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MEETING OF THE
COUNTY OF HAWAI ʻ I
MERIT APPEALS BOARD
TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
held on May 22, 2019, at the Puna Conference Room, 25
Aupuni Street, Suite 1501, Hilo, Hawai ʻ i, 96720,
commencing at 9:11 a.m.
REPORTED BY: TERI HOSKINS, RMR, CSR #452
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APPEARANCES
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CHAIR:
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LUAHIWA NAMAHOE
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BOARD MEMBERS:
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WILLIAM CHILLINGWORTH
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BELLA HUGHES
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MITCH TAM (came in later at 9:30 a.m.)
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DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL:
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JAMES HALVORSON
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DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL:
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J YOSHIMOTO
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ALSO PRESENT:
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WILLIAM V. BRILHANTE, JR.
18 GLYNIS YAMADA
19 JOHN MUKAI
20 BRAN KEOPUHIWA
21 TERI HOSKINS
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CHAIR: Good morning. It is 9:11, and the
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Merit Appeals Board meeting has started.
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Thank you for allowing the delay. We are
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still waiting for our other commissioner, Mr. Tam, who
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is delayed by the accident this morning.
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Is there any addendum to the agenda? No?
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Any statements from the public at this time?
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Okay.
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Approval of minutes, but there are no
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minutes. Very good.
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Communications. None outside of what we have
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here that we'll be discussing. And so, we're going to
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move into unfinished business.
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So, I'm going to ask for your patience this
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morning because we have several -- we have a few
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hearings this morning.
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So mahalo, Mr. Keopuhiwa. You're here first,
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but I have -- one second, please.
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So, the first hearing, the Appellant is not
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here yet.
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MR. MUKAI: And for the record, John Mukai,
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Deputy Corporation Counsel on behalf of the County of
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Hawai ʻ i Fire Department or the -- I guess Mr. Walpole's
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hearing. We ask that the matter be dismissed with
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prejudice.
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CHAIR: That is for Communication 18-02?
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18-02?
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MR. MUKAI: That's correct.
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CHAIR: Let me read this first into the
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minutes, and then we'll discuss that.
6 So, Communication 18-02 was received on
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October 25th, 2018, appealing an employment action
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concerning the discharge from the fire recruit process
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by Hawai ʻ i County Fire Department.
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Then there's also Communication 18-02.1,
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which was received on December 28, 2018 from the County
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requesting a continuance of the hearing scheduled on
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February 21st, 2019, and the meeting was held on
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December 19th.
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The Board scheduled the hearing date
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regarding the above appeal for a February 21st. The
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request was made by the County for a continuance. It
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was granted with no objection from the Appellant, and
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certified letters were mailed to the parties dated
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January 23rd informing them of this.
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Glynis, do we know if -- the Appellant, has
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he confirmed that he would be attending this morning?
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MS. YAMADA: No, he did not.
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CHAIR: He did not.
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MS. YAMADA: His signature was on the
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certified letter stating that he did receive the letter
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informing him of the meeting date and time and
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location.
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CHAIR: Okay. So, we know that he's aware of
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it?
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MS. YAMADA: Yes.
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CHAIR: And, yet, no communication from him
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since?
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MS. YAMADA: None.
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CHAIR: Go ahead.
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MR. HALVORSON: Well, you've got a motion in
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front of you. If you want to, you can deal with it now
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or you can go into Executive Session to discuss it, to
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deliberate.
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CHAIR: What do we want to do?
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: No.
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CHAIR: No. Okay.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Madam Chair, I move that
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the County's motion be granted. Do we have a second?
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MS. HUGHES: Second.
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CHAIR: All in favor?
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(All Board Members responded affirmatively.)
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(Mr. Tam was absent for the vote.)
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MR. MUKAI: Thank you.
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CHAIR: Thank you.
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So now we're moving to the next.
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MS. YAMADA: Going into Executive Session?
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CHAIR: Going into Executive Session.
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I need a motion that we move into Executive
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Session.
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MS. HUGHES: Moved.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Second.
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CHAIR: All right, all in favor. Thank you.
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(Executive Session ensued from 9:15 a.m. to
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9:22 a.m.)
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CHAIR: Thank you very much. We are back in
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open session.
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Next, we have a motion to dismiss for lack of
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jurisdiction.
