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MINUTES

Regular Meeting

May 3, 2004

ROOM 400, CITY HALL

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

CALL TO ORDER

2:01 p.m.

ROLL CALL

President Morgan R. Gorrono			Not present
Vice President Linda Richardson			Present
Commissioner Alicia D. Becerril			Present
Commissioner Donald A. Casper			Present
Commissioner Thomas T. Ng			Present

Vice President Linda Richardson presided.

PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA

None.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Special Meeting of April 19, 2004 – 1:00 p.m. Closed Session

Action:		Approve. (Vote of 4 to 0)

Regular Meeting of April 19, 2004

Action:	Approve. (Vote of 4 to 0)

Special Meeting of April 26, 2004 – 2:30 p.m. Open Session

Action:	Approve. (Vote of 3 to 0; Commissioner Ng recused on Vote of 4 to 0)

0295-04-1	Commendation for James Horan upon his retirement after 38 years of service to the City & County of San Francisco. (Item No. 5)

	Action:	Approve. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0296-04-8	Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. (Item No. 6)

PSC#	Department	Amount	Type of Service	Type of Approval	Duration
1000-04/05 *Over to* *5/17/04*	Port	$60,000	Will provide education and community outreach services at the Port’s Heron’s Head Park.	Annual	06/30/05
1001-04/05	Administrative Services	$8,640	Will provide technical support, maintenance, and periodic upgrade of the Chameleon Animal Case Manage-ment Computer Propriety Software.	Annual	06/30/05
1002-04/05	Animal Care and Control	$57,000	Will provide as-needed after-hour, weekend, and holiday emergency veterinary service.	Annual	06/30/05
1003-04/05	Administrative Services	$22,000	Will provide pick up of the remains of dead animals from Animal Care & Control shelter three times a week.	Annual	06/30/05
1004-04/05	Administrative Services	$10,000	Will pick-up native wildlife from the animal shelter; and provide long-term care, rehabilitation, and release of the wildlife after initial veterinary medical evaluation.	Annual	06/30/05
1005-04/05	Administrative Services	$6,000	Will provide an environmental enrichment program for long-term shelter dogs that have been rescued from abusive owners and/or neglectful situations.	Annual	06/30/05
1006-04/05	Administrative Services	$0	Will provide Spay/Neuter surgeries for animals that are put up for adoption at the city’s animal shelter. This is a reimbursement program. The SF SPCA will only be reimbursed after money from the customer has been collected. It is no cost to the city.	Annual	06/30/05
1007-04/05	Administrative Services	$9,900	Will provide design, layout, printing and editing of semi-annual editions of “Tail of the City” the SFACC Newsletter sent to donors and stakeholders.	Annual	06/30/05
2001-03/04 *Over to* *5/17/04*	Human Services	$7,804,568	Will provide outreach; counseling; employment assessment; vocational training; work readiness; referral and placement services; and job retention support in CalWORKs and PAES and other low-income individuals seeking employment.	Continuing	06/30/09
2002-03/04 *Over to* *5/17/04*	Human Services	$8,659,969	Will provide case management and related family support services to County residents in the home or in those communities with historically highest rate of children in foster care.	Continuing	06/30/09
2003-03/04 *Over to* *5/17/04*	Human Services	$44,336,891	To serve as the employer of record for the In-Home Supportive Services Program, establish a central registry, provide enrollment in a comprehensive health benefit system, advocacy and other support services for 12,000 homecare workers.	Continuing	06/30/09
2004-03/04 *Over to* *5/17/04*	Human Services	$20,519,260	Will provide case management and support services to homeless individuals and families living in shelters, single resident occupancy hotels, or transitional housing.	Continuing	06/30/09
2005-03/04 *Over to* *5/17/04*	Human Services	$45,505,760	Will provide childcare services to low-income and CalWORKs families through partnerships with other licensed providers in various identified target neighborhoods.	Continuing	06/30/09
2006-03/04 *Over to* *5/17/04*	Human Services	$4,411,784	Will provide services to identify, recruit, train and support Foster Parent Services, Independent Living Skills Services, and Adoption Services for the County.	Continuing	06/30/09
2007-03/04 *Over to* *5/17/04*	Human Services	$29,455,678	Will provide homeless individuals and families with emergency shelter and light meals.	Continuing	06/30/09
4103-03/04	Public Utilities Commission (Water)	$2,300,000	Will provide SFPUC with specialized corrosion control services on an as needed basis by supplementing, developing, training, and assisting City staff to provide the benefits of corrosion avoidance.	Regular	04/06/07
4104-03/04	Police	$80,000	Will provide independent investigation into allegations of police misconduct in the November 20, 2002 Union Street incident.	Regular	07/15/04
4105-03/04	Municipal Transportation Agency	$200,000	Will provide removal and replacement (R&R) of diesel motor coach trans-missions, analysis of transmission failures and other transmission repair by Stewart & Stevenson, the authorized repair facility of Allison transmissions.	Regular	06/30/05
4106-03/04	Public Utilities Commission (Water)	$375,000	Will perform professional engineering work in the field of water treatment and operations at the Harry Tracy Water Treatment Plant (HTWTP). Work will include design, construction support, and the performance testing phase.	Regular	03/31/07
4107-03/04	Port	$230,000	Will provide underwriting services for a refunding of the Port’s 1994 Revenue Refunding Bonds, which are callable at 10% on July 1, 2004.	Regular	12/31/04
4108-03/04	Administrative Services	$3,000,000	Will audit current equipment main-tenance contracts and to compare costs to actual cost of maintenance using time-and-material basis where appropriate and will assume all the risks of cost overruns.	Regular	09/14/06
4109-03/04	Parking & Traffic Commission	$700,000	Will provide a commercial-off-the-shelf central transportation management software, develop software interfaces between the central software and City field devices, provide computer hardware for the system to run on, establish the communications network.	Regular	11/30/05
4110-03/04	Environment	$150,000	Will provide consolidation of recyclables and potentially compos-tables from interior receptacles into exterior containers, and must be able to work flexible hours and have the ability to visit facilities in a single workday.	Regular	06/30/07

