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Merit Appeals Board May 16, 2022 <br />When the civil service reform measures and certain sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes <br />were repealed back in the early 2000's, it left each jurisdiction, each islandreally, on its own to <br />develop its internal policies, procedures. Each island amended its administrative rules. <br />And that's why I explained it so that even the Conference of Personnel Directors were disbanded <br />because back then it was so cohesive that when the State DHRDDepartment of Human <br />Resources Development—had a new policy or procedure or a new piece of legislation was <br />enacted whether it was Federal or State they were the pacesetters. They invited all the <br />jurisdictions to Oahu. We all got trained. We had a briefing. We had an orientation. I don't <br />reallyI didn't really see that after that. We were, really, on our own. And it was our—upon <br />our own initiative to reach out to the other jurisdictions to find out how they were doing it, what <br />they were doing, and could we incorporate some of that for Hawaii Island—for the County of <br />Hawaii. That's why I laid it out in this chart so that you folks could see how it—how things <br />changed. <br />When I started with the department, I was sent to Oahu. I was trained by DHRD. And I came <br />back and then implemented things that we weren't doing and should be doing—and we <br />implemented it after discussing it with our director back then. <br />So, some of those things really are, maybe, no longer. And so, that's why it's imperative, really, <br />that the directors connect with one another and ensure that staff get trained and training <br />continues because there's always new developments in HR. New pieces of legislation, new ways <br />of viewing things, dealing with things. Now, we have COVID, we have mental health issues, <br />and all those other issues that weren't prevalent back then in the early 2000's. <br />So, that's why I did this—in a way that would not put me in any conflict, `cause I do not want to <br />be in any conflict situation either. Any other comments or questions? Okay. <br />So, we have a motion and we have a second to accept and file Communication 22-02. So, we'll <br />start with a rollcall vote with Mr. Ventura. <br />MR. VENTURA: Aye. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Ms. De Soto. <br />MS. DE SOTO: Aye. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Ms. Mathews. <br />MS. MATHEWS: Aye. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Mr. Kunz. <br />MR. KUNZ: Aye. <br />Page 9 <br />