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Merit Appeals Board <br />Call to Order (Item 1) <br />February 11, 2022 <br />CHR. CABANAS: Good morning, everyone. The Merit Appeals Board ismeeting is called to <br />order on this day, February 11, 2022, at 10:02 a.m. <br />We have quorum today, all five Board members are present. I'm Gabriella Cabanas, Chair of the <br />Merit Appeals Board. Along with me in the Hilo Council Chambers of the Hawaii County <br />Building at 25 Aupuni Street in Hilo, Hawaii, are the following Board members: Vice -Chair, <br />Mr. Mel Ventura, Ms. Kate De Soto, Ms. Gay Mathews, and Mr. Charlie Kunz. Good morning, <br />Board members. <br />MR. KUNZ: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Also with us in the Council Chambers are our Assistant Corporation <br />Counsel, J Yoshimoto. Good morning, J. <br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: Good morning, Board members. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Our Secretary -Reporter, Glynis Yamada. Good morning, Glynis. <br />MS. YAMADA: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Our Acting Director of Human Resources, Waylen Leopoldino. Good <br />morning, Waylen. <br />MR. LEOPOLDINO: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And we also have Relley Aracely from the Office of the County Clerk, who <br />is staffing the computer equipment to ensure we have Zoom capability. <br />Sitting in from Oahu, our Deputy Attorney General, via Zoom, is Amanda Furman. Good <br />morning, Amanda. <br />MS. FURMAN: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And we also have from West Hawaii Today, Journalist Nancy Cook -Lauer. <br />Good morning, Nancy. <br />Addendum to Agenda (Item 2) <br />CHR. CABANAS: There is no addendum to the agenda. <br />Page 2 <br />