Civil Service Commission meeting, February 26, 2025
What the NJ Civil Service Commission decided on February 26, 2025: 27 matters, each with its outcome and decision.
Commission decisions · Regular meeting
The Civil Service Commission decided 27 matters at this meeting, with Allison Chris Myers (Chairperson) presiding. 7 appeals were withdrawn and 1 dismissed for failure to appear.
Members present: Dolores Gorczyca.
What came before the Commission
- Discipline: 9
- Request for reconsideration: 4
- Examination scoring or administration: 3
- Title creation, reallocation or retitling: 3
- Discrimination, retaliation or State Policy: 2
- Other: 2
- Removal from an eligible list: 1
- Bypass on a certification: 1
- Examination eligibility: 1
- Certification or appointment: 1
Every item
| Item | Matter | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-2 | JOSEPH CAMPOLATTAROJoseph Campolattaro, Sheriff’s Officer, Bergen County, Sheriff’s Office, removal, effective March 19, 2024, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause. | Discipline | Penalty reversedSplit vote |
| A-3 | CHRISTIAN COLONChristian Colon, County Correctional Police Officer, Passaic County, Sheriff’s Office, removal, effective April 10, 2024, on charges of inability to perform duties, conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficie… | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| A-4 | JOSE DOPAZOJose Dopazo, Police Sergeant, Newark, Department of Public Safety, 15 working day suspension, on charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee. | Discipline | Granted |
| A-5 | MICHELLE EDNEYMichelle Edney, Human Services Specialist 4, Burlington County Board of Social Services, 30 working day suspension, on charges of incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties. | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| A-6 | MICHAEL GRAMAGLIAMichael Gramaglia, County Correctional Police Officer, Ocean County, Department of Corrections, 90 calendar day suspension, on charges of insubordination, neglect of duty and other sufficient cause. | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| A-7 | LONZELL NEALLonzell Neal, County Correctional Police Officer, Ocean County, Department of Corrections, 90 calendar day suspension, on charges of insubordination, neglect of duty and other sufficient cause. | Discipline | Penalty upheld |
| B-1 | W.G.W.G., represented by Donald C. Barbati, Esq., appeals his rejection as a Police Officer candidate by Trenton and its request to remove his name from the eligible list for Police Officer (M0153D). | Removal from an eligible list | Denied |
| B-2 | SUZANNE GAFFNEYSuzanne Gaffney appeals the decisions to remove her name from the Principal Community Program Specialist (PS8740K) and Quality Assurance Specialist Health Services (PS5447K), Division of Developmental Disabilities, Depar… | Discipline | Denied |
| B-3 | S.J.S.J. appeals the bypass of his name on the Fire Captain (PM5034D), Pleasantville, eligible list. | Bypass on a certification | Referred for further review |
| B-4 | JAMILA BEMBRYJamila Bembry appeals the determination of the Division of Agency Services that she did not meet the requirements for the Supervising of Customer Service (M1335F), Newark open competitive examination. | Examination eligibility | Denied |
| B-5 | KIMBERLY ARNOLD-MURPHY, ET AL.Kimberly Arnold-Murphy, Michael Costa, Dejanirah Dupree, Ruqayyah Finn, Ebony Mullin, Julia Pena, Stephanie Scott, Hugo Villota and Martin Viola (PC4255E), Essex County; and Derek Horvath and Konstantin Smirnov (PC4256E)… | Examination scoring or administration | Denied |
| B-6 | DAVID FUNK, ET AL.David Funk (PM2004F); Gregory Walczak and Mark Jenkins (PM2005F); Victor Velez (PM2000F); and James Clancy, Jr., and Jason Scott (PM1996F) appeal the written portion of the promotional examination for Second-Level Fire S… | Examination scoring or administration | Denied |
