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HUMBERTO VANEGAS, CSC Docket No. 2021-1177

NJ Civil Service Commission decision of October 6, 2021, CSC Docket No. 2021-1177: discipline, penalty upheld. Humberto Vanegas, Laborer 1, Township of North Bergen, Department of Public Property, removal effective November 22, 2020, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform dut

Commission decisions · Meeting of October 6, 2021

Humberto Vanegas, Laborer 1, Township of North Bergen, Department of Public Property, removal effective November 22, 2020, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public employee, neglect or duty, misuse of public property and other sufficient cause.

Matter
Discipline
Decided
October 6, 2021, item A-7
Outcome
Penalty upheld
ALJ's recommendation
Uphold the removal.
What the Commission did with it
Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
Penalty appealed
removal
Title
LABORER 1
Employer
North Bergen Township
Chair at the time
Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
Official decision
Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-007 10-6-21.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 appeal of Humberto Vanegas, Laborer 1, Township of North Bergen. Department of Parks and Public Property, removal effective November 22. 2020, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Kimberly A. Moss, who renderect her initial decision on September 8, 2021. 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 October 6. 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 removing the appellant was justified. The Commission therefore affirms that action and dismisses the appeal of Humberto Vanegas,

ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.

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