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Merit Appeals Board January 30, 2025 <br />MS. TAVARES: Same from the County, no objection. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay. Thank you. I really appreciate your confidence. Thank you. <br />Also, who just walked in —good morning, Mr. Kaye —is Mr. John Kaye, who will sit in, in the <br />hearing —and the hearing is open as Mr. Jonah Kaye indicated at the January meeting. <br />So, if not, if there are no other questions at this time, we shall continue the hearing. And I'm <br />going to yeah, I have a little guide hereso, Ms. Tavares, you have another witness? <br />MS. TAVARES: Yes, I do. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay. And your witness is? <br />MS. TAVARES: Assistant Chief Darwin Okinaka. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay. So, Chief Okinaka, could you come up to the counter here? And <br />Glynis will get you squared away. <br />(At this time, Mr. Darwin Okinaka, Assistant Fire Chief, Fire Department, came <br />forward.) <br />CHR. CABANAS: Oh, yeah, sure —is that okay —we'll take a brief pause. <br />MS. TAVARES: Seems like he's going to have to read anything but, if you feel more <br />comfortable having your glasses, we can wait. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Yeah, if you need to look at an exhibit, that sort —yeah. Okay, we'll take a <br />brief pause at 9:09 a.m.brief pause for a few minutes. Oh, don't run, just walk <br />(At this time, Mr. Okinaka left the meeting room to retrieve his reading classes from his <br />office upstairs.) <br />RECESS: The Chair called for a recess at 9:09 a.m. <br />RECONVENE: The meeting reconvened at 9:11 a.m. in open session. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay, it is 9:11 a.m. and we are reconvening our hearing. So, Assistant Fire <br />Chief Darwin Okinaka, I need to swear you in. If you could raise your right hand— <br />MR.OKINAKA: (Inaudible.) <br />CHR. CABANAS: No, well, if you want to stand. Okay. <br />MR.OKINAKA: (Inaudible.) <br />Page 5 <br />