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A G E N D A

Regular Meeting

of

April 5, 2004

Including Resumption of
Adjourned Special Meeting of March 22, 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
RATIFICATION AGENDA
CONSENT AGENDA
REGULAR AGENDA
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 Avenue, 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

April 5, 2004

2:00 p.m.

 

Including Resumption of
Adjourned Special Meeting of March 22, 2004

 

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 March 15, 2004 – 1:00 p.m. Open Session
	Recommendation:	Approve.
	Regular Meeting of March 15, 2004
	Recommendation:	Approve.
	Special Meeting of March 22, 2004 – 1:00 p.m. Open Session
	Recommendation:	Approve.
(4)	ANNOUNCEMENTS
	Announcement of changes to agenda
	Other announcements

 

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.
(5)	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts.  (File No. 0212-04-8) – Action Item

 

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
4090-03/04	Mayor’s Office of Public Finance & Business Affairs	$250,000	Will provide financial advisory services pertaining to municipal debt, in particular general obligation bonds in connection with Laguna Honda Hospital.  This service will include financial and legal analysis of the benefit of any credit enhancements.	Regular	06/30/07
4091-03/04	Public Works	$300,000	Will provide administrative and payroll services for the Department of Public Works’ (DPW) Project Pull Program (Summer Youth Employment), which include recruiting San Francisco high school students to participate in the program.	Regular	06/30/06
4092-03/04	Emergency Communications	$100,000	Will prepare a City wide emergency disaster plan.  The plan will be designed to coordinate all City departments and other resources, into a unified response, in a disaster or significant event.  The City has not updated the existing plan since 1996.	Regular	11/05/04
4093-03/04	Human Resources	$100,000	Will conduct a workforce utilization study of the City’s technical engineers and identify ways in which technical engineering job functions and duties can be restructured to fully employ incumbents’ skills, education and specialized knowledge.	Regular	06/30/04
4094-03/04	Airport	$400,000	Will provide professional consulting services to assist the airlines represented by the San Francisco Airline Airport Affairs Committee (SFAAAC) in the review and analysis of the Airport’s Rates and Charges and Capital Plan expenditures.	Regular	06/30/05
4095-03/04	Airport	$5,500,000	Will implement various security systems and facilities for which integration and operational support are required.  Will provide functions related to Airport security: integrate baggage handling systems with the in-line explosive detection machines.	Regular	03/31/06
4096-03/04	Public Utilities Commission	$1,600,000	Will assist the SFPUC in specialized Tunnel Detail Design, Supplemental Geotechnical Services and provide Engineering Services Support for the Construction of the tunnel, shaft and connections to near surface and surface facilities of the Polhemus Tunnel.	Regular	01/31/07
4097-03/04	Public Utilities Commission	$3,500,000	Will provide coordination and work plan preparation; environmental document scoping; environmental background and field studies; alternatives analysis; response to public comments; acquisition of regulatory permits and agency approvals.	Regular	06/14/08
4098-03/04	Municipal Transportation Agency	$1,201,884	Will provide a broad range of specialized vehicle engineering services, testing, administrative support, management and on-site inspection services, quality assurance, documentation in support of SF Muni Railway Electric Trolley Bus Procurement Project.	Regular	12/31/06
4099-03/04	Fire Department	Increase Amount  $82,000   New Amount  $132,000	Will perform physical fitness evaluation on uniformed Fire Department personnel including coronary risk factor evaluation, cardiovascular examination, and laboratory testing.	Regular	06/30/04

 

		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.
	(6)	Appeal by Earnestine May-McNary of the Human Resources Director’s decision regarding her complaints of discrimination and retaliation.  (File No. 0583-03-6 and 0641-03-6) – Action Item
		February 17, 2004:			Postpone to the meeting of April 5, 2004 at the request of Paula Gustafson, Attorney.
		Recommendation:	Postpone to the meeting of April 19, 2004 at the request of President Morgan R. Gorrono.

 

