2024-08-28 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board Mr. Ted Hong MR. HONG: Good morning. August 28, 2024 CHR. CABANAS: Good morning. And in the gallery seated, we also have Darlene—is it still "Akamine?" Akamineemployee of the County of Hawaii, and far back there is Mr. Steve Pause, the Director of Public Works. Welcome, to all of you. Addendum to Agenda (Item 2) CHR. CABANAS: Following our agenda today, we do not have any addendum to the agenda according to our Secretary -Reporter. Statements from the Public (Item 3) CHR. CABANAS: Any "Statements from the Public" at this time? If not, we will proceed. Approval of Minutes (Item 4) CHR. CABANAS: There are no "Approval of Minutes." I do want to note that we have received several correspondence after the agenda was posted. And so, I'd like to briefly mention what they are. The first one, is a letter to the Merit Appeals Board, dated August 22nd, 2024, from Mr. Ted Hong, noting that he will be out of the country from September 24h through October 19d', 2024. And he's asking if any deadlines fall within this period, he will need an extension of time upon his return. He's also saying that if there are any discovery requests or general correspondence, please send them to his office using regular mail—and we can also email the correspondence to his staff—and it's so noted in his letter. So, thank you, Mr. Tong, for—Mr. Hong, for giving us the courtesy of your absence from out of the country. So, this is just for informational purposes. Thank you very much. The second piece of correspondence is Communication number 24-03, the Appellant's memorandum in opposition to Appellee's motion to continue, dated August 8, 2024. A declaration from Ted H. S. Hong, certificate of service. All of you have it before you. And so, for record purposes, Jim—Mr. Halvorson, do we need a motion to accept and file this? MR. HALVORSON: No, I don't think you need a motion. CHR. CABANAS: Okay. So, we are—we have that for record purposes. Page 3