CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS, CSC Docket No. 2022-2083
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of October 11, 2023, CSC Docket No. 2022-2083: discipline, granted. Christopher Saunders, Repairer, Vineland Developmental Center, Department of Human Services, removal and resignation not in good standing, effective September 23, 2021, on charges of job abandonm
Commission decisions · Meeting of October 11, 2023
Christopher Saunders, Repairer, Vineland Developmental Center, Department of Human Services, removal and resignation not in good standing, effective September 23, 2021, on charges of job abandonment.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- October 11, 2023, item A-6
- Outcome
- Granted
- ALJ's recommendation
- Grant the appointing authority’s motion for summary decision and 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
- REPAIRER
- Employer
- Human Services
- Chair at the time
- Allison Chris Myers, Acting Chairperson
- Official decision
- CSC's 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 Christopher Saunders, Repairer, Vineland Developmental Center, Department of Human Services, removal and resignation not in good standing, effective September 23, 2021, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Kathleen M. Calemmo (ALJ), who rendered her initial decision on September 8, 2023. Exceptions were filed on behalf of the appellant.
AnalysisHaving considered the record and the ALu’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, including a thorough review of the exceptions, the Civil Service Commission (Commission), at its meeting of October 11, 2023, accepted and adopted the ALJ’s recommendation to grant the appointing authority’s motion for summary decision and uphold the removal and resignation not in good standing.
The Commission makes the following comments. The appellant’s exceptions present arguments as to why the matter should proceed to a hearing similar to those presented to the ALJ. For the reasons set forth in the ALJ’s initial decision, the Commission finds those arguments unpersuasive and do not present any material issues of fact that require this matter to proceed to a full hearing. In this regard, based on the facts in the record, the Commission finds that the appointing authority acted in a reasonable fashion in this matter.
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 Christopher Saunders.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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