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Personnel Appeals Board seeks first standalone operating budget after independence law
Summary
The Personnel Appeals Board described its role hearing disciplinary appeals from classified state employees and requested initial operating funds after becoming an independent agency by statute; the board asked for two part‑time positions and said initial startup costs make FY2026 larger than FY2027.
The Personnel Appeals Board told the Finance - Division I committee it is seeking its first operating budget now that state law made the board an independent agency.
"Well, good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Marilee Nighyen. I am a member of the Personnel Board of Appeals. I am accompanied here with our chairman, attorney Charles Russell," Marilee Nighyen said as she opened the presentation. She said the board was established in 1986 and, until this biennium, functioned as a component within the Division of Personnel.
The board outlined its duties and caseload. Nighyen said the panel conducts hearings on appeals from classified state employees who challenge disciplinary actions, and that the board receives "approximately 25 to 35…
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