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Merit Appeals Board <br />June 28, 2021 <br />CHR. CABANAS: Thank you, Mr. Ventura. So, let's do a rollcall vote on the matter. Starting <br />with Mr. Ventura. <br />MR. VENTURA: Aye. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Mr. Kunz. <br />MR. KUNZ: Aye. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Ms. Cabanas—aye. <br />Motion carried to confirm the appointment of Mr. Waylen Leopoldino as the Acting Director of <br />Human Resources pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 76-76, effective July 1, 2021. <br />Mr. Leopoldino, you're here in the Council Chambers. Would you like to address the Board? <br />MR. LEOPOLDINO: Good morning, Chair Cabanas, and members of the Merit Appeals Board. <br />My name is Waylen Leopoldino and I am the Deputy Director with the Department of Human <br />Resources. <br />And thank you for giving me the opportunity to say a few words. I know you are all very busy <br />this morning, so I won't take too much time. But I do want to express my gratitude to you all for <br />giving me this opportunity to serve as Acting Director from July 1st <br />I also want to express a sincere gratitude to my boss, my friend, and my colleague, Bill—for <br />being a great mentor over the last few years and the few years that I worked with him before I <br />left to move to the mainland. So, Bill has been a great mentor for me so I wanted to express my <br />gratitude to him as well. <br />I, especially, want to express a gratitude to my colleagues back at the Department of Human <br />Resources. We got an amazing team and I look forward to leading that team until a permanent <br />director is named. And I also have to express my gratitude to my family and friends who have <br />supported me over the years. <br />My career has progressed pretty quickly, one might say but I couldn't do it without the support <br />of everyone. My mentors, a few of you are here today—my supervisors and my colleagues back <br />at Human Resources. <br />So, again, I want to thank you for this opportunity and I will do my best. I will work hard as <br />your Acting Director. My door is always open, if any of you have any questions or comments. I <br />look forward to working with each and every one of you. Thank you. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Thank you, Mr. Leopoldino. I think it's safe to say that the Board wishes <br />you the best and your HR team, to carry on and do the best work that you can to uphold the Merit <br />System and to assist the departments in every way possible in the various HR matters. <br />Page 6 <br />