Civil Service Commission meeting, September 4, 2024
What the NJ Civil Service Commission decided on September 4, 2024: 18 matters, each with its outcome and decision.
Commission decisions · Regular meeting
The Civil Service Commission decided 18 matters at this meeting, with Allison Chris Myers (Chairperson) presiding. 5 appeals were withdrawn and 1 dismissed for failure to appear.
Members present: Dolores Gorczyca.
What came before the Commission
- Discipline: 5
- Removal from an eligible list: 4
- Examination eligibility: 4
- Petition for interim relief or a stay: 2
- Reassignment, salary or separation: 2
- Title creation, reallocation or retitling: 1
Every item
| Item | Matter | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-2 | CALVIN ENGIMECalvin Engime, Judiciary Clerk 3, Judiciary, Mercer Vicinage, removal, effective December 18, 2021, on charges of insubordination, neglect of duty and other sufficient cause. | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| A-3 | SALVATORE SPILLETTISalvatore Spilletti, County Correctional Police Officer, Hudson County, Department of Corrections, 90 working day suspension, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, insubordination, conduc… | Discipline | Held over to a later meeting |
| A-4 | GREGORY WILLIAMSGregory Williams, Senior Correctional Police Officer, South Woods State Prison, Department of Corrections, 15 and 60 working day suspensions on charges of other sufficient cause and violating several departmental regulat… | Discipline | Penalty modified |
| A-5 | TALAYA WOODS AND SHAUNA INGRAMTalaya Woods and Shauna Ingram, Public Safety Telecommunicators, Trenton, Police Department, removals, effective April 10, 2018, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, conduct unbecoming a… | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| A-6 | RANIQUE WOODSONRanique Woodson, Clerk 1, Newark, Mayor’s Department, removal, effective August 10, 2022, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause. | Discipline | Penalty modified |
| B-1 | C.A.C.A., represented by Stephen B. Hunter, Esq., appeals his rejection as a Police Officer candidate by Long Branch and its request to remove his name from the eligible list for Police Officer (M0082D) on the basis of psych… | Removal from an eligible list | Denied |
| B-2 | H.H.H.H. appeals his rejection as a Sheriff’s Officer candidate by the Hudson County Sheriff’s Office and its request to remove his name from the eligible list for Sheriff’s Officer (C0220D) on the basis of psychological unf… | Removal from an eligible list | Denied |
| B-3 | AAMIR ALIAamir Ali appeals the removal of his name from the eligible list for Fire Fighter (M2211D), Camden, on the basis that he resided outside of the residency scope. | Removal from an eligible list | Granted |
| B-4 | ANTHONY CARAMIELLOAnthony Caramiello, represented by Jacqueline M. Vigilante, Esq., appeals the decision to remove his name from the Police Sergeant (PM4553C), Gloucester Township eligible list on the basis of an unsatisfactory employment… | Removal from an eligible list | Denied |
| B-5 | TRACEY GREENETracey Greene appeals the determination of the Division of Agency Services which found that she did not meet the requirements for Records Technician 3 MVC (PS2675T), Motor Vehicle Commission. | Examination eligibility | Denied |
| B-6 | JOHN PACUTA, IIIJohn Pacuta, III appeals the determination of the Division of Agency Services, which found that, per the substitution clause for education, he did not meet the experience requirement for the promotional examination for A… | Examination eligibility | Denied |
| B-7 | RAMESH PATELRamesh Patel appeals the determination of the Division of Agency Services that he did not meet the education requirements for the promotional examination for Project Engineer, Maintenance (PS9607T), Department of Transpo… | Examination eligibility | Denied |
| B-8 | SHEQUELL RICHARDSShequell Richards appeals the determination of the Division of Agency Services that she did not meet the experience requirements for the open competitive examination for Behavior Support Technician (S0303C). | Examination eligibility | Denied |
| B-9 | KAMIL WARRAICHKamil Warraich, a Police Lieutenant with the Asbury Park Police Department, represented by Zinovia H. Stone, Esq., petitions the Civil Service Commission for interim relief regarding his immediate suspension without pay,… | Petition for interim relief or a stay | Denied |
| B-10 | CAROLYN WHITEHEADEast Orange, represented by Arthur L. Margeotes, Esq., petitions the Civil Service Commission (Commission) for a stay of its decision in In the Matter of Carolyn Whitehead (CSC, decided February 28, 2024) in which the Co… | Petition for interim relief or a stay | Different results for different parties |
| B-11 | WILLIAM BESNECKERSeaside Park, represented by Brandon A. Klimakowski, Esq., requests the transfer of William Besnecker from Pemberton Borough, a non-Civil Service jurisdiction, to the title of Police Officer, retroactive to September 29,… | Reassignment, salary or separation | Granted in part |
| B-12 | NICHOLAS CORNETTMagnolia requests to transfer Nicholas Cornett, a Police Officer, from Hi-Nella Borough, a non-Civil Service jurisdiction, to the title of Police Officer in the Magnolia Police Department. | Reassignment, salary or separation | Granted |
| B-13 | TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSIONThe Division of Agency Services, on behalf of the Motor Vehicle Commission, requests the creation of the Technical Assistant, Motor Vehicle Commission title in the competitive division of the career service and the reall… | Title creation, reallocation or retitling | Granted |