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Merit Appeals Board <br />Call to Order (Item 1) <br />February 23, 2024 <br />CHR. CABANAS: Good morning, everyone. The regular meeting of the Merit Appeals Board <br />meeting is called to order at 10:09 a.m., on this day, February 23rd, 2024. The Board is seated at <br />the Hilo Council Chambers of the Hawaii County Building, at 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, <br />Room 1401, in Hilo, Hawaii. <br />I'm Gabriella Cabanas, I'm the Chair of the Merit Appeals Board. Along with me are my fellow <br />Board members—starting on my right, Ms. Kate De Soto. Good morning, Kate. <br />MS. DE SOTO: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And on my left, our Vice -Chair, Ms. Gay Mathews—and Mr. Charlie Kunz. <br />Also with us, is our Assistant Corporation Counsel J Yoshimoto and our Secretary -Reporter <br />seated in the back, Glynis Yamada. So, good morning to everyone. <br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: Good morning. <br />MS. YAMADA: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: We are fortunate to have our Director of Human Resources Sommer <br />Tokihiro, present—and her staff. So, I'll start with Lisa Nuniez, our new Workers' <br />Compensation Division Manager—and Kirsten Chong, Leslie Kamahele, and Winter Takiue. <br />It's nice to see all of you and welcome to our meeting this morning. <br />Also, with the Office of the Corporation Counsel, we have Mr. Ryan Thomas and <br />Ms. Sherry Tavares. Welcome to our meeting this morning. <br />Addendum to Agenda (Item 2) <br />CHR. CABANAS: I understand we do not have any addendum to today's agenda. <br />Statements from the Public (Item 3) <br />CHR. CABANAS: And no "Statements from the Public" on any of the agenda items. <br />Approval of Minutes (Item 4) <br />December 21, 2023 and January 22, 2024 <br />CHR. CABANAS: So, we are moving along to the approval of the meeting minutes. <br />Page 2 <br />