Civil Service Commission meeting, February 3, 2021
What the NJ Civil Service Commission decided on February 3, 2021: 15 matters, each with its outcome and decision.
Commission decisions · Regular meeting
The Civil Service Commission decided 15 matters at this meeting, with Deirdré L. Webster Cobb (Chairperson) presiding. 3 appeals were withdrawn.
Members present: Dolores Gorczyca, Daniel W. O’Mullan, Diomedes Tsitouras.
What came before the Commission
- Discipline: 4
- Removal from an eligible list: 3
- Discrimination, retaliation or State Policy: 2
- Bypass on a certification: 1
- Examination scoring or administration: 1
- Examination eligibility: 1
- Request for enforcement: 1
- Rule proposal or adoption: 1
- Petition for interim relief or a stay: 1
Every item
| Item | Matter | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-2 | TIMOTHY HUDDYTimothy Huddy, County Correctional Police Officer, Monmouth County, Department of Corrections and Youth Services, removal effective December 19, 2019, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficie… | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| A-3 | MICHAEL ISNERMichael Isner, County Correctional Police Officer, Camden County, Department of Corrections, removal effective January 27, 2017, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, conduct unbecoming a… | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| A-4 | MICHAEL JEAN BAPTISTEMichael Jean Baptiste, Truck Driver, Township of West Orange, Department of Public Works, removal effective October 25, 2019, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, conduct unbecoming a pu… | Discipline | Dismissed |
| A-5 | MONIQUE SMITHMonique Smith, Police Captain, Irvington Township, Department of Public Safety, six-month suspension on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause. | Discipline | Penalty modified |
| B-1 | D.Z.D.Z., represented by Luretha M. Stribling, Esq., appeals his rejection as a Correctional Police Officer candidate by the Department of Corrections and its request to remove his name from the eligible list for Correctiona… | Removal from an eligible list | Denied |
| B-2 | CARMINE LUNELLICarmine Lunelli, represented by Giovanna Giampa, Esq., appeals the decision to remove his name from the Correctional Police Officer (S9988A), Department of Corrections eligible list on the basis that he had an unsatisfac… | Removal from an eligible list | Granted |
| B-3 | CRAIG SIMKOCraig Simko, represented by Lori A. Dvorak, Esq., appeals the bypass of his name on the Sergeant, Campus Police (PS5057J), William Paterson University eligible list. He also petitions for relief from alleged reprisal. | Bypass on a certification | Denied |
| B-4 | CARL MOORE AND DAVID SHAWCarl Moore and David Shaw petition the Civil Service Commission to accept their untimely applications for the promotional examination for Crew Supervisor, Building Maintenance Programs (PS3334K), Department of Human Serv… | Examination scoring or administration | Granted |
| B-5 | DIANE KOVALDiane Koval appeals the determination of the Division of Agency Services, which found that, per the substitution clause for education, she did not meet the experience requirement for the promotional examination for Admin… | Examination eligibility | Granted |
| B-6 | O.C.O.C., represented by Donald A. DiGioia, Esq., petitions the Civil Service Commission (Commission) for enforcement of its final administrative determination In the Matter of O.C. (CSC, decided February 26, 2020), in which… | Request for enforcement | Granted in part |
| B-7 | M.D.M.D., an Assistant Supervisor of Recreation with the New Lisbon Developmental Center, Department of Human Services (DHS), appeals the decision of an Assistant Commissioner, DHS, which was unable to substantiate allegatio… | Discrimination, retaliation or State Policy | Sent back to the Office of Administrative Law |
| B-8 | E.L.E.L., a Training and Staff Development Officer, Department of Human Services (DHS), appeals the determination of the Assistant Commissioner, DHS, stating that the appellant failed to present sufficient evidence to suppor… | Discrimination, retaliation or State Policy | Denied |
| B-9 | COVID-19 TEMPORARY RULE RELAXATIONSProposed Notice of Adoption for Temporary Rule Relaxations and Modifications to various provisions of N.J.A.C. 4A in accordance with Section 6 of Executive Order 103, issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Rule proposal or adoption | Approved |
| B-10 | JEFFREY DESIMONEJeffrey DeSimone, represented by Ben Weathers, Esq., appeals his removal from the eligible list for Police Officer (S9999A), Lakewood Township on the basis that he falsified his preemployment application. | Removal from an eligible list | Granted |
| B-11 | JOHN DAVISJohn Davis, a Code Enforcement Officer with the City of Wildwood, represented by Louis M. Barbone, Esq., petitions the Civil Service Commission for relief of his immediate suspension and removal effective October 13, 202… | Petition for interim relief or a stay | Denied |