CALL TO ORDER

2:04 p.m.

ROLL CALL

President Elizabeth Salveson

Vice President Jacqueline P. Minor

Commissioner Douglas S. Chan

Commissioner F. X. Crowley

Commissioner Kate Favetti

President Elizabeth Salveson presided.

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION BUT NOT APPEARING ON TODAY’S AGENDA  (Item No. 2)

Brenda Barros, my name is Brenda Barros a 1021 member and I work at Department of Public Health.  The issue that I would like to bring up is a major issue, hopefully the Civil Service Commission can deal with it.  It’s related to Covid and to people being tested and forced to come to work, that needs to be addressed.  We’ve had incidents where people have been tested because of a specific program in Public Health to go to a particular unit, everybody had to be tested.  That’s fine we don’t have an issue with that, what we do have an issue is with people being tested and then told to go back to work.  Then, they are working side by side with their co-workers and some of them have ended up later coming back positive.  We really hope the Civil Service will look at this because we feel that it is a violation of the workers’ rights who are there and it’s also putting people and our patients at risk.  While they are waiting for that test to come back, they are still working and coming to contact with people.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES  (Item No. 3)

Regular Meeting of June 15, 2020

Action:

Adopted the minutes.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

ANNOUNCEMENTS  (Item No. 4)

Sandra Eng, Executive Officer announced a request from the Department of Human Resources who would like to request the appeal by William Morales be considered out of order.  They would like to either hear this appeal before the others or at the end.  They are also requesting if it’s possible to present the other four (4) appeals which are similar all at one time.

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT  (Item No. 5)

Micki Callahan, Human Resources Director, reported that the department continues to work with the department personnel officers in developing policies and resources for Covid-19 testing.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT  (Item No. 6)

Sandra Eng, Executive Officer reported that the department is still preparing the Goals & Objectives and plans to include recent concerns that have occurred this year. The department is still waiting for responses from other departments regarding our Pending Appeals. We have not received any questions from the Mayor’s Office regarding the additional reductions to our budget request. Budget requests are being reviewed and prepared to go before the Board of Supervisors.

0147-20-8

Review of Request for Approval of Proposed Personal Services Contracts.

(Item No. 7)

PCS

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

45460-19/20

Airport

$600,000

Contractor will provide a new Fleet and Fuel Management System (FFMS) for the San Francisco International Airport (Airport).The FFMS will be a comprehensive solution for Airport’s automotive and equipment fleet that will monitor fuel use and manage acquisitions, billings, commercial repair and preventive maintenance, inventory disposition, reporting, warranties, and work orders for vehicles.The FFMS will be compatible with the City of San Francisco’s Central Shops Fleet Management Software.The work includes hardware installation, software installation, maintenance, and support services for the new FFMS.

Regular

7/31/2025

16342-19/20

Arts Commission

$100,000,000

In accordance with the City Charter, the San Francisco Symphony will perform concerts.

Continuous

7/1/2021

43225-19/20

Emergency Management

$5,000,000

Contractor will identify standards and establish benchmarks for effective emergency planning, community preparedness, stakeholder resilience, and recovery planning (in the event of a man-made or natural disaster) for the Bay Area Region, which includes the twelve Bay Area counties and the core cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose.Contractor will build on regional capabilities such as Public Information and Warning, Mass Care Services, Cybersecurity, Operational Communications, etc.contractor will review and analyze emergency catastrophic plans, perform gaps and needs analysis, and identify best practices to improve current planning, preparedness, and resiliency efforts.Contractor will develop plans, toolkits, templates, trainings, exercises and other evaluation activities needed to strengthen and improve the Bay Area Region’s emergency planning community preparedness, and recovery planning capabilities.

Regular

4/30/2024

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

44359-19/20

Department of Building Inspection

$2,000,000

Department to re-issue a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to seek responses from Respondents demonstrating expertise in one or more of the following Areas: 1) Structural Design Review; and 2) Geo-technical and Geological Engineering Review.Based on the responses from this RFQ, Department will create a pre-qualified list of consultants/professionals and academic experts from which Department may choose prospective contractors, on an as-needed basis for up to five (5) years of the pre-qualification notification date, to advise the Department in structure design and plan review for privately-sponsored projects.Due to continued development of buildings that require structural and geotechnical review, these specialized services are still needed.

Regular

6/30/2026

49251-19/20

Municipal Transportation Agency

$2,640,000

Implement video safety systems in all rail vehicles to record video images and audio recordings of events involving the operation of the vehicles.Monitor and record events including accidents, signal adherence, hard braking, excessive speed, and operator distraction for safety and driving training purposes.

