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A G E N D A

Regular Meeting

of

June 7, 2004

Order of Business

2:00 p.m.

ROOM 400, CITY HALL

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

 

CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
RATIFICATION AGENDA
CONSENT AGENDA
REGULAR AGENDA
SEPARATIONS AGENDA
EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
ADJOURNMENT

 

NOTICE OF COMMISSION HEARING
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

 

• Commission Office

The Civil Service Commission office is located at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102.  The telephone number is (415) 252-3247.  The fax number is (415) 252-3260 and the web address is  www.sfgov.org/civil_service/.  Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

• Policy Requiring Written Reports

It is the policy of the Civil Service Commission that all items appearing on its agenda be supported by a written report prepared by Commission or departmental staff.  All documents referred to in any Agenda Document are posted adjacent to the Agenda, or if more than one (1) page in length, available for public inspection and copying at the Civil Service Commission office.  Reports from City and County personnel supporting agenda items are submitted in accordance with the procedures established by the Executive Officer.  Reports not submitted according to procedures, in the format and quantity required, and by the deadline, will not be calendared.

• Policy on Written Submissions by Appellants

All written material submitted by appellants to be considered by the Commission in support of an agenda item shall be submitted to the Commission office, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the fourth (4^th) business day preceding the Commission meeting for which the item is calendared (ordinarily, on Tuesday).  An original and nine (9) copies on 8 ½-inch X 11 inch paper, three-hole punched on left margin, and page numbered in the bottom center margin, shall be provided.  Written material submitted for the Commission’s review becomes part of a public record and shall be open for public inspection.

• Policy and Procedure for Postponement

A request for a postponement (continuance) to delay an item to another meeting may be directed to the Commission Executive Officer by telephone or in writing.  Before acting, the Executive Officer may refer certain requests to another City official for recommendation.  Telephone requests must be confirmed in writing prior to the meeting. Immediately following the “Announcement of Changes” portion of the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, the Commission will consider a request for a postponement that has been previously denied.

• Policy and Procedure on Hearing Items Out of Order

Requests to hear items out of order are to be directed to the Commission President at the beginning of the agenda.  The President will rule on each request.  Such requests may be granted with mutual agreement among the affected parties.

• Procedure for Commission Hearings

All Commission hearings on disputed matters shall conform to the following procedures: The Commission reserves the right to question each party during its presentation and, in its discretion, to modify any time allocations and requirements.

If a matter is severed from the Consent Agenda or the Ratification Agenda, presentation by the opponent will be for a maximum time limit of five (5) minutes and response by the departmental representative for a maximum time limit of five (5) minutes. 

For items on the Regular Agenda, presentation by the departmental representative for a maximum time of five (5) minutes and response by the opponent for a maximum time limit of five (5) minutes.

For items on the Separations Agenda, presentation by the department followed by the employee or employee’s representative shall be for a maximum time limit of ten (10) minutes for each party unless extended by the Commission.  Each presentation shall conform to the following:

1. Opening summary of case (brief overview);
2. Discussion of evidence;
3. Corroborating witnesses, if necessary; and
4. Closing remarks.

The Commission may allocate five (5) minutes for each side to rebut evidence presented by the other side.

• Policy on Tape Recording of Commission Meetings

As provided in the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance, all Commission meetings are tape-recorded.  These tape recordings of open sessions are available for public review starting on the day after the Commission meeting in the Commission office between 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

• Speaking before the Civil Service Commission

Speaker cards are not required.  The Commission will take public comment on all items appearing on the agenda at the beginning of each meeting at the time the item is heard and prior to the Commission taking any action on the item.  The Commission will take public comment on matters not on the Agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the Commission during the “Requests to Speak” portion of the regular meeting.  Maximum time will be three (3) minutes.

• Policy on use of Cell Phones, Pagers and Similar Sound-Producing Electronic Devices at and During Public Meetings

The ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting.  Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

Information on Disability Access

The Civil Service Commission normally meets in Room 400 (Fourth Floor) City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. However, meetings not held in this room are conducted in the Civic Center area.  City Hall is wheelchair accessible.  The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center, located 2 ½ blocks from City Hall.  Accessible MUNI lines serving City Hall are 47 Van Ness Avenue, 9 San Bruno and 71 Haight/Noriega, as well as the METRO stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center.  For more information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.  Accessible curbside parking has been designated at points in the vicinity of City Hall adjacent to Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue.

The following services are available on request 48 hours prior to the meeting; except for Monday meetings, for which the deadline shall be 4:00 p.m. of the last business day of the preceding week.  For American Sign Language interpreters or the use of a reader during a meeting, a sound enhancement system, and/or alternative formats of the agenda and minutes, please contact the Commission office to make arrangements for the accommodation.  Late requests will be honored, if possible.

Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities should call our ADA coordinator at (415) 252-3254 or (415) 252-3247 to discuss meeting accessibility.  In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.  Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

Know your Rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San FranciscoAdministrative Code)

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public.  Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business.  This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.  For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, or to obtain a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance, contact Donna Hall, Administrator of the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 409, San Francisco, CA 94102-4683 at (415) 554-7724, by fax: (415) 554-7854, by e-mail: Donna.Hall@sfgov.org, or on the City’s website at www.sfgov.org/bdsupvrs/sunshine.

San FranciscoLobbyist Ordinance

Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code Sec. 16.520 – 16.534) to register and report lobbying activity.  For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Ave., Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA  94102, telephone (415) 581-2300, fax (415) 581-2317 and web site http://www.sfgov.org/ethics/.

 

City and County of San Francisco

Civil Service Commission

Agenda for Regular Meeting

June 7, 2004

2:00 p.m.

 

ITEM NO.
(1)	CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
	President Morgan R. Gorrono
	Vice President Linda Richardson
	Commissioner Alicia D. Becerril
	Commissioner Donald A. Casper
	Commissioner Thomas T. Ng
(2)	PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA
(3)	APPROVAL OF MINUTES– Action Item
	Special Meeting of May 17, 2004 – Closed Session
	Recommendation:	Approve.
	Regular Meeting of May 17, 2004
	Recommendation:	Approve.
(4)	ANNOUNCEMENTS
	Announcement of changes to agenda
	Other announcements
(5)	ELECTION OF OFFICERS
	Recommendation:	Open for discussion.

 

RATIFICATION AGENDA
All matters on the Ratification Agenda are considered by the Civil Service Commission to be non-contested and will be acted upon by a single vote of the Commission.  There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a request is made; in which event, the matter shall be removed from the Ratification Agenda and considered as a separate item.  Each individual addressing the Commission will be limited to a maximum time limit of five minutes for all items severed from the Ratification Agenda. Copies of all staff reports and materials being considered by the Civil Service Commission are available for public view 72 hours prior to the Civil Service Commission meeting and are located in the Civil Service Commission office at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102.
(6)	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts.  (File No. 0296-04-8) – Action Item

 

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
1000-04/05	Port	$60,000	Will provide education and community outreach services at the Port’s Heron’s Head Park.	Annual	06/30/05

 

	May 3, 2004:	Postpone PSC #1000-04/05 to the meeting of May 17, 2004.  Requested the Department to study the possibility of assigning the duties by work order to Class 3289 Recreation Supervisor.
	May 17, 2004:		Postpone PSC #1000-04/05 to the meeting of June 7, 2004 by mutual request of the Port of San Francisco and SEIU Local 790.
	Recommendation of the Human Resources Director:	Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report.  Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.
(7)	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts.  (File No. 0326-04-8) – Action Item

 

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
4114-03/04	Public Utilities Commission (Hetch Hetchy & Bureaus)	$775,000	Will perform professional engineering work in the field of water treatment and operations at the Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant, Sunol Valley Water Treatment Plant, and the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct system.	Regular	05/31/07

 

	May 17, 2004:	Postpone PSC #4114-03/04 to the meeting of June 7, 2004 at the request of IFPTE Local 21 and the Public Utilities Commission.
	Recommendation of the Human Resources Director:	Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report.  Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.

 

(8)	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts.  (File No. 0392-04-8) – Action Item

 

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
4119-03/04	Airport Commission	$180,000	Will provide SamTrans owl bus service between SFO and San Francisco to the north and Palo Alto to the South.  This is a late night service that operates 7 days per week between the hours of 12:45 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.	Regular	06/30/05
4120-03/04	District Attorney	$90,000	Will provide case management and services to women and transgender individuals who have experienced sexual exploitation and violence.	Regular	06/30/05
4121-03/04	Mayor’s Office	$300,000	Will conduct and coordinate State lobbying services for the City, including identifying and advocating for or against legislation and regulatory matters that impact the City.	Regular	06/30/05
4122-03/04	Mayor’s Office	$300,000	Will conduct and coordinate Federal lobby services for the City, including identifying and advocating for or against legislation and regulatory matters that impact the City.	Regular	06/30/05
4123-03/04	Public Health	$360,000	Will provide as-needed, temporary, supplemental transcription and credential verification for the Medical Staff Services Department of San Francisco General Hospital; to meet unexpected demand for hospital accreditation and licensing requirements.	Regular	06/30/10
4125-03/04	Airport Commission	$400,000	Will provide the development of a concessions oriented way-finding signage and graphics program for the new food & beverage program in the Domestic Terminals; how many type of signs; management of the construction and installation of signs.	Regular	12/31/05
4126-03/04	Mayor’s Office of Housing	$92,500	Will provide implementation and finalization of the required risk assessments associated with the Lead Hazard Reduction and mediation of the Lead program units for low-income families with children under 6 years who are most at risk to lead poison.	Regular	06/30/07
4118-03/04	Arts Commission	Increase  Amount  $286,888  New Amount  $543,000	Will conduct creative writing classes for youth-in-need at 13 community-based sites in San Francisco.  Teachers will serve youth who may be incarcerated, educationally disadvantaged, recently immigrated, homeless, or in crisis.	Regular	06/30/05
4124-03/04	Municipal Transportation Agency	Increase Amount  $7,000,000 New Amount $12,000,000	Will conduct Phase II of the Third Street Light Rail Transit Project, New Central Subway (NCS), consisting of a 1.75 mile extension of the Initial Operating Segment (IOS) north of King Street on Third and Fourth Streets.	Regular	02/28/08

