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ANGEL SOTO, CSC Docket No. 2025-697

NJ Civil Service Commission decision of April 30, 2025, CSC Docket No. 2025-697: discipline, dismissed. Angel Soto, Assistant Supervising Mechanic, Jersey City, Department of Public Works, 10 working day suspension, on charges of insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public employee, neglect of duty

Commission decisions · Meeting of April 30, 2025

Angel Soto, Assistant Supervising Mechanic, Jersey City, Department of Public Works, 10 working day suspension, on charges of insubordination, conduct unbecoming a public employee, neglect of duty, misuse of public property and other sufficient cause.

Matter
Discipline
Decided
April 30, 2025, item A-7
Outcome
Dismissed
ALJ's recommendation
Dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
What the Commission did with it
Adopted the ALJ's recommendation
Penalty appealed
10 working day suspension
Title
ASSISTANT SUPERVISING MECHANIC
Employer
Jersey City
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

BackgroundThe appeal of Assistant Supervising Mechanic, Jersey City, Department of Public Works, 10 working day suspension, on charges, was before Administrative Law Judge Matthew G. Miller (ALJ), who rendered his initial decision on April 3, 2025. 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 April 30, 2025, accepted the recommendation as contained in the attached ALJ's initial decision to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

ORDER

The Civil Service Commission dismisses the appeal of Angel Soto with prejudice.

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

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