William Rusk, CSC Docket No. 2021-1507
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of November 17, 2021, CSC Docket No. 2021-1507: discipline, penalty upheld. William Rusk, Jr., Truck Driver, Gloucester City, Utilities Department, removal effective January 14, 2021, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, conduct
Commission decisions · Meeting of November 17, 2021
William Rusk, Jr., Truck Driver, Gloucester City, Utilities Department, removal effective January 14, 2021, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- November 17, 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
- Employer
- Gloucester City
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-007 11-17-21.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 William Rusk, Jr., Truck Driver, Gloucester City, Utilities Department, removal effective January 14, 2021, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Sarah H. Surgent, who rendered her initial decision on October 12, 2021. No exceptions were filed.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the ALJ’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, including a thorough review of the submissions of the parties, the Civil Service Commission, at its meeting of November 17, 2021, accepted and adopted the Findings of Fact and Conclusion as contained in the attached ALd’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 William Rusk, Jr.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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