| B-7 | ROBERT TRETOLA, ET AL.Robert Tretola (PM2029F), Vincent Mascio (PM2025F), and Daniel Mizak (PM2019F) appeal the written portion of the promotional examination for First-Level Fire Supervisor. | Examination scoring or administration | Denied |
| B-8 | A.C.A.C., a Habilitation Plan Coordinator with the Hunterdon Developmental Center, Department of Human Services (DHS), appeals the determination of the Assistant Commissioner, Office of Legal and Regulatory Affairs DHS, stat… | Discrimination, retaliation or State Policy | Held over to a later meeting |
| B-9 | B.C.B.C., Personnel Assistant 1 with the Motor Vehicle Commission, appeals the determination of the Director of the Division of EEO/AA, Civil Service Commission, stating that it substantiated some but not all of the appellan… | Discrimination, retaliation or State Policy | Denied |
| B-10 | BRIAN CRIMMINSHoboken, represented by Stephen J. Edelstein, Esq., requests reconsideration of In the Matter of Brian Crimmins (CSC, decided November 6, 2024), where the Civil Service Commission modified Crimmins’ demotion from Fire Ch… | Request for reconsideration | Different results for different parties |
| B-11 | TISHA JONESTisha Jones, a Child Support Specialist 1 with the Division of Family Development, Department of Human Services, requests reconsideration of In the Matter of Tisha Jones (CSC, decided January 15, 2024) where the Civil Se… | Request for reconsideration | Held over to a later meeting |
| B-12 | KYLE MCPARLANDKyle McParland, represented by Zinovia H. Stone, Esq., requests reconsideration of the final administrative action in In the Matter of Kyle McParland, Police Officer (M0132D), Rockaway (CSC, decided July 3, 2024). | Request for reconsideration | Denied |
| B-13 | TIGEE PAGAN AND ELDDY TORRESTigee Pagan and Elddy Torres, represented by Patrick P. Toscano, Jr., request reconsideration of In the Matter of Tigee Pagan and Elddy Torres (CSC, decided November 27, 2024) where the Civil Service Commission acknowled… | Request for reconsideration | Denied |
| B-14 | WILLIAM JOHNSONWilliam Johnson, a Sewer Repairer Supervisor, Irvington, represented by Samuel Tsinman, Esq., requests to reinstate the appeal of his removal, effective November 10, 2021, which was dismissed on the basis of his failure … | Discipline | Granted |
| B-15 | MICHAEL KOWALSKIMichael Kowalski, a Senior Correctional Police Officer, Bayside State Prison, Department of Corrections, represented by Louis Barbone, Esq., requests to reinstate the appeal of his removal, effective March 13, 2024, whic… | Discipline | Denied |
| B-16 | JOSE MORALESJose Morales, a former Police Officer with Belleville appeals his resignation in good standing. | Denied | |
| B-17 | ELIZABETH PERRYElizabeth Perry, represented by Randi Doner April, Esq., a former provisional Record Support Technician 2 with the Jersey City School District, appeals her return to her permanent title, Clerk 1. | Denied | |
| B-18 | CHARLES FARRAHLavallette requests that Charles Farrah be provided with a retroactive permanent appointment date to the title of Senior Public Works Repairer, effective April 24, 2006. | Certification or appointment | Granted |
| B-19 | BUSINESS REGISTRY SPECIALIST TITLE SERIESThe Division of Agency Services requests the establishment of the Business Registry Specialist title series for use in the Department of the Treasury. Agency Services also requests the inactivation of the Assistant Groun… | Title creation, reallocation or retitling | Granted |
| B-20 | LEGAL SPECIALIST TITLE SERIESThe Division of Agency Services requests the establishment of the new unclassified titles Legal Specialist 1, Legal Specialist 2 and Legal Specialist 3, for use in State services. Agency Services also requests that the u… | Title creation, reallocation or retitling | Held over to a later meeting |
| B-21 | BILINGUAL LIBRARY TITLESThe Division of Agency Services requests the establishment of the new bilingual in Spanish/English variant titles of Librarian 1, Librarian 2, Librarian 3, Principal Library Assistant, Library Page, Library Associate, an… | Title creation, reallocation or retitling | Granted |