2025-05-23 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board May 23, 2025 being referred. And so, we're pleased with the progress. We're working intensively on evaluating the vacancy data and then back to departments to ask them what we can do to help them facilitate filling those vacancies. In some instances and because there's been a lot turnover in HR we've actually been helping departments to send out their notices and facilitate interviews in our office, so that we can assist departments to fill those vacancies and get those needs met. So, there's been a lot of progress, a lot of good collaboration, and different ideas to move that forward. So, we're excited. I've mentioned in the report, we've partnered with Parks and Recreation. They've been putting up all of our different banners on County fences for areas that are accessed by the public to get the word out that way. We've been continuing to attend career fairs and working on different signage materials to, kind of, change it up a little bit —so, we're working hard on it. CHR. CABANAS: Yeah. So, the Task Force, did they recommend or implement other marketing strategies that resulted in the progress you've seen? MS. TOKIHIRO: We can't directly correlate that but (inaudible) a combination of all of these different efforts that we're putting forth to make those changes, and that's a revolving process as well —continue to change with the times. CHR. CABANAS: Mm-hmm. Okay. Thank you very much. Anything else? Otherwise, thank you, Sommer, for the report this morning. And I just wish you a safe stay there and a safe trip back to Hilo. MS. TOKIHIRO: Thank you. Thank you, everyone. CHR. CABANAS: Take care, now. Board members, may I have a motion to accept and file the "Director's Report?" MS. BOND: So moved. MR. THOMAS: Second. CHR. CABANAS: Thank you. Any discussion? If not, I'll start a rollcall vote with Ms. Bond. MS. BOND: Aye. CHR. CABANAS: Mr. Thomas. MR. THOMAS: Aye. CHR. CABANAS: Ms. Cabanas —aye. Page 9