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COUNTY OF KAUAI
Minutes of Special Meeting
OPEN SESSION
Board/Commission: CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Meeting Date: October 30, 2019
Location Mo’ikeha Building, Liquor Conference Room 3 Start of Meeting: 3:00 p.m. End of Meeting: 4:00 p.m.
Present Chair Richard Jose. Vice Chair Jeffrey Iida. Commissioner: Fely Faulkner, Elizabeth Hahn, and Beth Tokioka (arrived at 3:02 p.m.).
Deputy County Attorney Todd Jenson. Office of Boards and Commissions Staff: Administrator Ellen Ching and Commission Support
Clerk Sandra Muragin.
Excused Commissioner Vonnell Ramos and Commissioner Ricky Watanabe.
Absent
SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION
Call To
Order/Roll Call
Chair Jose called the meeting to
order at 3:00 p.m. with four
members constituting a quorum.
Beth Tokioka arrived.
Pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §§92-4, 92-5 (a) (2) (4), the purpose of this Executive
Session is to discuss the hiring of a new Director of Human Resources and other related
matters where consideration of matters affecting privacy will be involved, and to consult
with the Commission’s legal counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the
Commission’s and County’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and/or liabilities as they
may relate to this agenda item. (On-going)
Administrator Ellen Ching read
the Hawai‘i Revised Statutes to
move the meeting into
Executive Session.
Vice Chair Iida moved to enter
into Executive Session. Ms.
Hahn seconded the motion.
Motion carried 5:0.
At 3:03 p.m. the Commission
entered into Executive Session.
Return to Open
Session
At 3:57 p.m. the Commissioners reconvened in Open Session.
Business CSC 2019-24 Discussion regarding audits performed for the following;
A. Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Audit of County Hiring Practices (Report No. 15-01).
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B. Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Follow-up Audit of County Hiring Practices (Report No. 18-
01).
Ms. Ching stated that the audit was placed in both executive and open session as a
precaution, it was discussed in executive session and she asked the commission to defer.
Vice Chair Iida moved to defer
Discussion regarding audits
performed for the following;
A. Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Audit
of County Hiring Practices
(Report No. 15-01).
B. Fiscal Year 2017-2018
Follow-up Audit of County
Hiring Practices (Report No.
18-01) to the next meeting. Ms.
Hahn seconded the motion.
Motion carried 5:0.
CSC 2019-25 Discussion and implementation of the hiring process to begin selection of a
Director of Human Resources. [12/11/18, 1/22/19, 2/26/19, 3/19/19, 4/2/19, 5/7/19, 6/4/19,
7/2/19, 8/6/19, 9/3/19, 9/10/19, 10/01/19]
A. Vice Chair Iida to report the Permitted Interaction Group 3 (PIG) findings on the
questions and scoring tool to rate applicants during the oral interview.
1. Review list of interview questions.
2. Review scoring tool.
B. Report from the County Attorney’s Office on the certification and audit of the six
applicants.
C. Discussion and possible approval on the interview schedule and timeline.
1. Confirm oral interview date(s).
2. Confirm timeline of appointments.
3. Confirm interview particulars.
D. Review draft “Not Selected” letter.
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Vice Chair Iida stated that A. was reported on in executive session and Ms. Ching requested
to defer B., C. and D. to the next meeting.
Motion No. 1
Ms. Hahn moved to receive
item CSC 2019-25 A. Vice
Chair Iida to report the
Permitted Interaction Group 3
(PIG) findings on the questions
and scoring tool to rate
applicants during the oral
interview;
1. Review list of interview
questions.
2. Review scoring tool.
Ms. Tokioka seconded the
motion. Motion carried 5:0
Motion No. 2
Vice Chair Iida moved to defer
CSC 2019-25:
B. Report from the County
Attorney’s Office on the
certification of the six
applicants.
C. Discussion and possible
approval on the written essay
question process.
D. Review draft “Not Selected “
letter.
to the next meeting. Ms. Hahn
seconded the motion. Motion
carried 5:0.
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Announcements Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 – 3:00 p.m., Mo'ikeha Building, Liquor
Conference Room 3.
Adjournment
With no objections, Chair Jose
adjourned the meeting at 4:00
p.m.
Submitted by: ________________________________________ Reviewed and Approved by: _________________________________________
Sandra Muragin, Commission Support Clerk Jeffrey Iida, Chair Pro Tem
( X ) Approved as circulated. 12/17/19
( ) Approved with amendments. See minutes of ___________ meeting.