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The Commission dismissed the Appellant's bypass appeal for original appointment as a firefighter as no candidate ranked the candidate was selected for appointment.
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The Commission allowed the appeal of a candidate whose appointment by the Mayor of Somerville to the position of Reserve Police Officer failed to receive confirmation of the Somerville City Council for reasons that involved unsubstantiated claims about the candidate’s alleged untruthfulness.
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The Commission allowed the Appellant’s bypass appeal as the Springfield Police Department (SPD) did not show, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Appellant failed to meet the civil service residency preference requirement, the sole reason offered by the SPD for bypassing the Appellant.
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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.
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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.
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The Commission allowed the Appellant’s bypass appeal for original appointment as Correction Officer I (CO 1) as DOC was unable to show a nexus between the Appellant’s alleged unlawful conduct approximately 17 years ago and his current ability to serve as a CO I. Other systemic issues were identified as well.
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The Commission allowed the Appellant’s promotional bypass appeal based on the results of a DOC internal affairs investigation that was pending at the time of Appellant’s bypass. The result of that investigation was that the Appellant was not suspended, meaning that he would have been eligible for promotion.
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The Commission denied the Appellant’s non-bypass equity appeal after determining that he had no reasonable expectation of showing that DOC’s decision not to issue a third certification from the prior eligible list, upon which he appeared at or near the top, was meant to prevent the Appellant from being promoted.
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Based on the unique circumstances involved in this appeal, the Commission granted limited relief to two firefighters who were harmed through no fault of their own after two temporary fire lieutenant promotions were temporarily rescinded in order to correct a prior admin. error.
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The Superior Court issued a further decision clarifying what payments are due to Appellants for back pay, interest, etc.