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<br />Merit Appeals Board April 23, 2026 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Yeah. <br /> <br />MR. AGUINALDO: Yeah, I mean, what is—it’s not hard to fill out this form. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: So, how would we go about doing that? <br /> <br />MR. THOMAS: I can’t think of—I think of how many surveys I get. I mean, I walked into a little <br />store, and I looked around a bit—and then, somehow or other, they got my email address—and <br />now I’m getting their surveys and a follow-up survey if you didn’t fill out our survey, and I don’t <br />even remember who this is from. <br /> <br />I think people are getting survey poofed. <br /> <br />MS. BOND: That’s true. <br /> <br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: So, I think if the Board wanted to do that, then a letter to the Managing <br />Director making the request, I think, is appropriate, ‘cause the MD is the one that supervise— <br /> <br />MR. AGUINALDO: (Inaudible.) <br /> <br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: Yeah. <br /> <br />MR. AGUINALDO: (Inaudible.) <br /> <br />MS. BOND: (Inaudible.) <br /> <br />MR. AGUINALDO: Yeah. <br /> <br />MS. BOND: And getting people to fill out the survey. <br /> <br />MR. AGUINALDO: Yeah. <br /> <br />MR. THOMAS: The survey itself is pretty simple. I don’t think that it’s a turn-off. <br /> <br />MS. BOND: Yeah, but I have to admit—the survey thing is getting out of control. I mean, every <br />appointment, every—“Did you like us?” “Did you like us?” <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Yeah, but in terms of government and job performance, department heads <br />are not asked to evaluate other people, other than the Director of HR. <br /> <br />MS. BOND: So, yeah, so this shouldn’t be a survey— <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Police doesn’t do it. Fire doesn’t do it. Liquor doesn’t do it. We do it. Why <br />do we do it? Because we’re responsible for the merit system principle, which governs <br />throughout the County of Hawaiʻi—that’s why we do it. <br /> <br />MS. BOND: Yeah. <br /> <br />Page 27 <br /> <br /> <br />