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Merit Appeals Board <br />Call to Order (Item 1) <br />November 19, 2021 <br />CHR. CABANAS: Good morning, everyone. I'm Gabriella Cabanas, Chair of the Merit <br />Appeals Board, calling the regular meeting of the Merit Appeals Board to order on this day, <br />November 19, 2021, at ten a.m. <br />I'd like to introduce our Board members—sitting in via Zoom from Kailua-Kona is Mr. Mel <br />Ventura our Vice-Chair—good morning, Mel. Mel, are you there? <br />MR. VENTURA: Good morning and aloha. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Good morning, Mel. And here in the Council Chambers at the Hawaii <br />County Building in Hilo, Hawaii, are fellow Board members, Ms. Gay Mathews, Mr. Charlie <br />Kunz, and Ms. Kate De Soto. Good morning to all of you. <br />MR. KUNZ: Good morning. <br />MS. MATHEWS: Good morning. <br />MS. DE SOTO: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Also with us are—is our Assistant Corporation Counsel, J Yoshimoto. Good <br />morning, J. <br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: Good morning, everyone. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And our Secretary -Reporter, Glynis Yamada. Good morning, Glynis. <br />MS. YAMADA: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And thank you, Glynis, for keeping all of us so well organized with our <br />binders and other material—we really appreciate it. <br />Also, we have our staff member from the Clerk's office, Mr. Relley Araceley, manning the <br />computer equipment to ensure we have Zoom capabilities. So, thank you so much, Relley, we <br />really appreciate your help. <br />Also with us in the Council Chambers are two attorneys from the Office of the Corporation <br />Counsel—Mr. Steve Idemoto and Mr. Ryan Thomas. Good morning, to both of you. <br />MR. THOMAS: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And we also have Ms. Elyse Stevens—good morning, Ms. Stevens. <br />MS. STEVENS: Good morning. <br />Page 2 <br />