Franklin Sosa, CSC Docket No. 2024-165
NJ Civil Service Commission decision of August 14, 2024, CSC Docket No. 2024-165: discipline, settlement acknowledged. Franklin Sosa, County Correctional Police Officer, Hudson County, Department of Corrections, 75 working day suspension, on charges of insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public em
Commission decisions · Meeting of August 14, 2024
Franklin Sosa, County Correctional Police Officer, Hudson County, Department of Corrections, 75 working day suspension, on charges of insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public employee, neglect of duty and other sufficient cause.
- Matter
- Discipline
- Decided
- August 14, 2024, item A-7
- Outcome
- Settlement acknowledged
- ALJ's recommendation
- Grant the appellant’s motion for summary decision and reverse the 75 working day suspension.
- What the Commission did with it
- Rejected the ALJ's recommendation
- Penalty appealed
- 75 working day suspension
- Title
- COUNTY CORRECTIONAL POLICE OFFICER
- Employer
- Hudson County
- Chair at the time
- Allison Chris Myers, Acting Chairperson
- Official decision
- CSC's PDF
Action recorded in the minutes: The Civil Service Commission rejected the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge and acknowledged the settlement.
This docket at the Commission
- July 24, 2024, item A-3Held over to a later meetingThe Civil Service Commission held this matter.
- August 14, 2024, item A-7Settlement acknowledgedThe Civil Service Commission rejected the recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge and acknowledged the settlement.
The decision
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BackgroundThe appeal of Franklin Sosa, County Correctional Police Officer, Hudson County, Department of Corrections, 75 working day suspension, on charges, was before Administrative Law Judge William Courtney (ALJ), who rendered his initial summary decision on June 11, 2024.
Administrative Law JudgeIn his initial summary decision, the ALJ recommended dismissing the charges and awarding counsel fees based on the appointing authority's failure to provide discovery. Subsequent to the Civil Service Commission’s (Commission) consideration of this matter, the parties indicated that they reached a settlement disposing of all issues in controversy. Upon reviewing the settlement, the Commission finds that it complies with Civil Service law and rules. Accordingly, as the parties have amicably resolved this matter, the Commission, at its meeting on August 14, 2024, rejected the ALd’s initial decision and acknowledged the attached settlement.
ORDER,
The Civil Service Commission, at its meeting of August 14, 2024, rejected the ALJ's initial decision and acknowledged the settlement in the above matter.
ClosingThis is the final administrative determination in this matter. Any further review should be pursued in a judicial forum.
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