Barney v. Division of Community Development, Local Governance Support Center

OPINION

As an initial procedural matter the Court finds that two pending cases, SC-CV-37-05 and SC-CV-42-05, involve the same legal issues applied to substantively similar facts. Though the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) granted a motion to consolidate these cases, it issued two final orders which have now been separately appealed to this Court. Therefore, the Court consolidates these matters, and disposes of both cases in this opinion. These cases concern whether OHA erred when it ruled that an individual may serve as a chapter community services coordinator (CSC) at the same time as…