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After executive session, commissioners accept sheriff’s recommendation to terminate SCJ deputy administrator
Summary
Following an executive session on personnel, commissioners voted 5-0 to accept the Sheriff’s recommendation to terminate the SCJ Deputy Administrator effective immediately, noting that the employee was afforded opportunity to be present and that due process and legal rights were honored.
The Somerset County Commission held an executive session on Sept. 4 under Title 1, Section 405(6)(A) concerning personnel matters related to the SCJ (Sheriff’s Office/jail). After returning from executive session at 4:14 p.m., the board voted to accept the Sheriff’s recommendation to terminate the SCJ Deputy Administrator effective immediately.
Commissioner Scott Seekins moved to accept the recommendation; Commissioner John Alsop seconded. The minutes record the board’s consensus that the employee had the opportunity to be present for the executive session and that constitutional due-process and other legal rights were honored. The motion carried 5-0.
The minutes do not include the administrator’s name in the termination paragraph or the reasons for the personnel action beyond the sheriff’s recommendation. No appeal or follow-up timeline was recorded in the distributed minutes.
