MATTHEW OLSEN, CSC Docket No. 2019-3587
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of August 19, 2020, CSC Docket No. 2019-3587: discipline, dismissed. Matthew Olsen, Highway Operations Technician 1, Department of Transportation, removal effective May 1, 2019, on charges of violation of federal regulations concerning drug and alcohol use and ot
Commission decisions · Meeting of August 19, 2020
Matthew Olsen, Highway Operations Technician 1, Department of Transportation, removal effective May 1, 2019, on charges of violation of federal regulations concerning drug and alcohol use and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- August 19, 2020, item A-2
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- ALJ's recommendation
- Dismiss the appeal for failure to appear.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- removal
- Recorded vote
- L. Webster Cobb (Yes), Dolores Gorczyca (Recused), Daniel W. O’Mullan (Yes), Diomedes Tsitouras (Yes)
- Title
- HIGHWAY OPERATIONS TECHNICIAN 1
- Employer
- Transportation
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-002 8-19-20.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 Matthew Olsen, Highway Operations Technician 1, Department of Transportation, removal effective May 1, 2019, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Edward J. Delanoy, Jr., who rendered his initial decision on July 16, 2020. 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, at its meeting on August 19, 2020, accepted and adopted the Conclusion as contained in the attached Administrative Law Judge's initial decision.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission dismisses the appeal based on the appellant’s failure to appear.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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