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COUNTY OF KAUAI
Minutes of Meeting
SPECIAL OPEN SESSION
Board/Commission: CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Meeting Date: August 31, 2021
Location Teleconference via Microsoft Teams Start of Meeting: 3:00 p.m. End of Meeting: 4:30 p.m.
Present Chair Beth Tokioka. Vice Chair Vonnell Ramos. Commissioners: V. Pamai Cano, Jennifer Carter and Fely Faulkner.
Deputy County Attorney Mark Ishmael. Human Resources Director Annette Anderson (left at 3:07 pm). Office of Boards and
Commissions Staff: Administrator Ellen Ching and Commission Support Clerk Sandra Muragin.
Excused
Absent
SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION
Chair Tokioka, Vice Chair Ramos, Commissioner Cano, Commissioner Carter,
Commissioner Faulkner, Deputy County Attorney Ishmael, Human Resources Director
Anderson, Administrator Ching, and Commission Support Clerk Muragin were logged onto
Microsoft Teams by video.
Call To Order
/Roll Call
Chair Tokioka called the Special Open Session meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. and requested
a roll call.
Commission Support Clerk Sandra Muragin verified attendance by roll call and requested a
verbal response of present or here;
Commissioner Cano replied here
Commissioner Carter replied here.
Commissioner Faulkner replied here.
Vice Chair Ramos replied here.
Chair Tokioka replied here.
Deputy County Attorney Ishmael replied here.
Director Human Resources Anderson replied here.
Administrator Ching replied here.
Support Clerk Muragin replied here.
Quorum was established with
five commissioners present.
Public
Comments and
Testimony
Ms. Muragin reported no one from the public called into the meeting and no written testimonies
received.
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Approval of
Meeting Minutes
A. Open Session Minutes of August 3, 2021
Ms. Faulkner moved to approve
the Open Session minutes of
August 3, 2021, as circulated.
Vice Chair Ramos seconded the
motion. Motion carried 5:0.
Human
Resources
Director’s
Report
CSC 2021-22 July/August 2021 period, August 31, 2021, special meeting.
a) Collective Bargaining
b) HRMS Project
c) HR Trainings
d) Update on Review and Revisions to Internal Policies and/or Procedures
e) Monthly Report from HR Divisions/Sections
a. Administrative Services and Benefits
b. Employee Development and Health Services
c. HR Manager, Classification and Pay and Labor Relations
d. Reallocations Processed
e. Recruitment and Exam
f. Recruitments
g. Lists Referred to Departments
h. Written Exams Administered
i. Administrative Reviews
j. Payroll
k. EEO/ADA
Human Resources Director Annette Anderson reviewed the July/August 2021 period,
August 31, 2021, special meeting report. (Documents on file)
Ms. Anderson presented an abbreviated report on following;
• HFFA (Hawai‘i Fire Fighters Association) Bargaining Unit 11 Fire was still going
through the collective bargaining and HGEA (Hawai‘i Government Employees
Association) Bargaining Unit 15 Ocean Safety and SHOPO (State of Hawai‘i
Organization of Police Officers) Bargaining Unit 12 Police were still outstanding.
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• The final vendor, ADP (Automatic Data Processing), for HRMS (Human Resources
Management System) was completed, which concludes the four contracts needed.
The county team was involved with data input into the HRMS system along with IT
department. Met with the project management team that uses a software that tracks
tasks and detects any that are behind schedule. The next phase would be to test the
system.
With no other questions or clarification from the commissioners on the information
provided in the director’s report Chair Tokioka moved on to the next agenda item.
Business CSC 2021-23 Director of Human Resources Goals and Objectives for evaluation period
February 16, 2021 to February 15, 2022 (on-going)
a) Review updated report
b) Discussion and possible decision-making on other related matters
The commissioners did not have any questions or require clarifications on the information
provided; Chair Tokioka moved on to the next agenda item.
Ms. Anderson left the meeting at 3:07 p.m.
Executive
Session
Ms. Ching read the Hawaii Revised Statutes to move the meeting into Executive Session.
Pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §92-7(a), the Commission may, when deemed
necessary, hold an Executive Session on any agenda item without written public notice if
the Executive Session was not anticipated in advance. Any such Executive Session shall be
held pursuant to HRS §92-4 and shall be limited to those items described in HRS §92-5(a).
Discussions held in Executive Session are closed to the public.
Ms. Faulkner moved to enter
Executive Session. Ms. Cano
seconded the motion. Motion
carried 5:0.
The commission and staff,
disconnected from open session
at 3:13 p.m. and connected into
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executive session.
Return to Open
Session
Chair Tokioka, Vice Chair Ramos, Commissioner Cano, Commissioner Carter,
Commissioner Faulkner, Administrator Ching, and Commission Support Clerk Muragin
were logged onto Microsoft Teams by video.
Call To Order in
Open Session
/Roll Call
Chair Tokioka called the Open Session meeting to order at 4:22 p.m. and requested a roll
call.
Commission Support Clerk Muragin verified attendance by roll call and requested a verbal
response of present or here;
Commissioner Cano replied here.
Commissioner Carter replied here.
Commissioner Faulkner replied here.
Vice Chair Ramos replied here.
Chair Tokioka replied here.
Administrator Ching replied here.
Commission Support Clerk Muragin replied here.
Quorum was established with
five commissioners present.
Ratify Actions Ratify actions taken by the Civil Service Commission in executive session for agenda items:
ES-020, ES-021, ES-022 and ES-023.
Ms. Cano moved to ratify
actions taken in Executive
Session for ES-020, ES-021,
ES-022 and ES-023. Ms.
Faulkner seconded the motion.
Motion carried 5:0.
Announcements Next Meeting: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 – 2:00 p.m., Boards and Commission
Conference Room.
Adjournment
With no objections from the
commission, Chair Tokioka
adjourned the meeting at 4:30
p.m.
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Submitted by: ________________________________________ Reviewed and Approved by: _________________________________________
Sandra Muragin, Commission Support Clerk Beth Tokioka, Chair
( X ) Approved as circulated. 10/05/21
( ) Approved with amendments. See minutes of________meeting.