2022-02-11 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board February 11, 2022 CHR. CABANAS: Thank you, Kate. Ms. Mathews. MS. MATHEWS: So, ditto—everything else they said. Congratulations. I'm very excited about the support. It shows that we made the right decision even though we had no question about it at all. And I am—I also am looking forward to working with you. CHR. CABANAS: Thank you, Gay. Mr. Kunz. MR. KUNZ: Waylen, congratulations. I know we have some history together. I had a lot of big things for you when you used to work for me big plans. But you proved, I think, to your merit in many, many ways. You used to come into my office with your notepad ready to give me suggestions on how—ideas that you had on how you wanted to proceed. And I absolutely loved that you are like that. And I think you showed us in this interview process that you have a lot of great ideas moving forward and we all look forward seeing them come to fruition. And I, too, like everyone else, will lend our support—my support, however I can. Congratulations. CHR. CABANAS: Now, for me. Waylen, I mean, you and I have worked together for quite a while and I'm very proud of you. You've worked really hard to get to where you are. I know this was your long-term goal—you told me way back that someday you would like to be the director and I know if you've worked hard—and you've done with the support of the staff. And so, at this point, I just want to wish you my very best. Much success to you and your HR team. This is really a historic day for the department and for you in your professional career. I wish you a long and happy journey. I know there will be challenges—with HR there's so many different issues that come up sometimes unexpectedly, but I wish you and the staff of the Department of Human Resources much success. Congratulations, Waylen, on your appointment. Before I ask you to provide some comments, I'd like to ask Mayor Mitch RothMayor, would you like to address Mr. Leopoldino and the staff of the department? Oh, Waylen, you can come back to the dais yeah. (At this time, Mr. Mitchell D. Roth, Mayor, County of Hawaii, came forward.) MR. ROTH: First off, before I congratulate WaylenI'd like to congratulate the Merit Appeals Board for making a very, very good pick. As Mayor, I didn't feel it was—it would be right for me to influence your decision by giving you comments before and I figured you'd look for the best people out there and you'd interview and you'd come up with that decision. I had complete faith that you would make a great pick. Page 7