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collective bargaining. They're not in the union but they are civil service, so they <br />are entitled to layoff procedures. It will be difficult for individuals to be placed <br />in any other position because of their six - hour -a -week employment. <br />Layoff procedures afford the employees the opportunity to get placed in <br />comparable, vacant positions for which they qualify; but again, comparable <br />means six - hour -a -week type positions for which, at a cursory review, there are <br />none. They are also entitled to bump people with less seniority in positions that <br />are in the same or related series as their current positions; and, again, given <br />their types of positions, and after a cursory review, there are none. <br />The Band Director is a full -time, Unit 13 HGEA employee. The first step <br />of the process is to identify and consider vacant positions that he would qualify <br />fo r. <br />Mr. Takahashi noted there is a special pension set up for band members. <br />He believes there may be five of them who would qualify for that right now. The <br />rest are relatively young and new to the Band. <br />Initially, the Band was under the Mayor's Office. As an agency under the <br />Mayor, the Band Director would report directly to the Mayor. There was a <br />Charter amendment that moved that position to the Director of Parks and <br />Recreation. When that happened, the civil service exemption for that position <br />went away because the positions were no longer under the Mayor in the Mayor's <br />Office. When the Band got moved to Parks and Recreation, there was no state <br />statute for an exemption from civil service, so at that time, former Director <br />Michael Ben took action to convert them to civil service as they no longer had an <br />authority to exempt them. The process of converting the Band Director and the <br />entire Band to civil service occurred back in 2007. <br />3) Mr. Silva asked to return to the issue of Appellant Teri J. Botelho. <br />He stated that he already was leaning toward a particular position in her <br />situation, and while he would do his best to be impartial, he thought that he <br />should perhaps recuse himself from the hearing. <br />Ms. Noda noted that Mr. Silva volunteers at the Kona office where <br />Ms. Botelho was employed. She will consult with her client department on this <br />development. <br />3 <br />