Karen McDougald, CSC Docket No. 2022-2995
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of September 20, 2023, CSC Docket No. 2022-2995: discipline, penalty upheld. Karen McDougald, Human Services Specialist 2, Passaic County Board or Social Services, 20 working day suspension, on charges of violating the local government ethics law.
Commission decisions · Meeting of September 20, 2023
Karen McDougald, Human Services Specialist 2, Passaic County Board or Social Services, 20 working day suspension, on charges of violating the local government ethics law.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- September 20, 2023, item A-5
- Outcome
- Penalty upheld
- ALJ's recommendation
- Uphold the 20 working day suspension.
- What the Commission did with it
- Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- 20 working day suspension
- Title
- HUMAN SERVICES SPECIALIST 2
- Employer
- Passaic County
- 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 Karen McDougald, Human Services Specialist 2, Passaic County, Board of Social Services, 20 working day suspension, on charges, was heard by Administrative Law Judge Thomas R. Betancourt (ALJ), who rendered his initial decision on August 1, 2023. 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 September 20, 2023, accepted the recommendation 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 upholds that action and dismisses the appeal of Karen McDougald.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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