Board of Commissioners v. Levetan

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

This case arises out of a dispute among DeKalb County’s elected officials. Liane Levetan, chief executive officer of DeKalb County, brought this declaratory judgment action against the county’s board of commissioners to determine the validity of two ordinances adopted by the commission over Levetan’s veto. The trial court invalidated the ordinances, holding that they improperly shift executive and administrative powers to the commission in violation of DeKalb County’s Organizational Act. Because the budgeting ordinance is, in part, a legitimate exercise of the…