Bosse v. Civil Service Commission of St. Louis

SMITH, Judge.

Plaintiffs are six employees of the City of St. Louis. They occupy management level jobs in the government of the City. They brought this suit to challenge the decision of the Civil Service Commission of St. Louis upholding the job grade levels into which plaintiffs were placed in October 1980 by their “appointing authorities.” The trial court upheld the action of the Civil Service Commission. We affirm.

Prior to 1980 the Charter of St. Louis limited salaries of municipal employees to $25,000. In 1980 an amendment to the Charter was passed by the electorate repealing that…