Christian Hernandez, CSC Docket No. 2023-981
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of February 1, 2023, CSC Docket No. 2023-981: certification or appointment, granted. Christian Hernandez appeals the removal of his name on the certification for Fire Fighter (OL220391) for failure to appear for the Physical Performance Test portion of the examin
Commission decisions · Meeting of February 1, 2023
Christian Hernandez appeals the removal of his name on the certification for Fire Fighter (OL220391) for failure to appear for the Physical Performance Test portion of the examination for Fire Fighter (M1809W), Camden.
- Matter
- Certification or appointment
- Decided
- February 1, 2023, item B-1
- Outcome
- Granted
- Title
- FIRE FIGHTER
- Employer
- Camden City
- Examination
- M1809W
- Chair at the time
- Allison Chris Myers, Acting Chairperson
- Official decision
- CSC's PDF
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission directed that this appeal be granted.
Rules this decision applies
The decision
BackgroundChristian Hernandez appeals the removal of his name on the certification for Fire Fighter (OL220391) for failure to appear for the Physical Performance Test (PPT) portion of the examination for Fire Fighter (M1809W), Camden.
By way of background, the eligible list for Fire Fighter (M1809W), Camden, was promulgated on March 29, 2019 and expires on March 28, 2023. The OL220391 certification, dated April 5, 2022, contained 40 names and was disposed on October 27, 2022. The appellant was removed from the certification for failure to show for the PPT. Nonetheless, the appellant was admitted to the examination, and had taken and passed the PPT on August 16, 2022.
CONCLUSION
RuleN.J.A.C. 4A:4-3.4(a) provides that the Civil Service Commission (Commission) may revive an expired eligible list to implement a court order in a suit filed prior to the expiration of the list; to implement an order of the Commission in an appeal or proceeding instituted during the life of the list; to correct an administrative error; to effect the appointment of an eligible whose working test period was terminated by a layoff; or other good cause.
AnalysisIn the instant matter, the central issue involves an apparent administrative error in removing the appellant’s name from the certification. The appellant was removed for failure to appear for the PPT, when in fact, he had done so and passed. Due to these unique circumstances, the appellant’s name shall be restored to the eligible list for Fire Fighter (M1809W), Camden, and should that list not be certified prior to its expiration date, it should be revived at the time of the next certification of the subsequent list allow his name to be considered for prospective appointment.
ORDER
Therefore, it is ordered that Christian Hernandez’s name be restored to the eligible list for Fire Fighter (M1809W) Camden. If there is no certification of that list prior to its expiration on March 28, 2023, that list shall be revived at the time of the next certification of the subsequent list to allow the appellant to be considered for prospective appointment.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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