	Speakers:	Kathy Mallegni, Port Commission and LaWanna Preston, SEIU Local 790 spoke of PSC #1000-04/05. Kathleen Brown, Administrative Services/Animal Care & Control spoke on PSC #1003-04/05 and PSC #1007-04/05. David Curto, Department of Human Services, James Bryant, SEIU Local 790 and LaWanna Preston, SEIU Local 790 spoke on PSC #2001-03/04 through 2007-03/04. Cheryl Liu, Department of Parking and Traffic spoke on PSC #4109-03/04. Mark Westlund, Department of the Environment spoke on PSC #4110-03/04.

	Action:	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. (Vote of 4 to 0) Postpone PSC #2001-03/04 through 2007-03/04 to the meeting of May 17, 2004. (Vote of 4 to 0) Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on all remaining contracts. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0583-03-6 and 0641-03-6	Appeal by Earnestine May-McNary of the Human Resources Director’s decision regarding her complaints of discrimination and retaliation. (Item No. 7)

	February 17, 2004:	Postpone to the meeting of April 5, 2004 at the request of Paula Gustafson, Attorney.

	April 5, 2004:	Postpone to the meeting of April 19, 2004 at the request of President Morgan R. Gorrono.

	April 19, 2004:	Postpone to the meeting of May 3, 2004 at the request of the Human Resources Director.

	Speakers:	None.

	Action:	Postpone to the meeting of May 17, 2004 at the request of Civil Service Commission staff. (Vote of 4 to 0)

	0576-03-7	Appeal by Earnestine May-McNary of the Executive Officer’s decision to close the appeal on future employment restrictions. (Item No. 8)

		February 17, 2004:	Postpone to the meeting of April 5, 2004 at the request of Paula Gustafson, Attorney.

		April 5, 2004:	Postpone to the meeting of April 19, 2004 at the request of President Morgan R. Gorrono.

