Georgia Department of Natural Resources v. Willis

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following the superior court’s reversal of the State Personnel Board’s decision to increase a sanction for state employee Calvin Willis’s proven misconduct, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (“DNR”) appeals by permission, arguing that the superior court erred in holding that the Board failed to adequately explain its decision to increase the sanction recommended by the administrative law judge (ALJ). We agree and reverse.

Construed in favor of the Board’s decision, the evidence shows that DNR employee Willis served as a state park superintendent and…