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Before we go further, I'd like to ask
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Mr. Keopuhiwa if you would like this as an open or a
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closed session.
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Open.
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CHAIR: Open. Okay.
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Mr. Mukai?
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MR. MUKAI: It's Mr. Keopuhiwa's right to
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waive or -- so I have no objection.
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CHAIR: Okay.
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So, right now, what we have in front of us is
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the motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction for the
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two claims that we have in front of us, which is
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Communication No. 18-03 and Communications 19-01 and
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19-02. And because we have a motion to dismiss in
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front of us, we'd like to hear from Mr. Mukai, and
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then, afterward, Appellant, you have an opportunity to
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respond.
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MR. MUKAI: Yes, thank you.
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For the record, John Mukai, Deputy
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Corporation Counsel on behalf of the County of Hawai ʻ i
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Office of the Mayor. And as the Board is aware, I
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filed three separate motions to dismiss in this case
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and, basically, trying to show the Board that
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Mr. Keopuhiwa has, in fact, pursued this matter in the
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collective bargaining agreement arena. So, based on
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Hawai ʻ i law and statutory authority, I have nothing
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actually, further to add other than what I have
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submitted in my motion as well as my reply to
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Mr. Keopuhiwa's opposition.
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CHAIR: Thank you, Mr. Mukai.
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Mr. Keopuhiwa?
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Do I need to go over why I
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wanted to deny his motion?
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CHAIR: This is your opportunity to do so.
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Okay. It was in my response,
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but the main reason is because the bargaining
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agreement, the collective bargaining agreement agreed
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to by the Bargaining Unit 11, Hawai ʻ i Firefighters, it
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has nothing in there to address retaliation.
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Retaliation is strictly a County policy, you know.
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It's in the Violence in the Workplace policy.
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Also, according to HRS 76-14(e), it says
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"This section" -- this is like the formation of the
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Merit Appeals Board. It says, "This section shall be
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construed liberally to determine whether the appeal
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falls within the jurisdiction of the merit appeals
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board."
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This is like -- this is where I fall. I'm in
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the crack because the chief kind of -- in the wording
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of his transfer, he says it's not a disciplinary act,
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so that makes my grievance really weak. I can't grieve
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because it's not a disciplinary act, so, I mean -- and
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I believe firmly that it is an act of retaliation. And
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so, this is the only way I could address the retaliation
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was through an internal complaint, which has to go to
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him, unfortunately; and so, he just dismissed it
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outright, and then that's why it's now in front of you.
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In a previous case brought by Battalion Chief
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Steve Loyola and Battalion Chief Ty Medeiros,
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apparently, they used -- Corp. Counsel used the same
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argument in their motion to dismiss for lack of
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jurisdiction, but the Merit Appeals Board denied that
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motion and heard their case; and you should do the same
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in this.
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And then in response to his response to my
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reply -- it gets confusing -- so Corp. Counsel
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submitted that the HFFA was notifying the County that
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they were going to arbitrate my grievance. And that's
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kind of a half-truth. I was notified by the HFFA by
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letter that I have -- if you guys want it -- but it
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says they notified the County they were going to
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arbitrate only because of a specific time limit that
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they have to file it in. So, then they wanted for me --
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all of my information for my grievance because they
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haven't been helping me at all through the whole
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process, because my main complaint initially was
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against a captain who is also the HFFA island
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representative. So, the union has been stonewalling me
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this whole time.
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Anyway, they let me know that I got to send
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all my stuff to them and then they're going to vote on
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it, on whether or not to send it to arbitration. So
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odds are not good for that because the guy that I
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filed my complaint against is on that board that votes.
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This is really my -- you know, this is my last hope.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: I hear that you're kind
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of stuck in a catch-22 situation, given the grievance
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process and the personnel who are involved in the
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grievance process, and the personnel who are involved in
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your case. Is that correct?
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Correct.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Yeah.
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And I certainly appreciate the situation that
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you're in. The process has been going on for a period
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of time, hasn't it?
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Yes.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Yeah. And did I hear
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there was an attempt made at mediation at some point in
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the process?
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: It was fairly early on. And
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they --
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Without saying how it
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ended up, there was an attempted mediation, and then
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the case went forward after that?
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Correct.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Yeah. Okay. All right.
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Thank you, Mr. Keopuhiwa. I appreciate the
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situation that you're in, given the people involved.
