2020-09-30 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board September 30, 2020 CHR. NAMAHOE: Very good. Okay, thank you. Ms. Hughes and Mr. Ventura, so back to Communication Number 20-01, received on July 20''24', 2020, appealing an employment action. The Board action required is to set the proposed hearing date and establish it into record for December 16, 2020. Is this date work for—does this date work for both of you? MS. HUGHES: It works for me. MR. VENTURA: Yeah, that date works for me. CHR. NAMAHOE: Very good. We can start at either nine in the morning or ten in the morning. Typically, when we've had appellants from Kona drive in, we start a little later in the day to give them more opportunity for safe travels to Hilo, if that's what they choose. They may choose to just WebEx in. Do either of you have a preference of whether we start at nine in the morning or ten a.m.? MS. HUGHES: I have a preference for ten, `cause I have another quarterly board meeting from eight to ten a.m. that day, that's already been scheduled. CHR. NAMAHOE: Okay. Okay, thank you. MR. VENTURA: And I'm fine with what the rest of the Board wants to do. CHR. NAMAHOE: Ten a.m. Okay. So, that location will then be at the Hilo Council Chambers on December 16'', 2020, at ten a.m. Thank you. And we will expect Glynis to—she'll email us accordingly. One second, we did have a member from the public walk in. Okay. Statements from the public—one second, Ms. Hughes and Mr. Ventura. Statements from the Public CHR. NAMAHOE: We are moving back to Section 3, "Statements from the Public." We have in front of the Merit Appeals Board this morning is Mr. Robert Shook and unable to obtain public information thank you, Mr. Shook, for speaking to us today. Just to let you know, timeline guide the time guidelines is three -minutes. I do believe Glynis will—you'll get a two - minute, 30 -second mark the bell will ring at that time. MR. SHOOK: Okay. CHR. NAMAHOE: The floor is yours, sir. Page 4