2021-04-26 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board April 26, 2021 CHR. CABANAS: Any other questions for the director? Okay. If not, Mr.Director Brilhante, thank you so much. MR. BRILHANTE: Thank you very much. May I say one thing CHR. CABANAS: Sure. MR. BRILHANTE: before I leave? CHR. CABANAS: Yeah, please do. MR. BRILHANTE: It's in regards a topic that you guys will be discussing later and I just wanted to give my two cents. CHR. CABANAS: Okay. MR. BRILHANTE: Provide some information. When it comes to the annual review of my position Fm—I totally accept that. It's totally understandable. I understandI fully support why it's being done. The only information I'll put up there is when it comes to HR, one of the things we do is we're one of the few departments in the County who's completely driven by the HRS. And there's rules, there's requirements, and there's procedures codified in the HRS as it comes to—as it relates to hiring, and classification and pay, and benefits—and things to that effect. And, oftentimes, I don't like to consider myself the police but I have to act in that capacity. And so, some there's departments, 99 percent of the time departments are very receptive to the information I provide to them. But there's always that .001 percent that, for whatever reason, they just don't get it. And I'mI run across that situation and so, in the past, when I look at the responses to some of the questions, although names are not associated to department heads or departments that are not associated with the responsesI can figure out why, where, who, how—and I see that the departments who push back the most, oftentimes, that negative relationship is reflected in my rating. So, I'm not sure that the ratings and the responses from the department though the SurveyMonkey is the most adequate or fairest way to get information as to my job performance. But I understand it may be the only way. So, with that, I just wanted to put that on the table for food for thought, going forward. And that's all I have. Thank you. MS. MATHEWS: Gay Mathews. Thank you for that because I've actually had that same question is—from your perspective, is our evaluation process effective? What are we missing? What are—and you've looked at it before and you're in ajar. How would you do it differently? Page 9