Regular

7/1/2022

40336-19/20

Public Utilities Commission

$900,000

The purpose of this contract is to provide three years with Calgon Carbon Corp. (Calgon) for the maintenance of Calgon Carbon UV Technology’s (“Calgon”) proprietary ultraviolet light (UV) disinfection system at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) Tesla Treatment Facility.The contract provides for field services by Calgon’s trained field services technicians and purchase of proprietary parts that need to be replaced such as UV lamps, sleeves, ballasts, etc.

Services performed by Calgon:

• Calibration of current transducers and ballast drive boards
• UV sensor inspection and rescale power settings as required
• UV sensor inspection and sensor well cleaning inspect for scratches on all quartz surfaces, leaks in sensor wells, etc.
• Replace UV sensors and sensor wells as required
• Inspect power supply cabinets and ensure proper terminations on all PLC I/O cards
• Inspect lamps for deformation suspected to be from acoustic resonance at this time
• Replace UV lamps, as requested
• Replace quartz sleeves, as requested
• PLC programming

Regular

6/1/2023

47089-19/20

Public Utilities Commission

$4,226,000

This purchase order is to procure two new Generator Step-up Transformers (GSU’s) rated at 13.8-230y/132.9-115Y/66.5kV, three-phase 57.5 MVA.The services are: providing detailed shop drawings, manufacturing, delivery, assembly, testing/commissioning.

Regular

3/31/2023

41530-19/20

Public Health

$8,000,000

Contractor will provide a software solution that will monitor all of the Internet of Things (IoT) medical devices connected to the Department of Public Health (DPH) clinical network, in order to strengthen security and its ability to inventory, track, monitor and administer devices efficiently.The software solution must be compatible and integrate with DPH’s current CheckPoint endpoint security solution without third party or custom interface development.Contractor’s medical device IoT software solution will provide for network discovery that identifies every device connected to the DPH clinicalnetwork, identifies and interprets medical device protocols, and identifies and documents device product and manufacturers’ specifications, patching, firmware, operating systems, and patch revisions.

Regular

6/30/2029

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

42573-19/20

Public Health

$300,000

Contractor will provide cloud-based software for management of Department policies and procedures, including licensing and maintenance.  The Department of Public Health (DPH) currently manages the multiplicity of its policies and procedures with a rudimentary system using MS Office applications (Word, Excel) which can be unwieldy and difficult to coordinate and manage.  Reviewing and keeping policies and procedures current is required by federal regulators, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).  DPH intends to purchase proprietary software (licensing and maintenance) to modernize and enable its policies and procedures tracking system to be more responsive to operational and regularly needs, and to ensure review of and alignment with evolving laws, guidelines, regulations, standards, and best practices.

Regular

6/30/2022

42848-19/20

Public Health

$1,000,000

The contractor will provide parts and labor coverage, educational classes, product service bulletins, software, and telemetry support for Philips patient monitors, the PIIC IX telemetry system, Holter cardiac monitor system, stress cardiographs, ventilators and software applications.

Regular

6/30/2025

44755-18/19

Public Works

Current Approved Amount

$1,500,000

Increase Amount Requested

$500,000

New Total Amount Requested

$2,000,000

This request is for design-build services for the design and construction of Navigation Center and Homeless Shelter projects.  The Contractor will provide all design, construction, and related services necessary for the successful delivery of 500 beds projects at multiple locations still to be determined.  Public Works is managing this work on behalf of our client, San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH).

Scope of Change:

This request is for design, design-build, and pre-constructions services for the design and construction of Navigation Center and Homeless Shelter projects.  The Contractor will provide design, construction, and related services necessary for the successful delivery of 500 beds projects at multiple locations still to be determined.  Public Works is managing this work on behalf of our client, San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH).  Additionally, this is a specialized and infrequent task necessitated by this particular project.

Modification

12/31/2021

43116-16/17

Economic and Workforce Development

Current Approved Amount

$550,000

Increase Amount Requested

$400,000

New Total Amount Requested

$950,000

The Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) is seeking a contractor to support the expansion of workforce development services customized to meet the specific needs of jobseekers with criminal histories.  The selected contractor will build upon existing programs, policies, tools, and services to include, but not limited to counseling services, workshops and employment assistance customized to and targeting the employment needs of jobseekers with criminal records, especially those newly re-entering the workforce from the criminal justice system. The contractor must deliver services at its own designated location, and should additionally provide services at OEWD’s Comprehensive Access Point (CAP) and Neighborhood Access Points (NAPs), as appropriate in order to spread awareness of the specialized services.  Services must also be connected to the CAP and NAP’s appropriate through built-in cross-referral mechanisms.

Modification

6/30/2022

4001-12/13

Public Health

Current Approved Amount

$170,000

Increase Amount Requested

$250,000

New Total Amount Requested

420,000

This contract will provide access to a proprietary, web-based software application to enable DPH to maximize State reimbursement for DPH’s administration of the Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (MAA) and Targeted Case Management (TCM) programs.  In 2012-13 new State requirements will take effect which will expand the annual staff time survey required by the State from one sample month to all year.  This software will save staff time and ensure more accurate submissions to the State, to ensure as much administrative time as possible is claimed for reimbursement.

Modification

6/30/2025

0147-20-8

Continued

Speakers:

Jill Manton and Kevin Quan, Arts Commission spoke on
PSC #16342-19/20.

Taras Madison, Building Inspection spoke on PSC #44359-19/20.

Todd Kyger, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #40336-19/20.

Mark Upchurch, Department of Public Health spoke on
PSC #41530-19/20.

Public Comment:

Brenda Barros, SEIU 1021

Action:

1. Continued PSC #16342-19/20 to the meeting of July 20, 2020 for the department to respond to questions from the Commission.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

2. Approved PSC #44359-19/20.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

3. Approved PSC #40336-19/20.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

4. Approved PSC #41530-19/20.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

5. Adopted the report and approved the remaining requests for proposed Personal Services Contracts; Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote 5 to 0)

Note:  The Commission voted to hear the appeal by William A. Morales separately, the appeal by Brian Greer and Gerald Newbeck together, the appeal by Douglas Farmer separately, and the appeal by Kevin Lee separately.  (Vote 5-0)

0079-20-4

Appeal by Douglas Farmer of the minimum qualifications for CBT Q-80 Captain 903263.  (Item No. 8)

Speakers:

Dave Johnson, Department of Human Resources

Douglas Farmer, Appellant

Action:

Adopted the report and denied the appeal by Douglas Farmer.
(Vote of 5 to 0)

0095-20-4

Appeal by Brian Greer of the rejection of his application for CBT Q-80 Captain 903263.  (Item No. 9)

Speakers:

Dave Johnson, Department of Human Resources

Brian Greer, Appellant

Action:

Adopted the report and denied the appeal by Brian Greer.
(Vote of 5 to 0)

0094-20-4

Appeal by Kevin Lee of the rejection of his application for CBT Q-80 Captain
903263.  (Item No. 10)

Speakers:

Dave Johnson, Department of Human Resources

Benjamin Houston, San Francisco Police Department

Kevin Lee, Appellant

Public Comment:

Gerald Newbeck

Action:

Adopted the report and denied the appeal by Kevin Lee.
(Vote of 4 to 1; Commission Chan dissented)

0101-20-4

Appeal by William A. Morales of the denial of his request to file an application for CBT Q-80 Captain 903263.  (Item No. 11)

Speakers:

Dave Johnson, Department of Human Resources

William A. Morales, Appellant

Action:

Adopted the report and denied the appeal by William A. Morales.
(Vote of 5 to 0)

0093-20-4

Appeal by Gerald B. Newbeck of the rejection of his application for CBT Q-80
Captain 903263.  (Item No. 12)

Note:

The Commission voted to reconsider the consolidation of Lt. Gerald Newbeck’s appeal with Brian Greer’s appeal.  (Vote 5-0)

Speakers:

Dave Johnson, Department of Human Resources

Benjamin Houston, San Francisco Police Department

Gerald Newbeck, Appellant

Sandra Eng, Civil Service Commission

Lisa Powell, Deputy City Attorney

Action:

Granted the appeal on the condition that the time records prove by
a preponderance of the evidence that the appellant has satisfied
the minimum required hours service in an acting capacity and the appellant be allowed to sit for the test and take the exam; if such
records do not meet the minimum number of hours then the report
of DHR would be accepted and the appeal would be denied.
(Vote of 5 to 0)

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS  (Item No. 13)

Commissioner Douglas Chan, requesting staff to provide an update on the status of Supervisor Walton’s resolution regarding the San Francisco Police Department at a future meeting.

Commissioner Kate Favetti, requesting a follow-up on the Battalion Chief eligible list
and exam, an update on what happened.  Also, an update on the RN hiring at Department
of Public Health.

ADJOURNMENT  (Item No. 14)

4:15 p.m.