2024-07-15 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board July 15, 2024 Hawaii County Building. I'm looking for my agenda, there's so many papers hereat 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401, in Hilo, Hawaii. I'm Gabriella Cabanas, I'm the Chair of the Merit Appeals Board. And seated here with me here are my fellow Board members—Vice-Chair Gay Mathews; to my immediate left, Mr. Charlie Kunz. MR. KUNZ: Good morning. CHR. CABANAS: To her immediate left and to Mr. Kunz's immediate left, is Mr. David Wiseman. MR. WISEMAN: Good morning. CHR. CABANAS: My far right, is Ms. Suzi Bond. MS. BOND: Good morning. CHR. CABANAS: So, these are the Merit Appeal Board members. We have our legal counsel, via Zoom, Mr. Richard Thomason— MR. THOMASON: Good morning. CHR. CABANAS: —he's the Deputy Attorney General sitting in via Zoom, and our Secretary - Reporter seated in the back of us, Ms. Glynis Yamada. So, I'd like to call upon Mr. Justin Lee from the Office of the Corporation Counsel, representing the County of Hawaii. And, Justin, you can have a seat at the dais. And, Mr. Ted Hong, you can also have a seat at the dais with Mr. Lyndon Turner. Also present in the room is Ms. Sommer Tokihiro, our Director of Human Resources. (At this time, Mr. Justin C. Lee, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel, and Ms. Sommer J. Tokihiro, Director, Human Resources Department, came forward. Also, Mr. Ted H. S. Hong, Legal Representative for Mr. Turner, and Mr. Lyndon P. K. Turner, Automotive Storekeeper, Public Works Department, came forward.) CHR. CABANAS: So, good morning to all of you. I'm going to let you get situated at the dais. While you're getting situated—so are there others appearing via Zoom—and, if there are, can you identify yourself for the record? I see Kaila Turner—is that your daughter, Mr. Turner? And is there someone elseoh, your wife, Mrs. Turner. Okay, thank you for sitting in via Zoom as well. For the record, we need to have all of the names present. Page 16