2022-04-08 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board April 8, 2022 MR. LEOPOLDINO: Yes. MS. MATHEWS: As to what you have— MR. LEOPOLDINO: Yes. So, in our formal response to the Office of the County Auditor, we did address him. We did say we would consider these recommendations and move forward with incorporating them into our process in the future. So, we will take these recommendations and move on them. Yes, absolutely. They were great recommendations, so I have no reservations about them. MS. MATHEWS: I assumed that. I just wanted to get it on the record. Thank you. MR. LEOPOLDINO: You wanted to hear me speak, didn't you? MS. MATHEWS: Yes, I did. CHR. CABANAS: Thank you, Ms. Mathews. Mr. Kunz, do you have any questions? MR. KUNZ: No questions. CHR. CABANAS: Thank you. Mr. Ventura, do you have any questions? MR. VENTUIRA: No questions. Thank you. CHR. CABANAS: Okay, thank you. Okay. So, Ms. Cabanas, do you have any question? I believe I do. But before I even ask the questions, I just want to make a statement that I'm pleased that the Whistleblower Hotline has been implemented because I feel that it provides a safe venue for the employees and the public to report any abuse, fraud, illegal activity that might occur. We have many wonderful employees in the County of Hawaii working but as you stated, if there are individuals with misaligned motives, hidden agendas, that make the workplace unhealthy and unsafe for the employees then it really needs to be addressed. So, I'm pleased. I'm pleased, as the ChairI'm pleased as a Board memberI'm pleased as a taxpayer, and I'm pleased as the former Recruitment and Examination Manager. It's something that I wished we had back then, but we didn't. And so, I hope that individuals will pursue, if they feel the need to because it provides a safe venue—mechanism is the word, actuallya safe mechanism for individuals to report abuse, fraud, or any illegal activity. People abusing their power. Page 20