2018-02-21 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board February 21, 2018 They that process kept on going. We went through probably gazillions of alternatives, yeah, how to do it. And, I think, what we ended up doing in the long run was to, basically, transfer assignments rather than moving bodies around. I mean, it just got too much of an issue and the return for the physical movement of people and, actually, thein a lot of cases, the clear disruption of folks who've been doing things for so long. We decided—it ended up being—let's just figure out a way how to transfer duties and assignments without people being involved with. So, that's my story of how I think Bill has shown to me that he truly appreciates the employee/employer system. Okay. That we've all had to deal with. Finally, in a lot of the discussions we've had—and when you're dealing with Planning, there's just all kinds of different controversial issues. And this is, kind of, a sidebar that I'm going to use to close to, kind of, give you one of the basic reasons that I feel that Bill is the best guy for any job of this nature that you can have. Okay. And that is, when there—when we have—had a lot of confrontational situations in the process of deciding what to do in these confrontational situations—and, basically, what it comes down a lot of the time is personalities. It comes down to personalities. Well, when we—when Bill and I got to the point in the discussion about, well, how should we do this and how should we do that—and the personnel issues got involved. We get to a certain point and we both had what we felt was the way to go for whatever reason it was. But before we made any kind of a commitment to where we would goI recall very clearly—Bill would tell me, "But you know, Duane"—he says, "Even `a – h – o - I's' have rights and they need to be heard as well." So, with that I just give my total endorsement for Bill as a great selection for the County of Hawaii and for all of its employees as your Director for Human Servi—Human Resources. Thank you. CHR. TULANG: Thank you. Last but by no means, Mr. Hugh Ono. MR. ONO: Thank you. Thank you very much, Chair Tulang, and Members of the Merit Appeals Board. A while ago I found out that Bill was an applicant for the position and when I learned that, I contacted him and says, "Let me know how I can support you." This is based on our working relationship at the Salary Commission. By right, I should just have Lincoln and Duane testify in my behalf because they nearly covered everything perfectly. But just let me add to some of the stuff that I have previously mentioned. Without doubt, but Bill brings with him is very, very reliable performance on the job and you can just count on him—all the time. He does the job very, very well. Basically, I want to support his appointment to be the permanent director and to continue to work with him as the Salary Commission Chair. Page 5