AGENDA

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Merit Board

MERIT BOARD

Charles Kreling, Chair

Eizo Kobayashi

James Mellander

Dennis Reigle

Toni Warren

Walter G. Treanor

Chairman Emeritus

1981-2002

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

6:00 PM

1025 Escobar St., Martinez, Conference

Meeting ID # 852 8673 4479 Password

566361/To call in: (214) 765-0478

Conference Code #3073276

Roll Call and Introductions

Consent Items

Approve the Meeting Minutes of December 9, 2025.

Attachments:

Public Comment

Persons who wish to address the Board during public comment may address matters within the

Merit Board’s jurisdiction but that are not listed as items on the agenda.

New Business

A. Consider the appeal of Ijeoma Edoka from rejection on probation as an

Eligibility Worker I in the Employment and Human Services Department.

B. Consider the appeal of Henry Huang from rejection on probation as an

Eligibility Worker I in the Employment and Human Services Department.

Old Business

A. Consider whether to adopt the hearing officer’s recommended decision in the

appeal of Mahzabeen Shaikh-Gingras from rejection on probation as a Physical

Therapist II in the Health Services Department.

The next meeting is currently scheduled for January 27, 2026.

The Merit Board will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to

attend the Board meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting.

For Additional Information Contact: Lisa Hopkins (925) 655 - 2103 or meritboard@hrd.cccounty.us

Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and

distributed by the County to a majority of members of the Contra Costa County Merit Board less than

96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at 1025 Escobar Street, 2nd Floor,

Martinez, California during normal business hours.

*Please be advised security screening is required to enter the building: