MIN CHARTER 2018-08-10 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -2 August 10, 2018 CHR. ADAMS: Thanks, I'd offer if it's okay with you, Deputy Chief, do you have anything you'd like to say? DEP. CHIEF UCHIDA: No thank you. CHR. ADAMS: Alright, well thank you so much for making your presentation. CHIEF ROSARIO: Thank you. And once again, thank you folks for your service. I appreciate it. g. Department of Human Resources — Director., William Brilhante, Jr. CHR. ADAMS: At this time, I'd like to ask our Department of Human Resources Director, Mr. Brilhante, to please come forward. (Note: At this time, Human Resources Director William Brilhante came forward to address the members of the Commission.) CHR. ADAMS: Director, if you could introduce yourself, and we thank you for being here, and then make your presentation. MR. BRILHANTE: Good afternoon, Chair and fellow Commission members. I'm William Brilhante, I'm the Director of the Department of Human Resources, or more affectionately known by County employees as HR. We're a very small department, about 30 employees in our department. We could probably fit our entire department in that new Haihai Fire Station with enough room to spare. But anyway, our department's primarily responsible for seven divisions. Of those divisions, we have a manager for each of them. We do equal employment opportunities and Americans with Disability compliance. We do professional and personnel development, where we train our County staff, our County employees. We do new hire orientation programs, and we're initiating a manager training type or supervisory training program for our County employees. We have a division which is Labor Relations where we handle grievances, internal complaints from the employees, and we also engage in labor negotiations with the various labor unions for our County employees, who represent the County employees. Another division is Recruitment and Examination. We do all the new hiring for the various departments. By that we engage in the screening process, ensuring that each of the applicants are qualified for the positions that they're applying to, making sure that the interview process is conducted equally and fairly for all and the like. Page 30