2011-09-21 Merit Appeals BoardMinutes

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Mr. De Lima thought that was good, because otherwise it opens up the County to lawsuits and damages, and they should spend the effort up front to avoid the cost down the road. The only alternative would be to close the site down, which would be ridiculous. Ms. Toriano stated that they may need help, because when the departments say they didn’t budget the monies for these softwares, or they don’t have the resources and IT manpower to get it done, they will have to weigh out the risk and benefit. Mr. De Lima noted that there are foundation grants they can seek to ask for money, and it’s important to know that these ADA conferences do have vendors there plying their wares, making sure that people know the options are there. He does appreciate Ms. Toriano’s comments. Ms. Toriano stated that one of the Board members had asked what the incident rate was for Health and Safety, and the report in the draft would be a sample of an annual report. When OSHA 300 is completed at the end of the calendar year, at that point they can calculate and submit it. Chair Yoshiyama asked whether this is of any value to the director. Mr. Takahashi responded in the affirmative, stating that this is tied to their budgetary goals so it will blend in with the reports to the Board. Mr. Takahashi noted that they’re turning the monthly report to a quarterly report now. Ms. Toriano asked whether the Board would be acceptable to the first quarter being July, August, September, and reported in October, and then it would have that three-month flow. The Board approved. DIRECTOR’S REPORT Mr. Takahashi reported the following: A) Items of current interest. A Board member had asked for a count as to the users of their application software that they just opened up on July 18. As of last week they had a total of 1,203 applicants. The system is not completely implemented yet. They’re still working toward a full implementation in six 9