Lance Bennette, CSC Docket No. 2021-1628
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of October 12, 2022, CSC Docket No. 2021-1628: discipline, penalty upheld. Lance Bennette, Construction and Maintenance Technician 5, Department of Transportation, six working day suspension, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient
Commission decisions · Meeting of October 12, 2022
Lance Bennette, Construction and Maintenance Technician 5, Department of Transportation, six working day suspension, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- October 12, 2022, item A-3
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the six working day suspension.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- 6 working day suspension
- Employer
- Transportation
- Chair at the time
- Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
- Official decision
- Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A003 BENNETTE LANCE.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 Lance Bennette, Construction and Maintenance Technician 5, six working day suspension, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Joan M. Burke (ALJ), who rendered her initial decision on September 12, 2022. 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 of October 12, 2022, accepted and adopted the Findings of Fact and Conclusion as contained in the attached ALJ’s initial decision.
ORDER
The Civil Service Commission finds that the action of the appointing authority in suspending the appellant was justified. The Commission therefore affirms that action and dismisses the appeal of Lance Bennette.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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