Victoria Alberto, CSC Docket No. 2017-3992
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of July 21, 2021, CSC Docket No. 2017-3992: discipline, penalty upheld. Victoria Alberto, et al., Bergen County Police Officers (various levels), Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, layoffs effective June 26, 2017, for reasons of economy or efficiency.
Commission decisions · Meeting of July 21, 2021
Victoria Alberto, et al., Bergen County Police Officers (various levels), Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, layoffs effective June 26, 2017, for reasons of economy or efficiency.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- July 21, 2021, item A-2
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the layoffs.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-002 7-21-21.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 Victoria Alberto, et al., Police Officers (various levels), Bergen County Sheriffs Office, of the good faith of their layoffs effective June 26, 2017, for reasons of economy or efficiency, was heard by Acting Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge Ellen S. Bass, who rendered her initia] decision on June 3, 2021. Exceptions and replies were filed on behalf of both parties.
It is noted that 44 employees appealed the good faith of their layoffs. However, 26 appellants withdrew their appeals.!
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the Administrative Law Judge’s initial decision, as well as the exceptions and replies, which do not merit discussion, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission, at its meeting on July 21, 2021, 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 laying off the appellants for reasons of economy or efficiency was
1 ‘Phe remaining 18 appellants are: Daniel Antinori, Matthew Bartlett, Gary Bendit, Frank Caneja, Jacek Demezuk, Alexander Echevarria, Peter Flannery, Justin Garcia, Michael Marciniak, Vincent Mayo, William McMonigle, Jeremiah Nayda, Joseph Pride, Bruce Reed, Ronald Salzano, Wendy Tinio, Christopher Tinio and Dario Vargas.
justified. The Commission therefore affirms that action and dismisses the appeals of Victoria Alberto, et al.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in these matters. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial! forum.
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