Civil Service Decisions

The Commission adopted the Tentative Decision of the DALA Magistrate, affirming DOC's decision to bypass the Appellant for CO I based on his prior misconduct and poor driving history.

The Appointing Authority had reasonable justification to bypass a candidate for appointment as a firefighter who provided implausible, inconsistent, and incomplete responses about his residency history during the application process.

The Commission adopted the Tentative Decision of the DALA Magistrate upholding DOC's decision to bypass the Appellant for CO I based on his past employment record and an incident in which the Appellant threatened his parents.

The Commission denied the Appellant’s bypass appeal, finding that the City of Chelsea was justified in bypassing him for original appointment as a firefighter based on two positive drug tests indicating recent use of marijuana, which he had not disclosed on his application.

The Commission denied the Appellant’s bypass appeal for reserve firefighter based on his prior discipline as a City employee.

The Civil Service Commission allowed the Appellant’s bypass appeal and ordered that he receive one additional consideration for appointment as a permanent, full-time police officer based on the City’s failure to conduct a thorough review of his candidacy

The Commission upheld the Somerville City Council's vote to not confirm the Mayor’s conditional offer of promotion based on the Appellant's prior untruthfulness as a police officer.

To ensure enforcement of a prior Commission decision without impeding the City's ability to appoint firefighters, the Commission issued a clarification of the relief to be granted to the Appellant.

To ensure enforcement of a prior Commission decision without impeding the City's ability to appoint police officers, the Commission issued a clarification of the relief to be granted to the Appellant.

Under unique circumstances presented by the facts of this appeal, the Commission granted limited relief to a highly qualified candidate bypassed for appointment as a Fire Captain based on pending criminal charges for which he was acquitted a few weeks later after a much-delayed trial due to the closure of the courts.