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Merit Appeals Board <br />April 22, 2025 <br />And so, grant management and grant writing is something that was of interest to a lot of our <br />employees. And so, those courses filled up very quickly. So, we're excited to be able to look <br />forward to offering those again in the next fiscal year. <br />And then, Jenny is working on trying to develop a schedule of bringing in a different trainer to <br />do something every month. So, it's great to be able to have funds available for our employee <br />development. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Mm-hmm, that's great. Keep up the good work to her as well. <br />Okay, now we're on Recruitment and Examination. Anyone have questions for —on this <br />particular area? <br />MR. THOMAS: Just a general question on all of these because you mentioned funding. Is all of <br />this County funding, and it's considered safe under the present circumstances with the Feds.or <br />are we at risk of some money drying up that we rely on? <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: So, there are some positions in the County that are federally -funded and we're <br />addressing those on a case -by -case basis right now. We did get notification for one department <br />that four of their positions that receive federal funding. They haven't said that we're not going to <br />get the federal funding. What they said was that the current contract expires June 30''as of <br />and they're not sure that as of July I", they would be able to execute a new contract. So, we had <br />to initiate a reduction -in -force procedure for those four positions because the funding is <br />uncertain. <br />So, at this point, we're awaiting notification. We're not —we're assuming no news is good news, <br />but that's something that we, definitely, are keeping an eye on and are evaluating. <br />MR. THOMAS: It wouldn't surprise me if equal opportunity programs come at -risk. <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: Yeah, and that one is completely funded by the County. <br />MR. THOMAS: Good. <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: Yeah. <br />MR. THOMAS: Let's keep it that way. <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: Yes, for sure. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay. So, Recruitment and Exam. —okay — <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: We actually have had a reduced number of recruitments in the First Quarter. <br />And I think part of that could be new Administration new department heads getting used to <br />Page 18 <br />