Civil Service Decisions

The Commission allowed the 2021 bypass appeal of a candidate for appointment as a Somerville Reserve Firefighter who, for the second time, was not given a fair, impartial and reasonably thorough review and was treated differently than other candidates, most of them with ties to the City.

A majority of the Commission adopted the recommended decision of the DALA Magistrate, upholding the decision to bypass the Appellant for police officerbased on her for repeated failures to acknowledge that she was the registered owner of a car her family had given to her brother.

The Commission dismissed the original bypass appeal of a New Bedford Firefighter candidate as his appeal was untimely.

The Commission dismissed the bypass appeal of a Police Officer with the New Bedford Police Department who was bypassed for promotion his unauthorized consultation of police resources for personal reasons and also for credible claims of violence from his ex-wife that led to the issuance of a restraining order.

New Bedford was justified to bypass Appellant for police officer for same reasons upheld by Commission in prior hiring cycle.

Bypass appeal denied. The Appellant's performance as a crossing guard and other factors provided the City with reasonable justification to bypass the Appellant for the position of reserve police officer.

The Commission gave the parties 60 days to confer regarding the appropriate relief in the case of a promotional appeal where the City of Haverhill failed to show that the promotional appointment of a candidate was made prior to the expiration of the eligibility list from which he was selected. The appointment was chall