2024-03-12 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board March 12, 2024 and excused today and they are David Wiseman and Kate De Soto normally, they are here. So, it's a five -Board member. You may proceed, Sommer. MS. TOKIHIRO: Yeah. So, I just wanted all of the staff to have the opportunity to see that this is where I report the activities that Human Resources is collectively performing every month and just make sure that Junko understands, as part of the team, that this is how everyone knows what's happening in HR. So, I'm going to go ahead and excuse Kaila and Junko to return to the office, but thank you for joining me. MS. KAAIHUE: Thank you. CHR. CABANAS: Thank you. MS. CALMA: Thank you. CHR. CABANAS: Have a good work week. Bye. MS. KAAIHUL Bye. MS. CALMA: Bye. MS. TOKIHIRO: So, you folks have the March report and I'm happy to answer questions. CHR. CABANAS: Ms. Mathews, do you have any questions for the Director? MS. MATHEWS: Yes—and it's trivial—but how on earth do you guys end up having to identify two poisons from your department—or am I mis-reading this? MS. TOKIHIRO: You're reading it correctly. So, one of the divisions is the Health and Safety Division. And so, through our Safety Division, they're investigating those poisons. So, part of what the Safety Division does is make sure that all the labeling on all the chemicals that we use in the County are being correctly handled. So, the Safety Division isn't doing it entirely on its own but working with the departments to do the research on, to identify new poison that doesn't contain that glyphosate. MS. MATHEWS: Okay. So, you're not having to start from scratch and it's not your department that's having to vet it—you're more blessing it at the end, after somebody else comes forward with what they think would be the most viable (inaudible). MS. TOKIHIRO: Yeah, looking at options MS. MATHEWS: Okay. Page 5