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That's a concern. Is there any provision in the fire
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department rules or the union rules that would provide
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for personnel having themselves removed from the
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process for conflicts of interest when this kind of
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thing comes up when you're involved like this?
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(Mr. Tam is now present.)
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: I would have thought so, and
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I voiced -- you know, in every meeting he was present,
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and I voiced my opposal or opposition because it
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seemed really --
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Unfair.
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: -- unfair.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Right.
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: I mean, he -- it's like --
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CHAIR: Did he recuse himself at any time?
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Did you see evidence of good faith on his part to
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remain neutral, given the dual hats that he wore?
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Well, the tricky part is that
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he was there -- because I filed the grievance on my
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own, he was there to represent the union; and so as
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long as he specifically didn't interrupt or didn't, you
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know -- didn't make testimony, I guess, then he was
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there only as an observer. But from my point of view,
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you know, it's pretty intimidating.
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MR. MUKAI: May I make a comment?
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Thank you, Mr. Keopuhiwa.
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Sure.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Mr. Mukai, did you want
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to comment? I'm having a little bit of trouble hearing
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you. I have old ears. You can either move closer or
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up the volume, please.
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MR. MUKAI: Okay. Yes. I apologize, Your
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Honor.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Thank you.
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MR. MUKAI: With regard to this specific
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appeal under 76-14, when Mr. Keopuhiwa talks about
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other employment actions under 76-14, the statute is
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clear that it must be -- the Appellant must be a civil
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service employee excluded from collective bargaining;
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so the statute by its very terms is clear.
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And I've also submitted in my reply to the
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Merit Appeals Board that this placement action that
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took place initially that gives rise to all of this is,
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in fact -- continues to be pursued in the BU-11
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contract under the grievance procedure.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Right.
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MR. MUKAI: I have nothing further.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Thank you.
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MR. HALVORSON: I do have one question. What
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is your current status?
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: I am -- I got injured. I
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hurt my knee, so I was out of work for a few months,
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and then I returned to light duty. So, right now, I'm
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expected to return to work full duty on June 1st, but
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I'm working light duty in the warehouse right now.
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MR. HALVORSON: The warehouse is where?
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Right here at Central.
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MR. HALVORSON: Okay. But on June 1st, you
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expect to return to --
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Kailua.
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MR. HALVORSON: -- the station you got
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transferred to?
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Yes, Sir.
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MR. HALVORSON: Okay.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Executive Session?
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CHAIR: Yep.
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Thank you very much.
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I'll entertain a motion to go into Executive
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Session so we can deliberate this.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: I move that the Merit
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Appeals Board go into Executive Session with regard to
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Mr. Keopuhiwa for this case and with regard to
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Mr. Mukai's motion to dismiss.
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MS. HUGHES: Second.
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CHAIR: Thank you very much.
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All in favor.
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(All Board Members responded affirmatively.)
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(Executive Session ensued from 9:33 a.m. to
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9:44 a.m.)
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CHAIR: Thank you very much. We are back in
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session at 9:44.
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So, in front of us right now, we have the
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case of Mr. Bran Keopuhiwa. I will entertain a
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motion on our jurisdiction.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Madam Chair, I move that
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the County's motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction
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in this case be granted.
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MS. HUGHES: Second.
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CHAIR: All in favor?
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(All Board Members responded affirmatively.)
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CHAIR: Mr. Mukai?
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MR. MUKAI: Yes.
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CHAIR: You have heard the Appellant's
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concerns and the apparent conflict of interest, and you
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may want to communicate this with Hawai ʻ i Fire
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Department.
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MR. MUKAI: Yes. Yes, ma'am.
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CHAIR: Mr. Keopuhiwa, we thank you for
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presenting to us. However, because you have an open
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case with the Union, you need to follow that through to
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its full conclusion. However, if that does not come to
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your full satisfaction, you do have available recourse,
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and that is to present your case in front of the Hawai ʻ i
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Labor Relations Board.
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We thank you for coming. We understand that
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we have to follow due process, and we appreciate very
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much what you have brought to us today. So, again, we
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thank you. There is a lot of room for improvement
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here.
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Is there any way to appeal
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that decision?
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MR. HALVORSON: Yes.
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CHAIR: Because you have an open case with
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the Union, you have to follow that through.
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MR. HALVORSON: You're talking about the
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decision of this commission?