 

		Recommendation of the Human Resources Director:				Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report.  Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.
CONSENT AGENDA
All matters on the Consent Agenda considered by the Civil Service Commission will be acted upon by a single vote of the Commission.  There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a request is made; in which event, the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.  Each individual addressing the Commission will be limited to a maximum time limit of five minutes for all items severed from the Consent Agenda. Copies of all staff reports and materials being considered by the Civil Service Commission are available for public view 72 hours prior to the Civil Service Commission meeting and are located in the Civil Service Commission office at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102.
	(9)		Amendments to Civil Service Commission Rule Series 003 – Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Applicable to All Employees.  (File No. 0393-04-5) – Action Item
			April 19, 2004:	Post proposed amendments to Rule Series 003 – Equal Employment Opportunity applicable to all employees.
			Recommendation:	Adopt.
(10)			Request to extend Volume I - Civil Service Commission Rule 113 - Certification of Eligibles, Article II, Section 113.2.2 - Expansion of Certification Rules.  (File No. 0394-04-5) - Action Item
			Recommendation:		Direct the Civil Service Commission Executive Officer to post for adoption the recommendation of the Human Resources Director to extend Rule 113, Section 113.2.2 for an additional six months, through December 31, 2004, upon agreement with the affected employee organizations.
(11)			Request to extend Volume IV- Civil Service Commission Rule 413 - Certification of Eligibles, Article II, Section 413.2.2 - Expansion of Certification Rules.  (File No. 0395-04-5) - Action Item
			Recommendation:		Direct the Civil Service Commission Executive Officer to post for adoption the recommendation of the Director of Transportation to extend Rule 413, Section 413.2.2 for an additional six months, through December 31, 2004, upon agreement with the affected employee organizations.
	(12)		Appeal by Alice Fialkin of the Human Resources Director’s decision regarding a complaint of discrimination.  (File No. 0835-01-6) -  Action Item
			November 17, 2003:		Postpone to the meeting of February 2, 2004 at the request of Alice Fialkin.
			February 2, 2004:		Postpone to the meeting of June 7, 2004 at the request of Alice Fialkin.  No further continuances will be granted.
			Recommendation:		Off calendar.

 

REGULAR AGENDA
Copies of all staff reports and materials being considered by the Civil Service Commission are available for public view 72 hours prior to the Civil Service Commission meeting and are located in the Civil Service Commission office at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94102.
(13)	Report on the Q – 60 Lieutenant Eligible List, the Selection Process Utilized for Q – 60 Lieutenant Appointments and Extending the Eligible List for Three Months.  (File No. 0396-04-5) – Action Item
	Recommendation:		Discussion and possible action.
SEPARATIONS AGENDA
SPECIAL ATTENTION - APPELLANTS APPEARING ON THE SEPARATIONS AGENDA As soon after 2:00 p.m. as practical, a roll call will be held of the names of persons appearing on the Employee Separations Agenda to ascertain who is present for hearing.  Please respond as your name is called.  Your case will be heard by the Commission in the order it appears on the Agenda unless the President grants a request to be heard out of order.  The Commission will take immediate action during the roll call for those persons not in attendance.
(14)	Determination of future employability: Termination of Temporary Exempt appointment of Maximillian Schweitzer, Transit Planner II (Job Code 5288) Municipal Transportation Agency.  (File No. 0214-02-7) - Action Item
	Recommendation of the Director of Transportation:	No future employment with the City and County of San Francisco.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
(15)	Annual Civil Service Commission Meeting Calendar 2004 – Review of Calendar Meeting Time.  (File No. 0400-04-1) Action Item
	Recommendation:	Discussion and possible action.
(16)	REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
(17)	ADJOURNMENT