City Council of Sparta v. Patterson

Sognier, Judge.

T. M. Patterson, Sr., Mayor of Sparta, Georgia, brought this action against the City Council of Sparta and its individual members (collectively “the City Council”) seeking a declaratory judgment as to the mayor’s authority under the Charter of the City of Sparta (City Charter) to hire a secretary for his office. In Patterson v. City Council of Sparta, 175 Ga. App. 819 (334 SE2d 725) (1985), we affirmed the trial court’s judgment in favor of the City Council that the mayor has no authority to hire a secretary. While the appeal in Patterson was pending, the trial court ordered,…