After a tumultuous few weeks Apopka city attorney Michael Rodriguez announced during Wednesday's City Council meeting that he was resigning. 

The decision comes after several Apopka city commissioners moved to fire him during two separate city council meetings over the last month. However, Mayor Bryan Nelson did not agree and told them they would need his vote to remove Rodriguez.

"At this point I have serious concerns about the directions this council is taking and the means of which certain things have been communicated. I ultimately fear that I can no longer ethically represent this council. I fear this council can be on the verge of conducting ultra vires action and I cannot remain as its city attorney. Therefore I am tendering my resignation so I can save you some money," Rodriguez said during the meeting. "I will make arrangements with the Human Resources director to finalize the matters. I will save you the time. I will assist in the transition to bring in a successor Council and I will basically tender my resignation and proceed forward pursuant to Florida State statutes."

At Wednesday's meeting, those same commissioners said they plan to seek an opinion about their vote to fire Rodriguez from the State Attorney General's Office. Rodriguez, however, announced he plans to finalize matters with the city leave his position.