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Merit Appeals Board May 23, 2025 <br />RECESS: The Chair called for a recess at 10:33 a.m. <br />RECONVENE: The meeting reconvened at 10:38 a.m. in open session. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay, it is 10:38 a.m. and the Merit Appeals Board is back from a short <br />recess. <br />Going back to the agenda and the verbiage listed, as I read earlier it states, "This hearing <br />concerns the preliminary issue of whether the Board has jurisdiction to hear the appeal of <br />Tony M. Enriquez under Section 76-14 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes." I've been informed by <br />our Secretary that that is actually an error. It should read, "...to schedule the hearing on the <br />jurisdictional issue..." and there was some letters that was sent to you, Mr. Hong, and <br />Mr. Disher. So Mark Disher is the attorney from the Office of the Corporation Counsel for this <br />appeal, and Mr. Hong is representing Mr. Tony Enriquez for this appeal. <br />So, Glynis has informed me that there were two letters that were sent —March 14d', 2025, which <br />you should have received and it stated that the Board will set deadlines for the submission of <br />documents. And then, there was another letter where that was supposed to have occurred on <br />April 22nd, right. And then another letter was sent to reschedule the letter was dated April 14 <br />April 15d'. <br />So, she realized that she had made an error, she provided the wrong information to Ted Hong re <br />Mr. Enriquez' hearing today. MAB is supposed to only set a future hearing date on the <br />preliminary issue of jurisdiction as well as setting the deadline dates for the submission of their <br />position statements on this issue. <br />So, Mr. Hong and Mr. Disher, we can proceed and set the deadlines for submission of <br />documents —is that okay with you, that we do that today? <br />MR. HONG: Yes. Morning, Madam Chair, Members of the Board —Ted Hong on behalf of <br />Mr. Enriquez, who is present sitting to my left. That was my understanding also in terms of the <br />hearing today, to set the actual hearing on jurisdiction and the deadlines for the submission. <br />CHR. CABANAS: To set —I'm sorry, the <br />MR. HONG: The deadlines for submission of documents— <br />CHR. CABANAS: Yes? <br />MR. HONG: that that would be today you were going to set those deadlines. <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay. Mr. Disher? <br />MR. DISHER: Yes, that's my understanding as well. I'd just —so, the —Mr. Enriquez intends to <br />oppose the jurisdictional issue and another's a pending matter regarding this allegations before <br />Page 26 <br />