Remarks by Rafael Cabrera
221 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 9
- Play at 2:26:59
“I'm just trying to get a clear record. Yeah, I mean, I heard on your testimony that you were on vacation the same days.”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:27:15
“Okay, I mean... The attorney's asking the question, and I'm sitting here. I heard the same thing. We'll have it on the record, and we have it there. But I heard, certainly, but we could put it on the record of when you were exactly on vacation. But it was definitely stated here.”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:29:21
“We're just going to go ahead and overrule, because he could have just answered yes, and I should have stopped it right there. So we're going to overrule and go ahead.”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:29:38
“He's asking the questions just like you were asking questions. He can give as lengthy or as short of an answer as he'd like.”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:30:02
“Answer the question. Yes, no. You saw that he was approved for 40 hours.”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:30:14
“You already asked him the question, so either move on or not. You already asked him that question, he says he saw it.”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:30:26
“Did he get proper notice of the witnesses that the city was bringing forward?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:30:38
“You have the right to an attorney, right?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:30:43
“Absolutely. Thank you. We're not in a court. No, no, no. Okay. Board members, are you done with your questioning? Yeah, that's it. Board members, questions for?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:35:45
“I'm sorry, I want to follow up on that, and I'm going to wait for my question, but okay, let me ask you just flat out. This calendar, it's for the purposes of supervisors, direct supervisors and above. Who inputs the data into that calendar?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:36:04
“Yeah. Okay, so it starts, but several people have access to it and input it.”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:36:09
“Okay, in this case, were you the person that input his hours into that, this hours that were in there, correct or incorrect, into that format? No, no. Do you have knowledge of who did?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:36:27
“I have yet to see anything that says eight hours. I only see something that says 40 hours that says on there. And then I think your testimony was that you were unsure if that was updated or not.”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:36:39
“Okay, so do you know who put in the 40 hours?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:36:47
“Who put that entry in? Who updated that calendar?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:36:52
“Robert Rionda. Rionda, okay. And to your knowledge, was that ever updated, changed?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:37:01
“Okay, perfect. I'll wait for the rest of my questions. Any other questions?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:37:30
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:37:41
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:37:55
“You got back June 27th, is that correct? We clarified that. From June 27th to the date of him taking off is July 7th, right?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:38:03
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:39:39
“You think it is? Okay. Do you think that this is an example of progressive discipline or information being provided? Is this reflective of the way that the business gets done in that shop?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:40:13
“Has this employee been notified in this or any other instance in writing to be notified? Because you have a troubled employee. I mean, when it comes to taking time off, and you're his supervisor's supervisor, so you should be well-versed. Do you have anybody else that misses this much time in that shop without having the time off?”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:40:33
“Okay, so this is a pretty serious issue with time off that you guys have. You're running a shop, you have the thing, you're making sure you have enough coverage for the work that you have to do, but you have an employee that is excessively requesting time that they don't have available. And is there anything other than verbal... counsel that has been given to this employee to the best of your knowledge as the supervisor of his supervisor oh yeah there's things in writing that that you guys have yeah he has been verbally canceled he's been verbally hasn't been anything he has been given…”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026
- Play at 2:41:59
“No, yeah, I agree with that. There's always room for improvement in anything. All of us can always improve. But when it comes to, it's been documented that you have an employee that has an issue with their time off, Has it been recommended to HR? Listen, you need to get up to date on how to request time off, what time you actually have or not. Do you know your employee benefits and whatnot? Do you know the options available to you? Is that something that is being communicated to an employee? How has this been tried to be? Because this is something that we're dealing with one case here on a…”
Civil Service Board · Jun 23, 2026