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<br />Ms. Sumner-Mack: Forgive my ignorance here…but I still…I’m confused because <br /> why was she…hired as the contractor and allowed to continue all <br /> the benefits of…employment…under…as an employee…I don’t <br /> understand that…confluence…. <br /> <br />Mr. Brilhante: It’s because…the Hawai‘i…in Hawai‘i…collective bargaining <br /> units have a strong foot print in the makeup of the employment <br /> environment in the State of Hawai‘i and under HRS 89-6…the <br /> County is required to provide those types of benefits for employee <br /> who continues their…or enters into a contract situation and they <br /> would qualify for the benefits through HGEA whatever…she came <br /> in specifically as a unit 13…she was identified as a unit 13 <br /> member although she was coming in under an employment <br /> contract and you know that’s just the rules that you know we have <br /> to comply with…we don’t make the rules we just have to make <br /> sure that we follow them…if we…I can assure you if we didn’t <br /> provide the benefits…we’d be having another discussion in front <br /> of another entity who would be questioning why we didn’t provide <br /> her the benefits and I think we would lose that one… <br /> <br />Ms. Sumner-Mack: Thank you. <br /> <br />Mr. Goodenow: Okay…any further questions for the Director… <br /> <br />Mr. Yoshimoto: Well board members…Sumner-Mack asked about Public <br /> Works…Mr. Simeon is the Director of Public Works…he’s <br /> present if you wanted to ask him questions… <br /> <br />Mr. Goodenow: Right…do you want to make a statement…or…you don’t have <br /> to…you’re welcome to make a statement and members do you <br /> have any questions…. <br /> <br />Ms. Sumner-Mack: Yeah maybe he has answers to the questions…. <br /> <br />Mr. Goodenow: Alright…you know I would like to just state that I really appreciate <br /> the questioning because I think as the Board of Ethics we’re <br /> regular public members right…we smell something right…we <br /> want to investigate to…that’s part of our role and I welcome <br /> that…as far as the violation of the code however right if <br /> they’ve…it’s not a…we have to look at that in and of itself and our <br /> decision but I welcome how this meetings been going so I want to <br /> thank our new member and that too thank you. <br /> <br />Mr. Simeon: Allan Simeon…I just wanted to add to what they said…Public <br /> Works…we do get a lot of complaints about building permits and <br /> having this Energov program…will…hopefully help us in getting <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br />