Michael Meffen Bergen County Vicinage, CSC Docket No. 2018-2903
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of April 17, 2019, CSC Docket No. 2018-2903: discipline, penalty upheld. Michael Meffen, Investigator, Bergen Vicinage, Judiciary, removal effective March 30, 2018 on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause.
Commission decisions · Meeting of April 17, 2019
Michael Meffen, Investigator, Bergen Vicinage, Judiciary, removal effective March 30, 2018 on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- April 17, 2019, item A-2
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the removal.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- removal
- Employer
- Judiciary
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-002 4-17-19.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 appeal of Michael Meffen, Investigator, Bergen County Vicinage, Judiciary, removal effective March 30, 2018, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Andrew M. Baron, who rendered his initial decision on March 7, 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 April 17, 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 removing the appellant was justified. The Commission therefore affirms that action and dismisses the appeal of Michael Meffen.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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