HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Official Keeps Two Public Jobs-1981/1988 City official keeps
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Sheetz. The annual selection of a
By Sid Rirehheimer law firm had been scheduled for a
OF THe SENTINEL STAFF vote Tuesday night.
�m The new city attorney, Frank
WINTER SPRINGS — Lawyers Rruppenbacher, took over imme-
have been telling city officials for diately and was asked to do yet.
months that Commissioner Mau- another review of the law. Boyd.
reen Boyd is violating the Florida offered to abstain from voting
Constitution by holding two pub- with the commission until the
lic offices simultaneously. lawyer gives his report, and a>,
After the city attorney men- cepted his suggestion that she sit,
tioned it Tuesday night — the in the audience for the rest of the
third time since July — city corn- meeting.
missioners acted quickly. They as Io ca see,defended Boyd o"As far can hired a new attorney.
Florida Attorney General Jim he said. He said the opinion on
Smith and at least three other Boyd was not the primary reason
lawyers have said that Boyd, 30, for the change in law firms. 1.
cannot be a commissioner and Boyd has been a city commis-
also hold a reserve police officer's stoner since 1979, making $1,200
job she took in September. a year. As a reserve officer for the
The constitution prohibits a Winter Park Police Departmen£
person from holding more than she works 16 hours a month and
one state, county or municipal of- is paid only for expenses.
fice at the same time. Boyd's police supervisor.
"A city commissioner is clearly Inspector Paul Aureck, said he
a municipal officer," Smith told doesn't believe there's any prob1
former Winter Springs City Attor- lem with Boyd's holding the
ney Al Cook in an Oct. 22 letter. police job because She has no tin
"And previous opinions of this of- flu ence whatsoever in this
fice have indicated that a munici- community."
pal policeman is an officer within However, Boyd is scheduled,to
the scope of this constitutional be promoted on Dec. 2 to 00l.
provision" time status at an annual salary9t
"That's just one opinion and I'm about$15,000.
not giving either job o until Like Elections
judge sys I have to," Boyd d aid pervisor Dorothy Glisson said she
"Or unless the city commission considers police officers to be Jn-
asks me to step down." eluded within the category of pt
City Attorney John Sunner, lic officials' who must resign to
who took over for Cook two seek another elected office or who
months ago, presented commis- cannot hold two public jobs at the
sioners Tuesday night with a same time. Cook and
three-page memorandum concur- SBesidees Snit for the Flo
ring with Smith. of Cities also has ad
On Mayor John Ttrensvo d mo-5 League
too commissioners ceS then voted 6 Boyd that she should step d,;
to 0 to replace Banner's law firm from one of her public jobs.
of Morrison and Jones pe with and Reporter Geri Throne contrahle
firm of Hamilton, ed to this story.
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