		April 19, 2004:	Postpone to the meeting of May 3, 2004 at the request of the Executive Officer, Civil Service Commission.

		Speakers:	None.

		Action:	Postpone to the meeting of May 17, 2004 at the request of Civil Service Commission staff. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0304-03-6		Appeal by Bennette Nulph of the Human Resources Director’s decision on her complaint of sexual harassment, disparate treatment and retaliation. (Item No. 9)

		February 17, 2004:	Postpone to the meeting of May 3, 2004 at the request of Bennette Nulph.

		Speakers:	None.

		Action:	Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 2004 at the request of Bennette Nulph. This will be the last continuance granted. (Vote of 4 to 0)

	0886-03-5	Draft proposed amendments to Civil Service Commission Rules affecting Miscellaneous Employees and Service Critical Classes at the Municipal Transportation Agency, specifically 109 and 409 – Article V – Temporary Out of Class and 110 and 410 – Examination Announcements and Applicants. (Item No. 10)

		July 1, 2002:	Directed Executive Officer to provide the Commission with suggestions on how to make clear in the Rules that "contemporaneous" out-of-class assignments be recorded to receive credit and a provision be provided to employees to request the out-of-class assignment be recorded.

		January 5, 2004:	Request additional information and continue discussion at a meeting to be announced.

		March 1, 2004:	Accept report. Calendar for the meeting of April 19, 2004.

		April 19, 2004:	Calendar for the meeting of May 3, 2004 to post for meet and confer.

		Speakers:	None.

		Action:	Post for meet and confer. (Vote of 4 to 0)

	0160-04-4	Appeal by Angel Orozco following the Police Department’s background investigation and recommendation of rejection for Q – 2 Police Officer and the decision of the Human Resources Director to uphold recommendation. (Item No. 11)

		Speakers:	Capt. Mario Gonzalez, San Francisco Police Department Angel Orozco, Appellant Insp. Adele Roberts, San Francisco Police Department Lt. Daniel Mahoney, San Francisco Police Department

		Action:	Reject the recommendation of the San Francisco Police Department; Grant the appeal by Angel Orozco. (Vote of 2 to 2). Postpone the meeting of May 17, 2004 or when all five (5) Commissioners are present.

0054-03-7		Determination of future employability: Termination of provisional appointment of Gary Hendershott, General Laborer (Job Code 7514) with the Public Utilities Commission. (Item No. 12)

		Speakers:	Michael DeBellis, Public Utilities Commission Tom Harrison, Laborers Union Local 261 Gary Hendershott, Appellant

		Action:	Reject the recommendation of the Public Utilities Commission; Grant the appeal by Gary Hendershott. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0297-04-1		Report of Charter Exempt positions under Charter Section 10.104-1 through 10.104-12. (Item No. 13)

		Speakers:	Denise Cannonier-Craig, Department of Human Resources Linda Marini, San Francisco Unified School District

		Action:	Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report. (Vote of 4 to 0)

	0887-03-1	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. (Item No. 14)

		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.

		April 5, 2004:	Postpone to the meeting of April 19, 2004 at the request of President Morgan R. Gorrono.

		April 19, 2004:	Accept report.

		Speakers:	Yvette Gamble, Civil Service Commission

		Action:	Accept report. (Vote of 4 to 0)

	REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

	David Pilpel commented on the fact that Administrative Services and Animal Care and Control appeared on the Agenda as two separate departments and asked for clarification. He also pointed out that the Department of Parking and Traffic Commission was abolished two years ago. For consistency and clarity, it should be listed as Municipal Transportation Agency Parking and Traffic or Parking and Traffic. Mr. Pilpel also voiced his concern about the Classification Plan in regards to the Finance positions being developed into a series of classes.

	ADJOURNMENT

	4:53 p.m.

	The Civil Service Commission takes this opportunity to honor and pay tribute to all City and County of San Francisco employees who have dedicated themselves to public service and joins in celebrating May 2 through May 8, 2004, as Public Service Recognition Week.

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