2021-12-16 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board December 16, 2021 Statements from the Public (Item 3) CHR. CABANAS: There are no "Statements from the Public"—according to our Secretary - Reporter. Approval of Minutes (Item 4): CHR. CABANAS: There are no minutes to approve. Communications (Item 5) CHR. CABANAS: No "Communications." New Business (Item 6) Presentation By Assistant Corporation Counsel J Yoshimoto Concerning The Recent Updates To The Sunshine Law, Effective January 1, 2022 CHR. CABANAS: So we are now on Number 6, "New Business" for discussion and appropriate action. This involves a presentation by our Assistant Corporation Counsel J Yoshimoto concerning the recent updates to the Sunshine Law, effective January 1, 2022. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Okay. CHR. CABANAS: So, J, you may begin. MR. YOSHIMOTO: Okay. Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning, Board members. So today I'd like to cover a presentation regarding the updates to the Sunshine Law. As many of you know, the Governor's Proclamation has been in effect for quite some time now and has suspended certain aspects of the Sunshine Law. My understanding is the Governor's office will stop his proclamation in terms of suspension of the Sunshine Law and, therefore, the Sunshine Law will revert to what the State Legislature passed last year. And so, the purpose of this presentation is to provide the Board with an update as far as impacts as to how we hold our meetings. And so, if there's any questions along the way, I'm happy to take the questions as they come along. So, everyone should have a handout before them (SEE ATT. A). And I'm going to go through slide -by -slide. So, as I said earlier, the purpose of today's training is to review the updates to the Sunshine Law, specifically, notice requirements new meeting notice requirements requirements when holding remote meetings, and all requirements are effective January 1st 2022. Page 3