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Merit Appeals Board <br />Call to Order (Item 1) <br />January 20, 2023 <br />CHR. CABANAS: Good morning, everyone. It is 10 o'clock, so I'm calling the Merit Appeals <br />Board meeting to order at 10 a.m. <br />We have quorum. Four Board members are present. Mr. Charlie Kunz is absent and excused <br />today. I'm Gabriella Cabanas, Chair of the Merit Appeals Board. We have Mr. Mel Ventura <br />sitting in via ZOOM from Kailua-Kona. Good morning, Mel, Happy New Year. <br />MR. VENTURA: Good morning. Happy New Year. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And here in the Council Chambers at the Hawaii County Building at <br />25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401, in Hilo, Hawaii, are my fellow Board members, <br />Ms. Kate De Soto. Good morning, Kate. <br />MS. DE SOTO: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And Ms. Gay Mathews. Good morning, Gay. <br />MS. MATHEWS: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And we also have our Assistant Corporation Counsel, Mr. J Yoshimoto. <br />Good morning, J. <br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: Good morning, everyone. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And our Secretary -Reporter, Ms. Glynis Yamada. Good morning, Glynis. <br />MS. YAMADA: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And our Director of Human Resources, Mr. Waylen Leopoldino. Good <br />morning, Waylen. <br />Addendum to Agenda (Item 2) <br />CHR. CABANAS: Looking at the agenda, there is no addendum. <br />Statements from the Public (Item 3) <br />CHR. CABANAS: No "Statements from the Public." <br />Page 2 <br />