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Grant Ginsburg, CSC Docket No. 2025-1504

NJ Civil Service Commission decision of April 29, 2026, CSC Docket No. 2025-1504: discipline, dismissed. Grant Ginsburg, a Public Safety Telecommunicator with the Township of Aberdeen, Department of Public Safety, appeals his six working day suspension, effective January 6, 2025, on the charge of a

Commission decisions · Meeting of April 29, 2026

Grant Ginsburg, a Public Safety Telecommunicator with the Township of Aberdeen, Department of Public Safety, appeals his six working day suspension, effective January 6, 2025, on the charge of a violation of a General Order.

Matter
Discipline
Decided
April 29, 2026, item A-4
Outcome
Dismissed
ALJ's recommendation
Dismiss the appeal for the appellant’s failure to appear.
What the Commission did with it
Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
Penalty appealed
6 working day suspension
Title
PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATOR
Employer
Aberdeen Township
Chair at the time
Mary Cruz, 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 Grant Ginsburg, a Public Safety Telecommunicator with the Township of Aberdeen, Department of Public Safety,! of his six working day suspension, effective January 6, 2025, on charges, was before Administrative Law Judge Joseph A. Ascione (ALJ), who rendered his initial decision on March 24, 2026. No exceptions were filed.

AnalysisHaving considered the record and the attached ALJ’s initial decision, and having made an independent evaluation of the record, the Civil Service Commission, at its meeting on April 29, 2026, affirmed the ALJ’s determination to dismiss the appeal for the appellant’s failure to appear at a scheduled conference.

ORDER

The Civil Service Commission, therefore, dismisses the appeal of Grant Ginsburg.

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

1 Agency records indicate that the appellant was serving in the Department of Public Safety and not the Department of Public Works.

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