Matters of interest regarding Fairfield Township in Cumberland County, New Jersey
In his 2014 lawsuit, Wayne Byrd, a Township employee from 2004 to 2008 and the brother of current Fairfield Mayor Benjamin Byrd, claimed that former Mayor and Township Committee member JoAnne L. Servais violated the terms of a confidential settlement agreement by disclosing that he was paid a settlement amount of $72,000 and that she […]
On August 14, 2017, the former Interim Superintendent of the Fairfield Township (Cumberland County) School District filed a Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) or “whistleblower” lawsuit against the school district claiming that he was denied a three-year contract because school officials were displeased that he would not get excused from jury duty. In his lawsuit, […]
At its public meeting on February 3, 2015, the Township of Fairfield (Cumberland County) passed Resolution 62-2015 that terminated Keyanna Jones’ employment with the Township. The actual decision to terminate Jones was made during a January 20, 2015 meeting, the minutes of which are available at the above link. According to those minutes, the decision […]
In a June 30, 2016 opinion, Cumberland County Superior Court Judge Richard J. Geiger found that Fairfield Township failed to establish good cause for terminating its former Code Enforcement/Zoning Officer and was liable to the same employee for $93,570.57 in unpaid compensation, unused vacation and sick days and for fourteen hours of lunch time. In […]
Had Fairfield Township been compliant with its insurer’s “Plan of Risk Management” requirements at the time of the acts that led to former Mayor Michael Sharp’s lawsuit, a $20,000–rather than a $100,000–deductible would have applied. With the lower deductible, Fairfield taxpayers would have paid $31,000 (i.e. $20,000 plus 20% coinsurance on the remaining $55,000) toward […]