2022-02-11 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board February 11, 2022 And Waylen has been in the "Acting" position now for several months. And the advice that he's been giving and the job that he's been doing over thereI believe has been superb. And wein Administration—County have really relied on Waylen for a lot of key decisions and so far he's just done a great job. So, with that, Waylen, I am so happy to be here congratulating you in this position. It feels like you've been here for most of my Administration already—and now, this is just really making it official. We have a lot of work to do. So I just want to say thank you so much and look forward to working more with you in the future. MR. LEOPOLDINO: Thank you, Mayor. MR. ROTH: Thank you. CHR. CABANAS: Thank you, Mayor. Thank you so much. At this time, Waylen, would you like to say a couple words to the Board and to your staff? MR. LEOPOLDINO: I would have to say, "yes." I am extremely humbled by the selection and the opportunity to serve as Director of Human Resources. We've met numerous times before today and I think you all understand my position in protecting and upholding the merit system—and that is my priority going forward. When I committed to that on my first day at HR and being appointed as Acting Director of Human Resources on July I`—and I'm going to continue that work. I'm going to continue to ensure we provide fair, consistent, honest opinions in supporting our departments and in supporting this Administration. And I will work hard to make each and every one of you proud of your selection. And I, too, look forward to working with each and every one of you. And I will value all of your expertise and your input and your feedback as we move forward. And I also want to thank my staff. As I said, this is very humbling for me not only professionally but personally. My family wanted to be here but I didn't know what the outcome was going to be so they were they are supporting me from afar. So But my secondary family, my work family, is here behind me—like they've always been as I've mentioned to you all. So you get to see it first-hand. So, I'm very grateful, I'm very appreciative—and I'm looking forward to moving forward continuing our hard work and making the County of Hawaii a great place to come and work for—as I had mentioned before. So, again, thank you very much. I appreciate it. And we're going to get back to work. Thank you so much. CHR. CABANAS: You're very welcome, Waylen. And so, for the Oath of Office next Wednesday, please invite your family and your close friends—where we have to still ensure Page 8