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<br />Merit Appeals Board May 12, 2026 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Call to Order (Item 1) <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Okay. So the meeting is called to order at 9:04 a.m., the Merit <br />Appeals Board members are present. We have four of us. I’m Gabriella Cabanas, <br />Chair of the Merit Appeals Board. Sitting with me at the Hilo Council Chambers, at the <br />Hawaiʻi County Building, at 25 Aupuni Street, Room 1401, are Ms. Suzi Bond— <br /> <br />MS. BOND: Good morning. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: —Vice-Chair—and Mr. Gilbert Aguinaldo. <br /> <br />MR. AGUINALDO: Good morning. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: And Mr. Niel Thomas. <br /> <br />MR. THOMAS: Good morning. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: And we also have our Assistant Corporation Counsel, <br />Mr. J Yoshimoto. <br /> <br />MR. YOSHIMOTO: Good morning, everyone. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: And our Secretary-Reporter, Glynis Yamada. <br /> <br />MS. YAMADA: Good morning. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Our Human Resources Director, Sommer Tokihiro. <br /> <br />MS. TOKIHIRO: Good morning. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: And our Deputy Attorney General from Oʻahu, sitting in via Zoom is <br />Ms. Trisha Gibo. <br /> <br />MS. GIBO: Good morning. <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: Good morning, everyone. <br /> <br />Addendum to Agenda (Item 2) <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: There’s no addendum to the agenda. <br /> <br />Statements from the Public (Item 3) <br /> <br />CHR. CABANAS: No “Statements from the Public.” <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />