Equina Taylor, CSC Docket No. 2019-1945
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of December 18, 2024, CSC Docket No. 2019-1945: discipline, penalty upheld. Equina Taylor, Cottage Training Technician, Vineland Developmental Center, Department of Human Services, removal, effective August 13, 2013, on charges of violating departmental policies
Commission decisions · Meeting of December 18, 2024
Equina Taylor, Cottage Training Technician, Vineland Developmental Center, Department of Human Services, removal, effective August 13, 2013, on charges of violating departmental policies regarding falsification, divulging confidential information and actual or attempted theft of State property.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- December 18, 2024, item A-6
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the removal.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- removal
- Recorded vote
- Allison Chris Myers (Yes), Dolores Gorczyca (Yes), Daniel W. O’Mullan (Yes), Diomedes Tsitouras (Yes), Christina Mongon (Recused)
- Title
- COTTAGE TRAINING TECHNICIAN
- Employer
- Human Services
- Chair at the time
- Allison Chris Myers, Acting Chairperson
- Official decision
- CSC's PDF
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
This docket at the Commission
- April 24, 2019, item B-19GrantedThe Civil Service Commission directed that this request be granted.
- December 18, 2024, item A-6Penalty upheldThe Civil Service Commission affirmed the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeal of Equina Taylor, Cottage Training Technician, Vineland Developmental Center, Department of Human Services, removal, effective August 13, 2013, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Catherine A. Tuohy (ALJ), who rendered her initial decision on November 18, 2024. No exceptions were filed.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the ALJ’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission, at its meeting on December 18, 2024 adopted the ALJ’s Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law and her recommendation to uphold the removal.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission finds that the action of the appointing authority in removing the appellant was justified. The Civil Service Commission therefore upholds that action and dismisses the appeal of Equina Taylor.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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