	(7)	Appeal by Earnestine May-McNary of the Executive Officer’s decision to close the appeal on future employment restrictions.  (File No. 0576-03-7) – Action Item
		February 17, 2004:		Postpone to the meeting of April 5, 2004 at the request of Paula Gustafson, Attorney.
		Recommendation:	Postpone to the meeting of April 19, 2004 at the request of President Morgan R. Gorrono.
(8)		Determination of future employability: Disciplinary release from probationary appointment of John Bowman, IS Trainer Assistant (Job Code 1031) Department of Human Services.  (File No. 0715-03-7) - Action Item
		February 2, 2004:		Postpone to the meeting of February 17, 2004 at the request of David Coleman, IFPTE Local 21.
		February 17, 2004:		Reject the Department of Human Services’ recommendation of no future employment with the Department of Human Services.  (Vote of 2 to 2; Commissioners Casper and Ng dissent.)  Postpone to the meeting of March 1, 2004 or when all five (5) Commissioners are present.
		March 1, 2004:		Postpone to the meeting of March 15, 2004.
		March 15, 2004:		Postpone to the meeting of April 5, 2004 at the request of the Department of Human Resources and IFPTE Local 21.
		Recommendation:		Postpone to the meeting of April 19, 2004 at the request of President Morgan R. Gorrono.
(9)		Appeal by John Bowman of the rejection of application for IS Business Analyst - Assistant (Job Code 1051) (File No.  0475-03-4) –  Action Item
1.
		September 15, 2003:		Postpone to the meeting of October 6, 2003 at the request of the Department of Human Resources.
		October 6, 2003:		Postpone to the meeting of October 20, 2003 at the request of the Department of Human Resources.
		October 20, 2003:		Postpone to the meeting of November 17, 2003 at the request of the Department of Human Resources.
		November 17, 2003:		Postpone to the meeting of December 1, 2003 at the request of the Department of Human Resources.

 

		December 1, 2003:		Postpone to the meeting of February 2, 2004 at the request of Spike Kahn, IFPTE Local 21.
		February 2, 2004:		Postpone to the meeting of February 17, 2004 at the request of David Coleman, IFPTE Local 21.
		February 17, 2004:		Postpone to the meeting of March 1, 2004.
		March 1, 2004:	Postpone to the meeting of April 5, 2004 at the request of the Department of Human Resources.
		Recommendation:		Postpone to the meeting of April 19, 2004 at the request of President Morgan R. Gorrono.
	(10)	Progress Report – Salary Setting for the City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors for a five (5) year cycle, effective July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2009 in accordance with Charter Section 2.100.  (File No. 0887-03-1) – Action Item
		December 1, 2003:		Accept report on Preliminary Work Plan – Salary Setting for the City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors, effective July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2009 in accordance with Charter Section 2.100.
		January 5, 2004:		Accept Preliminary Report on the Board of Supervisors Salary; Proceed with salary survey and report progress to the Commission.
		February 2, 2004:		Accept report.
		March 1, 2004:		Postpone to the meeting of March 15, 2004 at the request of President Morgan Gorrono.
		March 15, 2004:		Accept report.
		Recommendation:		Postpone to the meeting of April 19, 2004 at the request of President Morgan R. Gorrono.
	(11)	City and County of San Francisco Equal Employment Opportunity Plan.  (File No. 0213-04-1) – Action Item
		Recommendation:		Approve Equal Employment Opportunity Plan; transmit to Mayor’s Office for submission to U.S. Department of Justice.

 

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.
(12)	Proposed draft amendments to Civil Service Commission Rules applicable to the Uniformed Ranks of the San Francisco Police Department – Volume II - Rule 203 - Equal Employment Opportunity Policy; Rule 209 - Position Classification and Related Rules; Rule 210 - Police Examination Qualifications and Applicants; Rule 211 – Examinations; Rule 212 - Eligible Lists – Police Department; Rule 213 - Certification of Eligibles – Police Department.  (File No. 0796-03-5) – Discussion & Possible Action Item
	December 1, 2003:	Discussion continued to the meeting of December 15, 2003.
	December 15, 2003:	Discussion continued to a special meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 408, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
	January 20, 2004:	Continue discussions.  Schedule a Special Meeting when the independent expert is available.
	March 1, 2004:	Continue with discussions.  Schedule a Special Meeting within the next two weeks with a full Commission and only this item on the agenda.
	March 22, 2004:	Adjourned due to lack of quorum caused by building evacuation, to the Regular Meeting of April 5, 2004.
	Recommendation:	Post Proposed Amendments for meet and confer.
(13)	A. Vote on whether to hold closed session to confer with the designated labor negotiator, San Francisco Administrative Code 67.10 (e) – ACTION ITEM

 

             1)  CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
                   (Discussion and possible action Item) 

                   California Government Code Sec. 54957.6(a), San Francisco 
                   Administrative Code Section 67.10(e)
                   Kate Favetti, Executive Officer/Labor Negotiator, CSC

                   Organization:  San Francisco Police Officers Association
                   Anticipated issue under negotiation:
                   Volume II – Rules Applicable to the Uniformed Ranks of the San
                   Francisco Police Department:

• Rule 203 - Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
• Rule 209 - Position Classification and Related Rules
• Rule 210 - Police Examination Qualifications and Applicants
• Rule 211 – Examinations
• Rule 212 - Eligible Lists – Police Department
• Rule 213 - Certification of Eligibles – Police Department

(13)	B. Reconvene in open session:

          1.     Vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussions held in
                  closed session (San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12
                  (a) - (Action Item)

          2.     Disclosure of action taken in closed session – (Action Item)

		Recommendation:	Post Proposed Amendments for meet and confer.
	(14)	REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
	(15)	ADJOURNMENT