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MINUTES

 

Regular Meeting

of

May 18, 2009

 

2:00 p.m.

ROOM 400, CITY HALL

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

 

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

 

 

2:10 p.m.

 

 

 

ROLL CALL

 

 

 

President Donald A. Casper

Present

 

Vice President Morgan R. Gorrono

Not Present (Notified absence)

 

Commissioner Joy Y. Boatwright

Present

 

Commissioner Mary Y. Jung

Present

 

Commissioner E. Dennis Normandy

Present

 

 

 

President Donald A. Casper presided.

 

 

 

PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA

 

 

 

Debbi Lerman, San Francisco Human Services Network expressed a need for urgency in approving Personal Services Contract #2012-08/09.

 

 

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

 

 

 

Regular Meeting of May 4, 2009

 

 

 

Action:

Approve.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

 

0175-09-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. 
(Item No. 5)

 

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

1016-08/09

Health Service System

$110,000

Will provide cafeteria plan administration services including enrollment processing, third-party vendor management, premium reconciliation and payment to applicable vendors.

Annual

06/30/10

1017-08/09

Health Service System

$156,000

Will provide flexible spending account administration services, including maintaining required IRS tax reporting records, sending quarterly account statements and adjudicating claims for reimbursement within IRS guidelines.

Annual

06/30/10

1018-08/09

Health Service System

$107,735

Will administer COBRA benefits for eligible resigned, laid-off and separated members for the Health Service System.

Annual

06/30/10

4141-08/09

 

Postpone to 6/1/09

Board of Supervisors

$8,000,000

Will provide budget & legislative analyst services, including evaluating and reporting on fiscal and policy matters, the Mayor’s Annual Budget, and conducting independent management, performance and fiscal audits of City departments and programs.

Regular

12/31/14

4142-08/09

Juvenile Probation

$405,000

Will provide electronic monitoring services for eligible JPD youth.

Regular

06/30/12

4143-08/09

Environment

$300,000

Will provide professional technical assistance and expertise for the Green Business Program, including development of environmental best management practices and technical green business specifications.

Regular

12/31/14

4144-08/09

Airport Commission

$75,000

Will provide the SFPD-Airport Bureau with on-site installation services for a software upgrade on up to five (5) client workstations with the latest versions of the Intergraph products including a server, RMS client, and CAD link.

Regular

05/31/10

4145-08/09

Department of Emergency Management

$3,500,000

Will assist the Bay Area Urban Areas Security Initiative (UAS), and Bay Area counties and cities, with developing and implementing technical specifications for a design/build contract for a Bay Area Regional Interoperable communication system.

Regular

06/30/12

4146-08/09

Department of Health, Laguna Honda Hospital

$1,500,000

Will provide design review, installation, integration, and testing services for an integrated data and utility network at the new Laguna Honda Hospital buildings.

Regular

06/30/11

4147-08/09

Department of Public Health

$325,400

Will review and further develop protocols and tools for surveillance and investigation of urgent cases and outbreaks of disease, including data collection forms and the Integrated Case and Outbreak Management System (ICOMS).

Regular

08/09/11

4148-08/09

Department of Public Health

$1,500,000

Will evaluate the City and County of SF Healthy SF (HSF) Program.  HSF is the City’s local effort, begun in 2006 to improve access to health services for uninsured residents.

Regular

06/30/11

4149-08/09

General Services Agency-Fleet

$350,000

Will perform initial installation, configuration and set up of proprietary fleet management software and train staff in implementation, use and administration.

Regular

03/31/10

4150-08/09

Recreation and Park Department

$400,000

Will conduct hazard assessment of City’s urban forest, and provide recommendations for refores-tation, tree succession and management of park system forest.

Regular

06/30/12

1010-07/08

Health Service System

Increase Amount

$420,000

New Amount

$1,915,220

Will provide health benefit plan actuarial and consulting service.  Services include developing rates; consulting with HSS staff; conducting studies of alternative healthcare plans; developing an estimated budget for all core benefit services.

Modi-

fication

06/30/10

4112-02/03

Controller’s Office

Increase Amount

$60,000

New Amount

$820,000

Will provide on-line and automated phone information systems to enable employees to access payroll statements and payroll information through a website or phone.

