Civil Service Decisions

The Commission allowed the appeal of the Appellant, a 37-year old, longtime resident of Boston, who has been repeatedly bypassed or non-selected for reasons related in large part to whether he has been truthful about the details of an incident that occurred during his teenage years while he was in high schoo.

The Commission, after a thorough review of legislative history and the actions by the Town of Fairhaven, concluded that, based on the facts presented here, a Town Meeting vote was not sufficient to remove the Town from civil service as the Town originally adopted civil service through a ballot question.

Concluding that HRD’s decision to limit registration for the March 25, 2023 District Fire Chief examination to those who registered for the examination administered in May 2022 was permissible under the civil service law and was not arbitrary or capricious, the Commission dismissed the Appellant’s appeal.