2024-05-24 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board May 24, 2024 Communications (Item 5) Communication No. 24-03: Received On May 1, 2024, From Appellant, Appealing The Following Actions By The County Of Hawai`i's Department Of Human Resources: Recruitment And Examination, And Classification Or Reclassification Of A Particular Position. Board Action Required: Setting A Hearing Date And Deadlines For Submittal Of Documents CHR. CABANAS: Okay, moving along to "Communications." Mr. Lee and Ms. Tavares, do you want to come up to the dais? (At this time, Mr. Justin Lee, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel, came forward.) CHR. CABANAS: Okay, Mr. Lee is. Let the record show he's at the dais. MR. LEE: Hi, may I please —Board, Madam Chair. My request I was just going to make a request to the Board ifI do anticipate filing a motion contesting the jurisdiction of this matter. So, I was going to ask for a deadline as well as a hearing date, on said motion, prior to scheduling a hearing on the merits. CHR. CABANAS: Okay, so let me look at —the Appellant's name is not identified because there's a reason for it —because I believe it's a closed the person requested a closed hearing, correct? MR. WISEMAN: Madam Chair, is this a new one? CHR. CABANAS: Yes, this is a new one. This oneoh, this is the Appellant. Okay. MR. WISEMAN: Mr. Lee, what's the basis of your jurisdiction query? MR. LEE: It's the Countyoh, it will be the County's position that the Appellant should have went through an Internal Complaint Procedure — MR. WISEMAN: Oh, I see. MR. LEE: based on the Appellant's classification/reclassification. MR. WISEMAN: Okay, thank you. CHR. CABANAS: Okay, but that will be addressed later. So, we need to schedule the hearing date this morning, right. Okay, so Glynis has provided me with a tentative date —where is it — it's in this folder, right? Sorry, we have quite a bit of documents here. Page 8