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Carolyn Whitehead — Policy, CSC Docket No. 2021-534

NJ Civil Service Commission decision of October 6, 2021, CSC Docket No. 2021-534: discipline, penalty upheld. Carolyn Whitehead, Assistant Zoning Officer, City of East Orange, Department of Policy, Planning and Development, removal and resignation not in good standing, effective July 23, 2020, on ch

Commission decisions · Meeting of October 6, 2021

Carolyn Whitehead, Assistant Zoning Officer, City of East Orange, Department of Policy, Planning and Development, removal and resignation not in good standing, effective July 23, 2020, on charges of file:///C/Users/rwolinsk.NJCSC/Desktop/meetings/meetings/minutes/100621m.html[12/16/2024 4:53:41 PM] Civil Service Commission | Meeting Minutes of October 6, 2021 insubordination and job abandonment.

Matter
Discipline
Decided
October 6, 2021, item A-8
Outcome
Penalty upheld
ALJ's recommendation
Uphold the removal and resignation not in good standing.
What the Commission did with it
Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
Penalty appealed
resignation not in good standing
Title
ASSISTANT ZONING OFFICER
Employer
East Orange
Chair at the time
Deirdre L. Webster Cobb, Chairperson
Official decision
Published by CSC in its monthly archive bundle (A-008 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 Carolyn Whitehead, Assistant Zoning Officer, City of East Orange, Department of Policy, Planning and Development, removal and resignation not in good standing, effective July 23, 2020, on charges. was heard bs Administrative Law Judge Julio C. Morejon, who rendered his initial decision on September 1, 2021. Exceptions were filed by the appellant.

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 and resigning the appellant not in good standing was justified. The Commission therefore affirms that action and dismisses the appeal of Carolyn Whitehead.

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

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