Robert Palubinskas City of Asbury Park, CSC Docket No. 2015-3157, 2016-616, 2016-617
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of October 23, 2019, CSC Docket No. 2015-3157: discipline, penalty upheld. Robert Palubinskas, Housing Inspector, City of Asbury Park, Department of Building and Housing, 15 working day suspension, 20 working day suspension and removal effective May 7, 2015, on c
Commission decisions · Meeting of October 23, 2019
Robert Palubinskas, Housing Inspector, City of Asbury Park, Department of Building and Housing, 15 working day suspension, 20 working day suspension and removal effective May 7, 2015, on charges of insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public employee, misuse of public property and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- October 23, 2019, item A-4
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the 15 and 20 working day suspensions and removal.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- 15 working day suspension
- Penalty after the decision
- 20 working day suspension
- Title
- HOUSING INSPECTOR
- Employer
- Asbury Park City
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-004 10-23-19.pdf)
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeals of Robert Palubinskas, Housing Inspector, City of Asbury Park, Department of Building and Housing, of his 15 and 20 working day suspensions and removal effective May 7, 2015, on charges, were heard by Administrative Law Judge Patricia M. Kerins, who rendered her initial decision on September 17, 2019. No exceptions were filed.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the Administrative Law Judge's initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission (Commission), at its meeting of October 23, 2019, accepted and adopted the Findings of Fact and Conclusion as contained in the attached Administrative Law Judge’s initial decision.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission finds that the action of the appointing authority in suspending and removing the appellant was justified. The Commission therefore affirms those actions and dismisses the appeals of Robert Palubinskas.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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