2018-12-19 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

Home

Merit Appeals Board December 19, 2018 MS. NAMAHOE: Yeah, but I’m just thinking about when we used it the last time for the— MR. BRILHANTE: And that’s what I’m referencing back— MS. NAMAHOE: All right. Yeah. MR. TAM: We’re not sure who’s he going to bring, too, right? And they’ll probably want to be there the whole time, too. MS. NAMAHOE: To be honest with you, I—that’s a lot more comfortable for me than having a whole— CHR. NAHUINA: It’s a strange venue, sometimes I think here, when we have a lot of people because we have witnesses on both sides, kind of, surrounding us and we’re in a fishbowl. MS. YAMADA: Let me check. CHR. NAHUINA: Yeah, let’s check and see if we can—if that’s available. Yeah, that would serve well. As I was reading through it—and I also thought this could set a lot of precedence, I would think, because the ADA is involved here. I don’t know. So, I thought it could be interesting the number of people that come into—on both sides. MS. NAMAHOE: Right. What preparatory precautions do we need to be trained to hear? What to look at—what will be our jurisdiction and what won’t be our jurisdiction. This is going to be really (inaudible). So, how do we make sure that we’re making the proper decisions versus the gut driven ones? MR. CHILLINGWORTH: That’s what J is here for. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Actually, the Deputy AG will be handling— MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Yeah, Jim Halvorson. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Jim Halvorson. CHR. NAHUINA: Jim’s going to come in for that one? Okay. MR. BRILHANTE: ‘Cause you’re right, those are legitimate issues. CHR. NAHUINA: Absolutely. MR. BRILHANTE: Considerations and determinations and decisions that need to be made. MR. CHILLINGWORTH: So, is somebody going to tell Jim to be ready for it? Page 11