Dowdell v. Fitzgibbon

Dillard, Judge.

In this discretionary appeal, Mark Dowdell appeals from the Superior Court of Fulton County’s reversal of a decision by the Fulton County Personnel Board (“the Board”) to suspend his employment with the Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors rather than terminate him. Dowdell argues on appeal that the superior court erred in (1) concluding that the Board had made an “indirect” finding as to his violation of the personnel regulation at issue, (2) holding that the Board lacked the authority to reduce a termination to a suspension, and (3) holding that the Board lacked discretion to…