Case Name: CITY OF SWEETWATER, Florida, a municipal corporation, Joaquin Cortera, Ronald Mitro, Irain Gonzalez, Jose Merita, Isidoro C. Cuevas, Antonio Duran and Hugo Alvarez, as members of the City Council of the City of Sweetwater, Florida, Appellants, v. Armando A. PENEDO, as Mayor of the City of Sweetwater, Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-03-18
Citations: 485 So. 2d 34
Docket Number: No. 85-2440
Parties: CITY OF SWEETWATER, Florida, a municipal corporation, Joaquin Cortera, Ronald Mitro, Irain Gonzalez, Jose Merita, Isidoro C. Cuevas, Antonio Duran and Hugo Alvarez, as members of the City Council of the City of Sweetwater, Florida, Appellants, v. Armando A. PENEDO, as Mayor of the City of Sweetwater, Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, HENDRY and NESBITT, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 485
Pages: 34–34

Head Matter:
CITY OF SWEETWATER, Florida, a municipal corporation, Joaquin Cortera, Ronald Mitro, Irain Gonzalez, Jose Merita, Isidoro C. Cuevas, Antonio Duran and Hugo Alvarez, as members of the City Council of the City of Sweetwater, Florida, Appellants, v. Armando A. PENEDO, as Mayor of the City of Sweetwater, Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-2440.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 18, 1986.
Rehearing Denied March 27, 1986.
Gus Efthimiou, Jr. and C.P. “Dick” Lantz, for appellants.
Robert M. Brake, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, HENDRY and NESBITT, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We agree with the trial court that the City Council of Sweetwater lacks power, without a vote of the electorate, to alter the existing authority of the Mayor over the police chief of the municipality. Art. VIII, § 6(e), Fla. Const, of 1968 (incorporating Art. VIII, § ll(l)(g), Fla. Const, of 1885, as amended); Art. V, § 5.03, Metropolitan Dade County Charter; § 168.01, 166.01-.02,166.05, Fla.Stat. (1955); see also § 166.021(3)(b), (4), Fla.Stat. (1985). Accordingly, the judgment below enjoining the enforcement of Emergency Ordinance Number 1621 is
Affirmed.
The time for filing a motion for rehearing is reduced to five days from this date.