Tucker v. Personnel Board of City of Dothan

THIGPEN, Judge.

Inspectors in the Engineering Department (Employees) of the City of Dothan (City) filed grievances with the Personnel Board of *9the City of Dothan, Alabama (Board), requesting that they be paid the same salary as fire prevention officers in the Fire Department. After a hearing, the Board denied the Employees’ requests. The Employees appealed that decision to the circuit court. The Board filed a motion to dismiss, alleging that the appeal was untimely. The trial court granted the motion to dismiss.

The Employees appeal, contending that § 33 of the Civil Service Act of Dothan, 1992…