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MINUTES
Regular Meeting
July 16, 2007
2:00 p.m.
ROOM 400, CITY HALL
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
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CALL TO ORDER
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2:04 p.m.
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ROLL CALL
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President Alicia D. Becerril
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Present (Missed Items 12 – 14; left at 5:50 p.m.
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Vice President Donald A. Casper
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Present (Missed Items 1 through 4; arrived at 2:08 p.m. during Item #5)
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Commissioner Morgan R. Gorrono
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Present (Missed Items 12 – 14; left at 5:50 p.m.)
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Commissioner Thomas T. Ng
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Present
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Commissioner Yu-Yee Wu
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Present
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President Alicia Becerril presided on Items 1 through 11.
Vice President Donald Casper presided on Items 12 through 14.
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PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA
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None.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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Regular Meeting of July 2, 2007
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Action:
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Approve. (Vote of 4 to 0; Commissioner Casper missed vote)
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COMMENDATIONS AGENDA
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0499-07-1
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Commendation for Sandra L. Favale upon her retirement after 34 years of service to the City & County of San Francisco. (Item No. 5)
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Speakers:
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Sandra L. Favale
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Action:
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Approve. (Vote of 5 to 0)
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0500-07-8
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Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts.
(Item No. 6)
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Department
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Amount
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Type of Service
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Type of Approval
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Duration
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4186-06/07
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Mayor’s Office of Housing
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$140,000
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Will provide project mgmt. and monitoring for the lead hazard reduction work of participating properties. Verify compliance of contractors with City and State regulations, and conduct clearance inspections in accordance with HUD and other federal guidelines.
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Regular
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06/30/10
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4187-06/07
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Public Utilities Commission
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$7,500,000
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Will provide as-needed environmental tasks for the SFPUC Water System Improvement Project (WSIP) and non-WSIP projects, such as providing specialized natural resource, environmental, and environmental planning expertise and services.
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Regular
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11/14/10
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4188-06/07
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Department on the Status of Women
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$60,000
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Will conduct a program evaluation of the Domestic Violence Cross-Training Institute for law enforcement and public safety employees. The DVCTI will provide domestic violence training to 500 of San Francisco’s criminal justice personnel.
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Regular
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12/31/08
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Speakers:
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Brenda Burrell, Mayor’s Office of Housing spoke on
PSC #4186-06/07.
Bonita McGee and Bill Idzerda, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4187-06/07.
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Action:
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1. Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4186-06/07 conditioned on the modification that the Mayor’s Office of Housing provides a response to Item 4b on the Personal Services Contract Summary. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 5 to 0)
2. Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4187-06/07 and 4188-06/07. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 5 to 0)
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0284-07-6
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Appeal by Michael Rosenberg of the Human Resources Director’s finding of insufficient evidence to support his discrimination complaint. (Item No. 7)
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Speakers:
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None.
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Action:
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Postpone to the meeting of August 20, 2007 at the request of Michael Greenberg, Attorney and the Department of Human Resources. (Vote of 5 to 0)
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0501-07-5
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Proposed Administrative Amendments to Civil Service Commission Rules Applicable to All Employees - Series 020 Leaves of Absence Implementing Administrative Code Section 12W – Sick Leave to Comply with Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Rules of the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE).
(Item No. 8)
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Speakers:
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None.
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Action:
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Post for adoption at the Regular Meeting of the Civil Service Commission on August 6, 2007. (Vote of 5 to 0)
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0439-07-4
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Appeal by James Long of the Position-Based Testing job announcement for 7281 Street Environmental Services Operation Supervisor (PBT-7281-053796).
(Item No. 9)
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July 2, 2007:
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Postpone to the meeting of July 16, 2007 by mutual agreement of James Long and the Department of Human Resources.
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Speakers:
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Karen Taylor, Department of Human Resources
James Armstrong, Department of Public Works
James Long, Appellant
Dan Harrington, Representative, Teamsters Local 853
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Action:
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Adopt the report. Sustain the decision of the Human Resources
Director; deny the appeal by James Long on the grounds that there have been no showing that the Human Resources Director has abused his discretion with respect to the minimum qualifications in the job announcement for Class 7281, Street Environmental Services Operations Supervisor.
(Vote of 5 to 0)
Note: The Commission requested that an inspection service inquiry be undertaken to explore promotional opportunities afforded to 7355 Truck Drivers that are merit-based and reasonable; the history of the 7355 Truck Drivers performing supervisory tasks, what their traditional promotional paths have been and what they are now. The Commission also requested a report on whether regular performance evaluations are being conducted for the 7355 Truck Drivers.
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0478-07-4
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Appeal by Kevin Hughes of the Position-Based Testing job announcement #053412 for Class 6248 Electrical Inspector. (Item No. 10)
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Speakers:
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Karen Taylor, Department of Human Resources
Kevin Hughes, IBEW Local 6
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Action:
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The Department of Human Resources indicated that class-based testing will be used for Class 6248 Electrical Inspector; Appeal withdrawn by Kevin Hughes. (Vote of 5 to 0)
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0459-07-4
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Nine appeals by E.R. Balinton, Nikolaus Borthne, Silvia David, Terrye Ivy, Jacklyn Jehl, Michael Lewis, Mario Machi, Vincent Neeson and Thomas O’Connor regarding the use of the Q – 35/0380 Inspector Series at the San Francisco Police Department. (Item No. 11)
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July 2, 2007:
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Postpone to the meeting of July 16, 2007 at the request of the appellants.
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Speakers:
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Bruce Topp, Department of Human Resources
Deputy Chief Morris Tabak, San Francisco Police Department
E.R. Balinton, Appellant
Nikolaus Borthne, Appellant
Julian Hill, Officers for Justice for Silvia David
Terrye Ivy, Appellant
Jacklyn Jehl, Appellant
Michael Lewis, Appellant
Vincent Neeson, Appellant
Thomas O’Connor, Appellant
Alice Villagomez, San Francisco Police Department
Kevin Whitfield, President, Officers for Justice
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Action:
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1. Adopt the report. Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director; deny the appeal by Mario Machi.
Mr. Machi failed to appear. (Vote of 5 to 0)
2. Continue all remaining appeals to the meeting of August 6, 2007. (Vote of 5 to 0)
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REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
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Barbara Lynn appealed to the Commission to give diligent consideration to the appellants because there are so many inequities.
Julian Hill, Officers for Justice stated that the Officers for Justice would like to embrace those nine individuals who filed an appeal but would also like to include the remaining individuals on the 1998
Q – 35 list. When you look at the Q – 35 list from 1998, if the Civil Service Commission fails to grant the appeal, the Civil Service Commission will, in his opinion be discriminating against senior members in the Police Department.
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Valerie Matthews stated that it appears the Department, through the Department of Human Resources wants to get rid of the Inspectors rank. There are people in the Department who have always known that they wanted to be an Inspector, so they worked at that, and developed the expertise as an Inspector.
Liam Frost spoke in favor of the appellants.
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COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS
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Commissioner Wu requested that the Rules on the Civil Service Commission website include the revision date.
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ADJOURNMENT
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6:15 p.m.
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