City Service Commission pauses Antoine Young separation hearing after testimony on CJIS access, DER records show replacement IT hire

The City Service Commission on April 21 paused its hearing on the separation of city employee Antoine Young from the City Attorney’s Office after hours of testimony focused on a CJIS (Crimi nal Justice Information Services) audit and whether Young’s lack of clearance made his continued employment feasible.

Commissioners did not decide whether to uphold the department’s separation decision; they left the record open and directed the Department of Employee Relations (DER) to schedule a follow‑up session. DER records presented during the hearing show Jonathan Stepner was rehired to the single IT position in the City Attorney’s Office effective Feb. 3, 2025.

Why it matters: prosecutors and code‑enforcement attorneys in the City Attorney’s Office rely on access to CJIS databases for case preparation and municipal prosecutions. Testimony in the hearing centered on whether the office had alternatives to separating Young to maintain CJIS compliance without losing capacity to operate municipal court and enforcement functions.

City Attorney office testimony City Attorney management testified that a periodic CJIS audit brought the issue to the fore in 2024 and left the department with limited options. "When we received it and reviewed it ... it became clear to me that Mr. Young could not continue in his position with access to the PA B and the machines that the OED attorneys and staff use, and that I did not have an alternative ... and it was I really believed and still believe today I had no other option but to separate Mr. Young's employment," City Attorney Goike testified.

Goike and other department witnesses described the office as…