2025-04-22 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board April 22, 2025 what their operational needs are and evaluating those things, but we're working with departments to assess their vacancies and to assess their plan forward with recruitment. CHR. CABANAS: Okay. So, the police performance test is now administered by HPD, correct? MS. TOKIHIRO: Correct. CHR. CABANAS: Okay. So, then —so this objective is going to be amended, right, for the future? MS. TOKIHIRO: Oh, I'm sorry yes. I amended something else and that one got overlooked but yes —we did discuss that. CHR. CABANAS: Yeah, we did. Yeah. I think I brought it up last time at the last meeting. There are a number of recruitments that are being cancelled by the department. Now, this was like a total of five —two for the small/medium sized recruitments —and then, three for the internal recruitments. MS. TOKIHIRO: Yeah. And so, what happened in a couple of the instances was that the Prosecutor's Office decided not to fill vacancies in order to preserve grant funding that they had available. So, they wanted to continue with what they had and rather than fill the additional positions, they wanted to preserve those funds. So, that was a reason for a couple of the cancellations. In the other instances, I believe, the departments changed the method that they wanted to fill a position. And in one case, I believe, there was also they were reassessing their needs and were looking at reallocation of the position. CHR. CABANAS: Okay. So, was that, like, during the posting, while the posting was still open? MS. TOKIHIRO: No. It was before— CHR. CABANAS: Oh, okay. MS. TOKIHIRO: the cancellation came in before it opened. CHR. CABANAS: Oh, okay for all of them? MS. TOKIHIRO: I believe so —yes. CHR. CABANAS: Oh, okay, good. Page 19