City of North Pole v. Zabek

OPINION

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The City of North Pole (City) terminated Betty Zabek’s employment as a police dispatcher without providing a hearing. Zabek appealed this termination to the City’s personnel review board (PRB), which heard oral argument some months after the termination. The PRB later affirmed Zabek’s termination.

Zabek appealed to the superior court. The superior court found that Zabek’s termination violated her right to due process of law, and that the appeal before the PRB did not provide sufficient process to serve as a curative post-termination hearing. It…