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Merit Appeals Board <br />January 16, 2025 <br />Call to Order (Item 1) <br />CHR. CABANAS: Good morning, everyone. It is 8:31 on January 16, 2025, the regular <br />meeting of the Merit Appeals Board is called to order. <br />I'm Gabriella Cabanas, Chair of the Merit Appeals Board, and we have quorum today with three <br />Board membersmyself, our Vice -Chair to the left of me is Gay Mathews. <br />MS. MATHEWS: Good morning. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And to her left, is our other Board member, Ms. Suzi Bond. The other two <br />Board members resigned in December, so it is three of us today. <br />I'd like to make other introductions. Sitting to my right is our Deputy Corporation Counsel, <br />Sinclair Salas-Ferguson, and we also have Legal Counsel for our hearing this morning —and it is <br />Mr. Jim Halvorson appearing via Zoom from Oahu. He is with the Attorney General's Office. <br />Good morning, Jim. <br />MR. HALVORSON: Good morning, everybody. Nice to be here. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Thank you. Also appearing via Zoom is Mr. Tony Enriquez. Good <br />morning, Mr. Enriquez. Mr. Enriquez, can you hear me? <br />MR. ENRIQUEZ: Yeah, I can hear you now. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay, great —Happy New Year. <br />MR. ENRIQUEZ: Happy New Year. <br />CHR. CABANAS: And also sitting in the gallery with us, I'm going just introduce everyone <br />because I know all of you. So, I'll start with the Attorneys from the Office of the Corporation <br />Counsel —Mr. Mark Disher, Ms. Sherilyn Tavares, Mr. Ryan Thomas they are all Deputy <br />Corporation Counsels. <br />Also we have Mr. Jonah Kaye, an employee from the Hawaii Fire Department; Mr. Lyndon <br />Turner, employee from the Department of Public Works; Mr. Ted Hong, Esquire; <br />Sommer Tokihiro, Director of Human Resources; and Naomi Leialoha, Human Resources <br />Specialist, from Department of Public Works. <br />Addendum to Agenda (Item 2) <br />CHR. CABANAS: There is no addendum to the agenda. <br />Page 2 <br />