2014-03-19 Merit Appeals Board Minutes

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Merit Board of Appeals March 19, 2014 RETURN TO The Chair directed the Board to return to the regular order of business and take ORDER OF up New Business. BUSINESS: NEW BUSINESS The Chair directed the Board to proceed to the next order of business, New Item 6): Business. A) INTRODUCTION OF NEW MERIT APPEALS BOARD MEMBERS Chair Rowe welcomed the two new Members of the Merit Appeals Board: Ida H. Otake and David K. S. Nahuina. He asked them to share a little bit about themselves. Ms. Otake stated that she's lived in Kohala for the past 24 years and is retired from the hospital system. She's enjoying her retirement and is here today to help. She's originally from Windward Oahu. Mr. Nahuina stated that he lives in Kona, is a teacher and teaches history, and prior to that he was doing his doctorate at the University of Massachusetts. His favorite past -time is fishing. He enjoys the opportunity to be here today. RECESS: At 11:11 a.m., the Chair called for a recess. RECONVENE: The meeting reconvened at 11:12 a.m. CONSENT ITEMS By general consent, the following items were taken out of order, as requested by CHANGE ORDER Chair Rowe and with no objections from the Board. OF BUSINESS: C) ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES Chair Rowe referenced the handouts concerning the evaluation of the Director of Human Resources and stated that this was the evaluation performed for former Director Ron Takahashi. They want to be sure that the Director is on track to do his or her part of our Department of Human Resources for the County of Hawaii. Chair Rowe asked Ms. Toriano to explain the hand-outs. Ms. Toriano proceeded to explain the process: HANDOUT A: She directed their attention to the first handout labeled "Handout A"— "Merit Appeals Board, Human Resources Director, Performance Process for FYI 1-12" (SEE ATT. A). This document represents the flow of how the evaluation process was completed by June 30. The "June 30" date, as Page 3