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Merit Appeals Board July 15, 2024 <br />MR. WISEMAN: Hear the opposition and then we can (inaudible) and ask more questions, if we <br />have any. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Yes. Mr. Lee, was conferring with the Director of Human Resources. So, <br />Mr. Lee, would you like to respond, please? <br />MR. LEE: Yes. First, I'd like to, I guess, apologize to the Board. I didn't mean to seem <br />evasive. I didn't have time to really think about the implications of the word "mistake" but I <br />would agree with the Board's characterization. Whether it happened in the nineties or with <br />Mr. Turner's recruitment—yes, it was a mistake as far as the class specifications. <br />To answer the Board's question with regards to communication between the Director of Human <br />Resources and Mr. Turner the answer being "no" no communication occurred the <br />explanation being that what's happening procedurally is the Director of Human Resources is <br />overturning the appointing authority's decision—in this case, appointing authority is the Director <br />of Public Works. <br />So, it'd be perhaps not the nicest thing to do but the procedurally proper thing to do was to have <br />the appointing authority inform Mr. Turner. The Director of Human Resources couldn't seem to <br />be playing favorites and letting Mr. Turner know, I guess, personally what's happening because <br />of where it's happening in the, I guess, chain of events. Because, at this point, Director Pause <br />was the one that placed Mr. Turner in the position and it's the County's position that it fell to <br />Director Pause to let Mr. Turner know. <br />CHR. CABANAS: What was the Director's authority? What was the authority to overturn an <br />appointing authority's decision to hire Mr. Turner? <br />MR. LEE: I would refer to the Board to Human Resources Rules 3-19. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Because the appointing authority, by law, is the official authority to hire and <br />fire an employee in their own department. <br />MR. LEE: That would be correct, but I would point the Board to Section 3-19 of the Human <br />Resources Rules. At this point, it's the County's position that Mr. Turner— <br />CHR. CABANAS: Do we have that? <br />MR. LEE: I have a copy (SEE ATT. A). <br />CHR. CABANAS: This is our Board Rules <br />MR. LEE: Sure. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Yes, please, I'd like to see that. <br />Page 26 <br />