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Civil Service Commission - August 22, 2014 - Meeting Minutes

Civil Service Commission - August 22, 2014

Minutes of Special Meeting

 

Friday, August 22, 2014

1:00 p.m.

 

 

I.

The Special Meeting was called to order at 1:07 p.m.

 

 

 

Present:

President E. Dennis Normandy

 

 

Vice President Douglas S. Chan

 

 

Commissioner Kate Favetti

 

 

Commissioner Scott R. Heldfond

 

 

 

 

Not Present:

Commissioner Gina Roccanova (Notified Absence)

 

 

 

President E. Dennis Normandy presided.

 

 

II.

Public Comment on all matters appearing on the Special Meeting Agenda Session.

 

 

 

None.

 

 

III.

Review of Request for Approval of Proposed Personal Services Contract Number 4070-09/10 from the Department of Technology.  (File No. 0173-14-8)

 

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4070-09/10

TECHNOLOGY

Current Approved Amount

$15,000,000

Increase Amount Requested

$26,000,000

New Total Amount Requested

$41,000,000

As needed, project specific services for a variety of highly specialized Telecommunications and Information Technology (IT) projects. Services will including system design, wireless analysis, business analysis, programming, configuration and training, software design, data and voice network architecture, and will vary depending on the requirements that are developed by the requesting department. Services are to be provided in conjunction with the acquisition of new information technology and telecommunications equipment.

Modi-

Fication

Current Approved Duration

1/1/2010-8/31/2014

 

Additional Duration Requested

8/31/2014-8/31/2016

 

 

August 18, 2014:

Continued to the Special Meeting scheduled for August 22, 2014 to allow the Department of Technology to submit a memorandum describing the training component.

 

 

 

 

Speakers:

Jolie Gines, Department of Technology


 

 

 

Action:

Adopted the report with the modification to delete the training component.  Approved the request for proposed Personal Services Contract; Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.

(Vote of 4 to 0)

 

 

IV.

Review of Request for Approval of Proposed Personal Services Contract Numbers
42224-13/14, 45945-13/14, and 4108-10/11 from the San Francisco International Airport.

(File No. 0180-14-8)

 

PSC #

DEPARTMENT

TYPE OF APPROVAL

AMOUNT

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

DATE

42224-13/14

Airport

Regular

$550,000

The Security Operations Center (SOC) at San Francisco International Airport (SFO or Airport) uses a Physical Security Information Manager (PSIM) event management system. The PSIM system is a single platform software tool that integrates all of the Airport’s security systems and manages the activities of all including the video management system, access control, computer aided dispatch (CAD) and ID badging software. Also included in the PSIM system is a sophisticated geographic information systems (GIS) mapping element which depicts all of the security sensors and end devices on the Airport’s property and an advance management reporting system.

9/1/14-12/1/18

45945-13/14

Airport

Regular

$17,000,000

Project Management Support Services (PMSS) and Design Build (DB) services to manage the design and construction of the Revenue Enhancement And Customer Hospitality Program (REACH) Boarding Area C (B/A C) and International Terminal Building (ITB) Improvements Project. Work will include project planning, project controls, reporting, scheduling, budgeting, document control, coordination, design management, contracts management, and constructability design review for the following projects: 1) Boarding Area C (B/A C) Improvements, 2) ITB Pre-Schematic, and 3) ITB Improvements.

9/1/14-8/31/17

4108-10/11

Airport

Regular

$135,000

 

$885,000

Staffing / consulting services to the airport’s noise reduction community forum, known as the Airport / Community Roundtable. The forum is a means for residents from the surrounding communities to voice their concerns about noise from the airport. San Mateo County, as the coordinating lead for the Roundtable, provides staffing and consultants to evaluate the impact of noise on affected communities created by aircraft flying into and out of the airport and the effectiveness of noise reduction programs at the airport to mitigate or abate aircraft noise.

6/1/11-12/31/15

.

 

 

 

IV.

Review of Request for Approval of Proposed Personal Services Contract Numbers 42224-13/14, 45945-13/14, and 4108-10/11 from the San Francisco International Airport.  (File No. 0180-14-8) Cont.

 

 

 

Speakers:

Cynthia Avakian, San Francisco International Airport

 

 

 

 

Action:

Adopted the report.  Approved the request for proposed Personal Services Contract; Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.
(Vote of 4 to 0)

 

 

 

V.

Proposed Process, Procedures and Criteria for the Executive Officer, Civil Service Commission Recruitment – (File No. 0181-14-1)  (Action Item)

 

 

 

Speakers:

Jennifer Johnston, Civil Service Commission

 

 

Ted Yamasaki, Department of Human Resources

 

 

Sandra Eng, Civil Service Commission

 

 

 

 

Action:

The Commission agreed on the following actions:

 

  1. Allocated a budget not to exceed $15,000 for a recruitment firm that will undertake the majority of the work under the joint direction of Ted Yamasaki and a Subcommittee/Task Force working together.  (Vote of 4 to 0)
  2. Commissioner Favetti will assist Commission President Normandy in screening who to interview, with the agreement that as the process is shaped it will be reported to the Commission.  And once the finalists are chosen, the Commission will conduct interviews.  (Vote of 4 to 0)
  3. The Subcommittee and Mr. Yamasaki will determine the appropriate scope of the recruitment, with the initial preference being the Bay Area and then the State of California in light of concerns to limit costs, as a suggestion for the recruiter to consider.  (Vote of 4 to 0)
  4. Request the Executive Officer to review interview questions, provide input on the selection process and regularly update the Civil Service Commission on the recruitment process at these meetings.  (Vote of 4 to 0)
  5. Adopt the staff report subject to the above resolutions, and adopt recommendations 3, 4 and 5 of the Executive Officer’s staff report: the Subcommittee is to update the Executive Officer announcement,  including amendments to the minimum and desirable qualifications with the advice of the recruiter to ensure a healthy pool of candidates; and schedule closed session hearings of the Commission when appropriate in recognition of the interest of confidentiality of applications and applicants.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

 

 

VI.

Adjournment

 

 

 

1:52 p.m.