Civil Service Commission meeting, January 17, 2024
What the NJ Civil Service Commission decided on January 17, 2024: 16 matters, each with its outcome and decision.
Commission decisions · Regular meeting
The Civil Service Commission decided 16 matters at this meeting, with Allison Chris Myers (Chairperson) presiding. 1 appeal was withdrawn and 1 dismissed for failure to appear.
Members present: Delores Gorczyca, Daniel O’Mullan.
What came before the Commission
- Discipline: 5
- Removal from an eligible list: 3
- Discrimination, retaliation or State Policy: 2
- Counsel fees or back pay: 2
- Examination scoring or administration: 1
- Request for reconsideration: 1
- Other: 1
- Matter returned by a court: 1
Every item
| Item | Matter | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-2 | HOMERO ALMANZARHomero Almanzar, County Police Sergeant, Union County, Department of Public Safety, 120 working day suspension and demotion to County Police Officer, effective January 13, 2023, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency o… | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| A-3 | RUDOLPH BEURudolph Beu, Police Chief, Vineland, Police Department, removal, effective November 15, 2021, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee, discrimination that effects equal employment opportunity and other suffici… | Discrimination, retaliation or State Policy | Penalty reversed |
| A-4 | RICKEY DOOLEYRickie Dooley, Senior Correctional Police Officer, Southern State Correctional Facility, Department of Corrections, removal, effective February 25, 2021, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other suffi… | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| A-5 | PETER GOBELPeter Gobel, Laborer 1, Linden, Department of Public Property and Community Services, 20 and 40 working day suspensions, on charges of, incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, insubordination, chronic or… | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| A-6 | MUHAMMAD GONZALEZMuhammad Gonzalez, Hospital Attendant, Hudson County, Department of Health and Human Services, removal, effective April 26, 2022, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, insubordination, co… | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| A-7 | LARRICK MCELROYLarrick McElroy, Senior Correctional Police Officer, Northern State Prison, Department of Corrections, removal, effective April 1, 2020, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause. | Discipline | Penalty modified |
| B-1 | T.T.T.T. appeals his rejection as a Fire Fighter candidate by Teaneck and its request to remove his name from the eligible list for Fire Fighter (M1873W), Teaneck, on the basis of psychological unfitness to perform effective… | Removal from an eligible list | Referred for further review |
| B-2 | TYVAUGHN BEDFORDTyvaughn Bedford appeals the decision to remove his name from the Police Officer (M0034D), East Orange, eligible list on the basis of falsification of his application and an unsatisfactory background report. | Removal from an eligible list | Denied |
| B-3 | MUHAMMED KANGALMuhammed Kangal appeals the removal of his name from the eligible list for Police Officer (M0072D), Lakewood on the basis of an unsatisfactory employment record. | Removal from an eligible list | Granted |
| B-4 | CHRISTOPHER FRIZALONE AND MICHAEL SCANKChristopher Frizalone and Michael Scank appeal the examination for Correctional Police Sergeant (PS0086I), Department of Corrections. | Examination scoring or administration | Denied |
| B-5 | T.C.T.C., an Interviewer with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, appeals the determination of a Chief of Staff, which substantiated that she violated the New Jersey State Policy Prohibiting Discrimination in … | Discrimination, retaliation or State Policy | Denied |
| B-6 | S.L.S.L., a Family Service Specialist 2 with the Department of Children and Families (DCF), represented by Justin Schwam, Esq., requests reconsideration of In the Matter of S.L. (CSC, decided September 20, 2023), which found… | Request for reconsideration | Denied |
| B-7 | ERIC BEAGINEric Beagin, a Fire Fighter with Paterson, Fire Department, represented by Deborah Masker Edwards, Esq., requests back pay, benefits and counsel fees in accordance with the Superior Court, Appellate Division decision ren… | Counsel fees or back pay | Granted |
| B-8 | ANA CASTILLOAna Castillo, represented by Michael A. Bukosky, Esq., a Fire Fighter with Passaic City, Department of Public Safety, requests counsel fees in accordance with In the Matter of Ana Castillo (CSC, decided August 23, 2023). | Counsel fees or back pay | Ordered |
| B-9 | STEVEN FIELDINGSteven Fielding appeals his appointment from the list for Police Officer (S9999F), Phillipsburg. | Denied | |
| B-10 | GABRIELE SPALLACCI, ET AL.The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, has reversed and remanded the decision of the Civil Service Commission in In the Matter of Melvin Jumper, et al., Police Sergeant (various jurisdictions) (CSC, decide… | Matter returned by a court |