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Yeah, the decision to deny.
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MR. HALVORSON: The decisions of an
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administrative body are appealable to Circuit Court.
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Circuit Court.
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CHAIR: But, again, the proper forum for you,
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after you finish your case with Hawai ʻ i Firefighters
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Association, is with the Hawai ʻ i Labor Relations Board.
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MR. KEOPUHIWA: Okay. Thank you.
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CHAIR: Thank you.
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(The Appellant and Mr. Mukai exited the
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room.)
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MR. HALVORSON: I hope that he doesn't appeal
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to Circuit Court because he's just going to delay
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this.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Yeah.
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CHAIR: So, next on the agenda, now that we've
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moved through the communications?
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MS. YAMADA: We had scheduled a meeting if
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the motion to dismiss was denied for his hearing on
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July 17th.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Say that again.
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MS. YAMADA: If the motion was denied, as far
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as dismissal, then his hearing would have been
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scheduled on July 17th, if you guys want to have your
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next meeting then.
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MR. HALVORSON: Why wouldn't it have been
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heard today?
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MS. YAMADA: Because it was just a motion to
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dismiss, period.
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MR. HALVORSON: Oh, well. Okay. We could
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have gone ahead and heard his case today, but it's moot
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now.
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CHAIR: But we didn't know how long the day
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was going to be if Mr. Walpole had shown up as well.
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MR. TAM: Was there other business that we
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needed to address on the 17th?
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MS. YAMADA: The Human Resources.
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MR. TAM: Human Resources. Right. That's
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what I was thinking.
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MS. YAMADA: And I'm having problems with
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SurveyMonkey, so the survey will be sent out probably
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tomorrow; so, I'll extend the delay to one week.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Now, for the edification
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of our new member, that is with regard to what?
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MS. YAMADA: Oh, as part of the MAB rules,
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MAB, who appoints the director, needs to evaluate our
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director, and we send out a survey to SurveyMonkey to
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all department heads, and it's about 12 questions. We
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ask them general questions, and they respond, and then
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we get the information back from SurveyMonkey. The
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Board meets, and we also do get the survey result from
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our NEOGOV system. That's where all the application
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processes are done. And then the Board gets together
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and then discusses whether the director meets or does
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not meet the Board's expectations. So, it's like
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evaluating him as a director. And then from there, the
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director at that time will present whether he met those
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goals for this last year --
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MS. HUGHES: Fiscal year.
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MS. YAMADA: -- which would be 2018-2019.
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And then we'll discuss the future goals for the next
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fiscal, which is '19-'20.
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CHAIR: I would like to keep the July 17th
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meeting time since we've already calendared it.
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MR. TAM: Sure. And we'll still need to go
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over that survey results. It will be ready in time?
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MS. YAMADA: It will be at the meeting.
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MR. TAM: Okay.
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MS. HUGHES: And I apologize. I'm gone all
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of July --
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MR. TAM: No worries.
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MS. HUGHES: -- but I'm back in August. I
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have two young kids, lots of family meetings and
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weddings.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: I won't be here in the
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middle of July, so...
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MS. YAMADA: We can schedule it August.
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MR. TAM: 17th you won't be here?
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: No.
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MR. TAM: Well, then we will need to change
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it.
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MS. HUGHES: Okay. August?
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MS. YAMADA: Bill is going to be on vacation
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from July 29 through August 6.
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MR. TAM: Oh, good. So am I.
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MS. HUGHES: The 14th, 21st, or 28th I'm
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available.
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CHAIR: That's far enough out I can make it
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happen.
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MR. TAM: Me, too.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: That's fine with me, any
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of those dates.
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MR. TAM: Any of those dates?
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MS. YAMADA: Up to you folks. Which date do
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you prefer?
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CHAIR: So, August?
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MS. YAMADA: The earliest is the 14th, 21st
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or 28th. Those are Wednesdays.
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CHAIR: I am happy if we put it in on the
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14th.
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MS. HUGHES: Perfect.
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MR. TAM: Got it.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Fine.
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MR. HALVORSON: And, Glynis, do we have any
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other appeals pending?
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MS. YAMADA: None.
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MR. HALVORSON: Okay. Then I don't need to
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come in August.
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And just so the MAB knows, I've got three new
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deputies in my division now, and I'm going to probably
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assign one of them to be the adviser to this
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commission. Up until now, it was kind of a personal
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preference to come because I had family in -- but they
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have moved.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Oh, they moved?
