Gerrell Elliott City of Newark, CSC Docket No. 2020-696, 2020-1549
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of October 21, 2020, CSC Docket No. 2020-696: discipline, granted. Gerrell Elliott, Battalion Fire Captain, City of Newark, Department of Public Safety, six day and seven day suspensions, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee, incompetency, inefficie
Commission decisions · Meeting of October 21, 2020
Gerrell Elliott, Battalion Fire Captain, City of Newark, Department of Public Safety, six day and seven day suspensions, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee, incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, neglect of duty, misuse of public property, including motor vehicles and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- October 21, 2020, item A-2
- Outcome
- Granted
- ALJ's recommendation
- Grant the appointing authority’s motion for summary decision and dismiss the appeals with prejudice.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- 7 working day suspension
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-002 10-21-20.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 appeals of Gerrell Elliott, Battalion Fire Captain, City of Newark, Department of Public Safety, six day and seven day suspensions, on charges, were heard by Administrative Law Judge Margaret M. Monaco, who rendered her initial decision on September 22, 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 October 21, 2020, 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 affirms the Administrative Law J udge's granting of the appointing authority’s motion for summary decision and dismisses the appeals of Gerrell Elliott with prejudice.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in these matters. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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