City of Tukwila v. Todd

The City of Tukwila and the seven members of the Tukwila City Council brought this action against Tukwila Mayor Frank Todd, City Clerk Shirlee Kinney, and City Treasurer Mabel J. Harris, to enjoin them from increasing salaries of certain city employees above levels set in the 1975 Tukwila annual budget. The City was dismissed as a party, but before trial the complaint was amended to request authorization for it to pay the fees of private attorneys which the city council had retained to prosecute the action. The trial court granted the injunction, ordered the return of salary increases already…