2025-09-26 Merit Appeal Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board September 26, 2025 MR. AGUINALDO: Oh, Sommer, I think you going have to take this one because this one here, I tried last year and I think was just short notice, but if they can—ho, my goodness, yeah, there’s a lot of—and we have another event. I think that Ren Faire or something—yeah, they did one and— MS. BOND: The thing that concerns me about those is, some of those—like, the Ren Faire they just did last weekend was—they charged $20.00 for people to get in—and the vendors had to pay $150.00 for the booths. There was nothing to do there that was free—everything cost something. So, it—you got to watch going into the—where private sector, like, thing. It’s better to stay out in the public sector than—‘cause it looks like you’re promoting these guys versus the—so that’s something—something to think about. CHR. CABANAS: Mm-hmm. There’s a balancing (inaudible). MS. BOND: Whereas, like, the Ren Faire in Honokaa is open public event on public properties—and so, they have all the ballparks and stuff there. MS. TOKIHIRO: Yeah, we appreciate all the information, we’ll evaluate that. CHR. CABANAS: Mm-hmm. Thank you, Sommer. On a good note, I just want to compliment the Recruitment Division because the Clerk III social media ad was really nice. MS. TOKIHIRO: Okay, good. I’ll let them know. CHR. CABANAS: The artwork, it was catchy—and I think Michelle ran it several times. I saw it, I even shared it on my Facebook to family and friends, but—encouraging them to apply. But, yeah, that was really creative and it’s things like that are really nice. MS. TOKIHIRO: Good. Thank you. I’ll provide that feedback to them. CHR. CABANAS: So, that’s all I have. MS. TOKIHIRO: Okay. CHR. CABANAS: So, do I have a motion to accept and file the Director’s Report for the month of September 2025? SPEAKER: (Inaudible.) CHR. CABANAS: No, it’s for September 2025. MS. BOND: So moved. Page 12