Speer’s first point is that the Board erred in upholding his termination “because the City failed to present competent and substantial evidence that Speer…