2026-04-23 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board April 23, 2026 The Director presents a summary of her goals for Fiscal Year 2025 to 2026, and then she will report on whether her goals were met and why not and—or not—and why they were not met. MAB discusses with the Director—it’s the total aggregate survey responses and any other input received. And in a executive session, MAB discusses the overall rating of whether the Director meets expectations or does not meet expectations, with written notice to follow to the Director. So, all of that occurs in June. And then in July, the Director identifies her performance goals that she would like to be—that she would like achieved during the next fiscal year. So, she outlines her plan of action to MAB. And we also review the survey questions for next fiscal year, and we define the target audience and survey participants for the following year. So, that’s basically the cycle. Okay. MR. THOMAS: Do we get a copy of the Director’s goals for the current fiscal year as part of this? CHR. CABANAS: Yes, we do. MR. THOMAS: So, when do we get that? CHR. CABANAS: In fact, it’s listed here on the golden rod sheet. MR. THOMAS: I thought it was—the golden rod sheet? CHR. CABANAS: Yeah. The golden rod is this one. MR. THOMAS: Oh, these are the goals? CHR. CABANAS: Yeah, these are her goals—Goal 1, 2, and 3— MR. THOMAS: Okay. CHR. CABANAS: —that she reported on last year. And now, what we’re going to is we’re going to evaluate on whether she meets it or not based on the survey responses. MR. THOMAS: And I remember that the survey, last year. I think some of us felt that it was of limited value because of a low response rate. CHR. CABANAS: It was of value—the one that we thought wasn’t really a value was the NeoGov one. MR. THOMAS: Yeah. CHR. CABANAS: Because the numbers were really, really small. Let’s backtrack a little—so if you look in your folder, we have a yellow sheet and a green sheet. Now, historically, the—this is for Gilbert because he’s new. Page 20