2021-05-26 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board Hilo Council Chambers Hawaii County Building 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401 Hilo, Hawaii May 26, 2021 (Wednesday) Call to Order (Item 1) The regular meeting of the Merit Appeals Board, County of Hawaii, was called to order at 10:03 a.m. by Chair Gabriella M. Cabanas, at the Hilo Council Chambers, Hawaii County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401, Hilo, Hawaii, on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Roll Call — Present Ms. Gabriella M. Cabanas, Chair Mr. Mel Ventura, Vice -Chair (via Zoom) Mr. Charles Kunz, Member Ms. Gay Mathews, Member Also Present Mr. William V. Brilhante, Jr., Director, Department of Human Resources Ms. Amanda Furman, State Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General (via Zoom) Mr. Sinclair Salas-Ferguson, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel Ms. Malia Hall, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel Ms. Cody Frenz, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel Mr. Joseph DiNapoli, Appellant Ms. Glynis Yamada, Secretary -Reporter, Human Resources Department Ms. Jeanette Aiello, Council Administrative Services Supervisor, Office of the County Clerk Mr. Relley Araceley, Legislative Information and Reference Technician, Office of the County Clerk Note: As part of the response to the threat of COVID-19, Governor David Ige issued a Seventeenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Emergency dated December 16, 2020, suspending Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 92, Public Agency Meetings and Records, to the extent necessary to enable boards as defined in Section 92-2, to conduct meetings without any board members or members of the public physically present in the same location. This meeting will be held through a combination of some board members being physically present at the meeting location and some members participating by interactive video conference through ZOOM. Only persons that are present for the particular item on the agenda will be allowed in the meeting room. Each person will be required to wear a face mask and maintain six feet physical distance from any other person as required by law.