Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> Ms. Novak: (inaudible) <br /> <br /> Mr. Goodenow: Yes please be at ease…thank you as a citizen for coming <br /> forward… <br /> <br /> Mr. Yoshimoto: Push the button…. <br /> <br /> Ms. Novak: The reason…. <br /> <br /> Mr. Goodenow: Oh mame…I’m sorry…you have to push button so there’s a red <br /> light… <br /> <br /> Ms. Novak: My name is Layne Novak and…I am the petitioner of…Section 2- <br /> 83 of the fair treatment section b-1…Section 2-85 of contracts….in <br /> December 14 which was a Thursday…Ms. Sheila Cadaoas of the <br /> Information Technology Department…was a manager at the <br /> time…she went into a contract for employment…to be…a project <br /> manager for the building permits system…at the time…I found it <br /> suspicious that she supposedly quit the next day which was a <br /> Friday…December 15 of 2017…and then…on Monday, December <br />th <br /> 18 became employed as contractor for the County of <br /> Hawai‘i…from what I understand…she could not retire because <br /> according to the Code of Ethics…she would have to wait for a <br /> period of I think two years…you see I’m so nervous…I can’t not <br /> even think… <br /> <br /> Mr. Robinson: We’re with you…. <br /> <br /> Mr. Goodenow: We can look up the code…. <br /> <br /> Ms. Novak: Okay…so I believe she went into this contract in violation of the <br /> Ethics Code…since…being a “contractor”…I found out through <br /> the HGEA via email…that she is not a contracted employee…she <br /> is an exempt employee and she is entitled to benefits and <br /> inclusions of the Bargaining Unit 13 contract…however these <br /> benefits and rights under the contract are not exclusive so yet she is <br /> a contractor/employee with full benefits…I don’t understand that <br /> and I have been questioning my manager and trying to dig up some <br /> information regarding this and I am not sure how this works and <br /> how this got pushed through…now having said that…and…I have <br /> to have a disclosure saying that I am and analyst five with the <br /> Department of Information Technology…hence I know about this <br /> contract…I’ve spoken to everybody within the….almost <br /> everybody within the department…we have people in the <br /> department that can fill this role…they are full-time employees and <br /> I think I personally think that this contract is taking away from our <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />