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Merit Appeals Board
<br />September 30, 2020
<br />Also, for our office—Department of Human Resources, it was identified that because of the
<br />unique working conditions where we have a lot of cubicles in the front area of our office, as well
<br />as we do have interactions from the public.
<br />And so, what we did was we designed and we came up with the installation ideas and we—with
<br />the assistance of Public Work—we went and we installed plexiglass throughout our whole office,
<br />so that all of our employees are now adequately protected from the possibility of droplets being
<br />transmitted in a confine, close area. So, that was somewhat significant. I hope Glynis
<br />appreciates it, `cause she's one of ones who benefitted from that—so, happy to do that for our
<br />staff.
<br />And then, the final area I wanted to touch upon was just involvement with the mayor's senior
<br />policy team. On Monday, Wednesday, Friday of each week the mayor and the governor and
<br />the three other mayors from City and County, Kauai, and Maui they meet on a regular basis.
<br />Again, Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 11 o'clock every day on those days. And they address
<br />and they discuss rules, regulations, procedures, emergency orders—whether it be the governor
<br />amending his orders or implementing or extending his emergency orders or the mayor doing
<br />likewise—and setting of County rules and, fortunately, or unfortunately—depending on how you
<br />look at it, I was requested to be a part of that team. There's a representative from Corporation
<br />Counsel, I believe the first assistant—deputy corporation counsel is on that is—sits with us, the
<br />deputy for the Department Parks and Recreation, and the mayor's chief of staff are on that
<br />committee, along with the director—Administrator for Civil Defense.
<br />And we meet regularly and we assess and we go through the rules and we provide input and
<br />information to the mayor and—regarding implementation of new rules, cessation of old rules,
<br />how do we address specific issues and the like as well as we attend on Monday, Wednesday,
<br />Friday—and that's where I'll be heading today. We attend the regularly scheduled emergency
<br />videoconference that is conducted at Civil Defense. And, again, it's with all the Civil Defense
<br />administrators throughout the State for each jurisdiction and we attendI attend that meeting as
<br />well. And, again, we provide input and we get information through that.
<br />So, I just wanted to put out just not really educate you, but just put—introduce each of you to
<br />the various areas and, I guess, opportunities and commitments that the HR Department has been
<br />making and having to perform during this pandemic. `Cause oftentimes, like I said, that gets
<br />overlooked and that discussion doesn't get had. So, I just wanted to put that on the record, so
<br />that we know—so that as a body, we as a body, we know you know the type of things that's
<br />been transpiring during these past seven months. Happy to answer any questions.
<br />CHR. NAMAHOE: Entertaining questions from either Ms. Hughes or Mr. Ventura.
<br />MS. HUGHES: Is it somewhere, a general comment/question (inaudible) I'm following. So,
<br />loved how supportive, especially, the beginning stage of the pandemic everything has been for
<br />working parents. As public schools continue to be largely remote, just to clarify—can all County
<br />employees, if they do not have childcare, work remotely?
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