2026-04-23 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Appeals Board April 23, 2026 RECESS: The Chair called for a recess as 12:48 p.m. RECONVENE: The meeting reconvened at 1:20 p.m. in open session. Approval of Minutes (Item 4) March 20, 2026 CHR. CABANAS: Thank you. It is 1:20 p.m. and we are now in open session—back to the th agenda of approval of meeting minutes for March 20, 2026. Board members, have you had the chance to review the meeting minutes? MR. THOMAS: Yes. CHR. CABANAS: Okay. Any amendments? I went through the meeting minutes—I have some notes. On page 18— MR. THOMAS: Eighteen you say? CHR. CABANAS: Yes. Page 18, it’s under the paragraph that I stated—it’s the fourth “Chair Cabanas.” MS. BOND: One, two, three, four—under “(Inaudible.)” CHR. CABANAS: Yeah, and then it says, “Yeah, it is. And so, it really rests with the department to do their—they’re the ones authorizing the work. Of course, the class specs. are developed by HR”—and then it says, “their HR”—that’s not correct—“…their HR…” MR. THOMAS: is that the HR of some other department? MS. BOND: Yeah. CHR. CABANAS: No. ‘Cause class specs. are developed by HR. MS. BOND: Their HR—no—yeah. That is correct because she’s—you’re talking about each department’s HR. CHR. CABANAS: No, I’m talking about Central HR. MS. BOND: Oh, that’s not the way it reads. MR. THOMAS: Doesn’t the department or HR develop the— MS. BOND: ‘Cause they need to review the prescription—that’s (inaudible) position description—and not “prescription.” CHR. CABANAS: Well, that’s the position descriptions—of course, the class specs. are developed by HR but they need to review it because the position descriptions are written in accordance with the class spec. “And, as Sommer said, if it changes, then they need to review it because it could be something else”—is that correct? Page 8