City of Hollywood v. Fielding

DAUKSCH, Judge.

Before us is an appeal from a Writ of Mandamus.

The Civil Service Act of the City of Hollywood 1 sets out the procedure an employee, the City and the Civil Service Board must follow when a discharged employee wants to appeal to the Board for his reinstatement. One of the requirements of the Act is that the Board “shall hear the appeal within thirty (30) days” from the filing of the appeal. Because the Board, for various reasons, was unable to obtain a quorum to hear Mr. Fielding’s appeal within the requisite thirty days the appeal was finally scheduled to be heard beyond the…