Solicitor Recommends City Appeal Before Rehiring Employees
City Solicitor Robert Mangiaratti said it's likely the city will file a complaint against the Civil Service Commission's decision in Bristol County Superior Court.
Attleboro's solicitor said the city will likely appeal a Civil Service Commission's decision to order the Attleboro Redevelopment Authority (ARA) to rehire former ARA Director Michael Milanoski and ARA Chief Financial Officer Meg Ross. Attorney Robert Mangiaratti will recommend to the city that a complaint against the commission be filed in Bristol County Superior Court, he said Friday afternoon after receving the commission's decision. "We believe the hearing officer made inaccurate findings of fact and not based on evidence and that the officer made errors of law," Mangiaratti said. "We will be making a recommendation to the ARA to appeal and assume they will decide to appeal." If the ARA agrees with the city solicitor's recommendation…
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Bob
8:34 pm on Monday, June 6, 2011
Good point, Steven! Point of clarification, Civil Service is a "quasi-judicial agency" that can only make recommendations but not enforce law. Unfortunately, this recommendation is only going to drag things out. Disturbing fact, the testimony given on the plaintiff side consisted of Mike Milanoski and Max Volterra. Mike was one of the individuals laid off so therefore the only credible witness on… more ›