Modi-

fication

06/30/11

4029-07/08

Planning Department

Increase Amount

$0.00

New Amount

$650,000

Will provide completion of environmental analysis for the Transit Center District Plan and the Transit Tower in S.F., and provide the EIR to comply with CEQA and all applicable City, State and Federal regulatory requirements.

Modi-

fication

12/31/10

4097-03/04

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$3,000,000

New Amount

$9,500,000

Will provide environmental analysis services for Calaveras Dam Project, including environmental document scoping; environmental background and field studies; alternative analysis; response to public comments; acquisition of regulatory permits and agency approvals.

Modi-

fication

06/30/11

4133-05/06

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$0.00

New Amount

$9,800,000

Will perform complete environmental analysis and assessing impacts of various Water System Improvement Program projects, in order to provide regulatory documentation services required by various federal environmental regulations.

Modi-

fication

07/31/10

4049-05/06

Department of Technology

Increase Amount

$0.00

New Amount

$7,150,000

Will provide professional technical services to assist the City to completely reconfigure radio frequencies used by the Emergency Radio System.

Modi-

fication

06/30/11

 

 

Speakers:

Robin Courtney, Health Service System spoke on PSC #1016-08/09 through 1018-08/09.
Sue Wong, Juvenile Probation spoke on PSC #4142-08/09.
Mark Westlund, Department of the Environment and Ging Louie, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4143-08/09.

Jacquie Hale and Dr. Susan Fernyak, Department of Public Health spoke on PSC #4147-08/09.
Jacquie Hale and Tangerine Brigham, Department of Public Health spoke on PSC #4148-08/09.
Sean McFadden, Recreation and Parks Department spoke on PSC #4150-08/09.
Elaine Forbes, Planning Department spoke on PSC #4029-07/08.
Pauson Yun and Craig Freeman, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4097-03/04 and 4133-05/06.

 

 

 

Action:

(1)      Postpone PSC #4141-08/09 to the meeting of June 1, 2009 at the request of the Board of Supervisors.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

(2)      Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #4143-08/09 on the condition that the Department of the Environment submit a quarterly report to the Commission concerning the progress of training department staff in the program.  Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

(3)      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)

 

0173-09-1

The Municipal Transportation Agency’s 2008 Equal Employment Opportunity Workforce Utilization Analysis Report.  (Item No. 6) 

 

 

 

Speakers:

Virginia Harmon, Municipal Transportation Agency

 

 

 

Action:

Accept and file the report.  (Vote of 4 to 0) 

 

0083-09-4

Appeal by Vincent Camp regarding his disqualification for the 7355 Truck Driver examination.  (Item No. 7) 

 

 

 

Speakers:

Stephanie Mayor-Tipton, Department of Human Resources and David Lind, General Services Manager, City of San Bruno

 

 

 

Action:

Adopt the report.  Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director; deny the appeal by Vincent Camp.  Mr. Camp failed to appear.  (Vote of 4 to 0) 

 

0139-09-8

Appeal by IFPTE Local 21 of the Request for Approval of Personal Services Contract Number 2012-08/09.  (Item No. 8)

 

 

 

April 20, 2009:

Continue to the meeting of May 18, 2009 to allow further discussions between the Department of Public Health and IFPTE Local 21.

 

 

 

Speakers:

Alexis Torres, IFPTE Local 21
Michael Brown, Department of Public Health

 

 

 

Action:

Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report on PSC #2012-08/09 on the condition that the Department of Public Health report back to the Commission at the meeting of July 6, 2009 on the progress of incorporating 2819 Health Educators into the work.  Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION  (Item No. 9)

 

Ging Louie, IFPTE Local 21 commented on the 7355 Truck Driver’s examination appeal (Item #8).

 

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS  (Item No. 10)

 

President Casper requested the Department of Human Resources provide the dates that appeals/protests, if any, were received from eligibles that were disqualified by reason of background checks from positions in the Sheriff’s Department, San Francisco Police Department or the San Francisco Fire Department and the resolution of such appeals/protests.

 

ADJOURNMENT  (Item No. 11)

3:29 p.m.