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<br /> <br /> <br />REGULAR SESSION <br /> <br />Merit Appeals Board <br />Hilo Council Chambers <br />Hawaiʻi County Building <br />25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401 <br />Hilo, Hawai‘i <br />April 23, 2026 (Thursday) <br /> <br /> <br />Call to Order (Item 1) <br />The regular meeting of the Merit Appeals Board, County of Hawaiʻi, was called to order at <br />9:03 a.m. by Chair Gabriella M. Cabanas, at the Hilo Council Chambers, Hawaiʻi County <br />Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401, Hilo, Hawaiʻi, on Thursday, April 23, 2026. <br /> <br />Roll Call – Present <br />Ms. Gabriella M. Cabanas, Chair <br />Ms. Suzi Bond, Vice-Chair <br />Mr. Gilbert J. Aguinaldo, Member <br />Mr. Daniel “Niel” Thomas, Member <br /> <br />Also Present <br />Mr. J Yoshimoto, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel <br />Mr. Elbridge “EZ” Smith, Deputy Attorney General, Department of the Attorney General <br /> (via Zoom) <br />Ms. Sommer J. Tokihiro, Director, Human Resources Department <br />Mr. Ryan Thomas, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel <br />Mr. Demetri Lametti, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel <br />Mr. Joshua-Joel Ravey, Pipefitter, Department of Water Supply <br />Mr. Kawika Uyehara, Deputy Chief, Department of Water Supply <br />Ms. Michelle Simmons, Human Resources Program Specialist, Parks and <br /> Recreation Department <br />Ms. Glynis Yamada, Secretary-Reporter, Human Resources Department <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />