Civil Service Commission - August 17, 2020 - Minutes

Meeting Date: 
August 17, 2020 - 12:00pm
Location: 

Minutes of Special Meeting – Closed Session

 

Monday, August 17, 2020

12:00 p.m.

 

 

I.

The Special Meeting was called to order at 12:02 p.m.

 

 

 

Present:

President Elizabeth Salveson

 

 

Vice President Jacqueline Minor

 

 

Commissioner Douglas Chan

 

 

Commissioner F.X. Crowley

 

 

Commissioner Kate Favetti

 

 

 

President Elizabeth Salveson presided.

 

 

II.

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

 

 

 

Speaker:

Sylvia Alvarez-Lynch, for appellant

 

 

III.

Vote on whether to hold closed session pursuant to San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.10 (b) and California Government Code Section 54957 (b) (1)
(Action Item)

 

 

 

A)

Appeal by Jarmee Thieu of the Director of Transportation’s Determination to Administratively Close Her Complaint of Harassment and Retaliation.  (File No. 0076-19-6)

 

 

 

 

Action:

The Commission voted to conduct item #IIIA in closed session.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

 

 

 

 

Closed Session started at 12:24 p.m. and the following were present:

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Salveson, President, CSC

 

Jacqueline P. Minor, Vice President, CSC

 

Douglas S. Chan, Commissioner, CSC

 

F.X. Crowley, Commissioner, CSC

 

Kate Favetti, Commissioner, CSC

 

Sandra Eng, Executive Officer, CSC

 

Elizabeth Aldana, CSC

 

Lizzette Henriquez, CSC

 

Lisa Powell, Deputy City Attorney

 

Rikki DeWit, Department of Human Resources

 

Linda Simon, Department of Human Resources

 

Estevan Villarreal, Department of Human Resources

 

Mary Donovan, Municipal Transportation

 

Jarmee Thieu, Appellant

 

Jessica Beard, L21, Appellant Representative

 

Donna Bayulot

 

Criss Romero, MEA

 

 

         

 

 

IV.

Reconvene in open session at 1:21 p.m.

 

 

 

 

1)

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

 

 

 

Action:

The Commission voted not to disclose any or all discussions held in closed session  (Vote of 5 to 0)

 

 

 

2)

Disclosure of action taken in closed session pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957.1 (a) and San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.12(b) (4).

 

 

 

June 3, 2019:

Continued the item to a future meeting.

 

 

 

 

August 3, 2020:

Postpone to the meeting of August 17, 2020 at the appellant’s request.

 

 

 

 

Action:

Adopted the report and denied Jarmee Thieu’s appeal.  (Vote of 5 to 0)

 

 

V.

Adjournment.

 

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 1:24 p.m.