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MR. HALVORSON: They moved to Las Vegas.
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So, I really need to let my new deputies have
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an opportunity to do this because we have found that
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this is a really good experience for people in my
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division; because instead of being in John Mukai's
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place all the time, we get to sit on the other side and
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see what works, what doesn't work, what kind of goes
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through the dynamics. I did it for five years for City
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and County. It was fantastic. So, one of my three new
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deputies will probably be coming. But it doesn't look
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like we're going to have an appeal until at least
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September.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Going to miss you.
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MR. TAM: Yeah.
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CHAIR: You're not retiring?
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MR. HALVORSON: I'm not retiring. My wife
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would not let me retire.
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MR. TAM: Sounds like my wife.
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MR. HALVORSON: Well, she can't retire
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because she's still got a number of years left to go.
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She's also a deputy attorney general.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Oh, my goodness.
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MR. HALVORSON: And the idea of me sitting at
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home with the cat while she's working is just -- she
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can't wrap her head around that.
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CHAIR: You can't clean the house enough?
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MR. HALVORSON: Well...
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CHAIR: According to what her satisfaction
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levels would be.
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MR. HALVORSON: I'm the one that cleans the
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house, but it's clearly not to her satisfaction -- "You
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call this clean?"
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CHAIR: Is Danny Moore still with you? Is he
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still with your department?
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MR. HALVORSON: He's part of the department,
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but he's over in the Land/Trans Division. In fact,
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that's where my wife works. She's a deputy AG in the
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Land/Trans Division, so she comes here and to Maui for
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certain kinds of hearings involving telescopes. Goes
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up the mountain.
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MR. TAM: The juicy ones.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Oh, my goodness.
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So ,to assist in your coming up to speed --
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MS. HUGHES: Thank you.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: -- the unusual thing that
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this Board does is we hire and fire the director of
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Human Relations for the County.
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MS. HUGHES: Yes, I did gather that.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: And we are now in the
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process of evaluating the Human Resources director to
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see whether we keep him for another year.
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MS. HUGHES: How long has the current one
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CHAIR: Since last year. Last year?
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MR. HALVORSON: He was acting for a while.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: He was acting for a
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while, and then he took over, and we are currently
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giving the other members of the County administration
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an opportunity to give him a rating and then return
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those ratings to us before we meet and evaluate his
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current status. So, the County charter gave us the
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responsibility of hiring and firing the Human Resources
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director in order to try and take politics out of the
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hiring process; so that's what it's doing here.
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CHAIR: So up until, I think, around the year
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2000 or so, all chairs of all of the departments and
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agencies served at the pleasure of the city mayor, and
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commissions were created to depoliticize that process.
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To be terminated as an employee of the County
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is always a process. You don't just get canned.
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Employees have the right to fight for their job
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depending on which of the three pools that they are in,
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if they're covered under union -- but department heads
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CHAIR: They are --
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MR. HALVORSON: Excluded exempt.
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And then the third pool are contract.
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There's a non-bargaining, and they come with County
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grants that give their budget.
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MS. YAMADA: Sorry to interrupt. These items
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discuss these items because they will be part of the
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MR. HALVORSON: It's okay, because you're not
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discussing anything toward decision-making.
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MS. YAMADA: Well, this is Board business,
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the Human Resources evaluation.
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MR. HALVORSON: No, but the broad thing that
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MS. HUGHES: Which I appreciate.
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CHAIR: And we will -- point well taken.
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MS. HUGHES: Thank you.
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MS. YAMADA: What time is our next meeting?
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MS. YAMADA: At the HR conference room?
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CHAIR: If we can secure it.
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MS. HUGHES: Is that in this building?
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MR. TAM: So moved.
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MR. CHILLINGWORTH: Second.
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CHAIR: Okay. All those in favor.
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Ms. Teri Hoskins, Certified Court Reporter, transcribed the aforementioned proceedings of the
Merit Appeals Board at its public hearing and meeting held on May 22, 2019.
Glynis Yamada, Secretary, Merit Appeals Board, had incorporated some minor
formatting/housekeeping revisions throughout the transcript.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Glynis Yamada, Secretary
APPROVED:
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Luahiwa Namahoe, Chair
Merit Appeals Board