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/� ,AWN <br />DIRECTOR'S REPORT <br />1) Americans With Disabilities Act and Equal Employment <br />Opportunity orientation. Mr. Takahashi introduced Equal Opportunity Officer <br />and ADA Coordinator, Dr. Teri Spinola- Campbell, who briefed the Board on <br />the functions and duties she performs in those two areas. <br />Dr. Spinola - Campbell stated that she's been with the department for seven <br />years when the job was moved from the Mayor's Office where it had been <br />performed by an executive assistant. Her position is to ensure the County's <br />compliance with federal and state civil rights laws and develop policies and <br />procedures relative to those laws, such as their anti - discrimination and <br />harassment policy and procedure and procedures for providing reasonable <br />accommodation for employees. She just developed a mobility device policy <br />because new ADA regulations want public entities to take a two- tiered approach <br />to mobility devices in their areas. <br />Dr. Spinola- Campbell conducts training for County employees and also <br />gets involved in some investigations. The policy is written so that if a complaint <br />is against a director or deputy director, she investigates; and if it's against a <br />supervisor in the department, the employee is supposed to file the complaint <br />with their department's internal complaint procedure so it's with the <br />department's purview to investigate those types of complaints. However, she is <br />here to provide assistance to the departments. <br />Dr. Spinola- Campbell also provides guidance to the departments when <br />they call, somewhat like a consulting service; but when she looks at what she <br />does, most of it revolves around the Americans with Disabilities Act where the <br />public is trying to access County programs and services or facilities. <br />She has a court- ordered $50,000 fund where if people request an access <br />modification to one of the County's facilities, she has the funding to provide <br />monies for that. One example is the pedestrian push button signals that have <br />been installed at various corners in Hilo for an individual who uses a power <br />chair that he powers with his breath. The individual has muscular dystrophy so <br />can't use his upper body at all. The pedestrian push button is installed at a level <br />where he can push it with his footrest. Also with that fund, a lot of lifts for pools <br />were purchased where the lifts were deteriorating and weren't working <br />anymore. <br />2 <br />