Meeting Information

CALL TO ORDER

2:06 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Commissioner Donald A. Casper

Present

Commissioner Morgan Gorrono

Present

Commissioner Adrienne Pon

Excused

Commissioner Linda Richardson

Present

Commissioner Rosabella Safont

Present

Commissioner Safont presided.

PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA

None.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Regular Meeting of November 19, 2001

Action:

Approve. (Vote of 4 to 0)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Due to various Winter holidays in December, the Civil Service Commission will meet only once on December 3, 2001. The meeting of December 18, 2000 is canceled.

A Special Meeting will be held on December 10, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. in City Hall, Room 400 to consider Certification of Eligibles - Rule 313, applicable to the Uniformed Ranks of the San Francisco Fire Department. Rule 313 will be the only item on the Agenda.

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4064-01/02

City Planning

$325,000

Will prepare environmental impact reviews and the documentation required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and Chapter 31 of the San Francisco Administrative Code.

Regular

06/30/03

4065-01/02

Public Works

$918,000

Will provide and coordinate a tree planting program which includes maintaining trees on public streets and planting trees in privately-maintained corridors to be maintained by the property owners.

Regular

06/30/02

4066-01/02

Tele-
communication & Information Services

$103,200

Will provide expertise for Internet/Intranet Servers/Services and Network Security, and perform more difficult system upgrades and enhancements to the Internet Servers and the Internet Firewall.

Regular

12/31/03

4067-01/02

Conditional approval

Tele-
communication & Information Services

$500,000

Will provide business and systems analysis, and design expertise to implement Retirement’s new PeopleSoft Pension Administration system, and analyze workflow to replace legacy Member Accounting system and retrofit current Benefit Payment system.

Regular

12/31/03

4068-01/02

Conditional approval

Tele-
communication & Information Services

$206,080

Will provide system software and special technical support services in the following areas: Operating System upgrades and customization; Customer Information Control System upgrade and migration; and FAMIS technical system support.

Regular

12/31/03

4069-01/02

Conditional approval

Tele-
communication & Information Services

$396,000

Will provide technical writing to develop complete project documentation in support of the Employees’ Retirement Member Accounting, Benefit Payment, and Pension Administration Systems.

Regular

12/31/03

4070-01/02

Conditional approval

Tele-
communication & Information Services

$210,000

Will participate in the development of PC and Web-based applications in support of the DPW Bureau of Street Use and Mapping. Will analyze technical requirements and data design; and write technical programming specifications.

Regular

12/31/03

4071-01/02

Conditional approval

Tele-
communication & Information Services

$800,000

Will provide expert consultant and technical programming services for the Court Management Systems (CMS) Project. Will maintain application systems and design; and implement tasks as assigned by the CMS Policy Committee.

Regular

12/31/03

4072-01/02

Mayor’s Office - Business &
Economic
Development

$140,000

Will provide financial advisory services pertaining to leveraged leasing transactions.

Regular

12/31/03

4030-99/00

Public Utilities Commission (Hetch Hetchy & Bureaus)

Increase Amount $1,520,000 New Amount $2,440,000

Will provide consultation and technical advisory services for energy efficiency and conservation, renewable energy resources, distributed generation, peak conventional fuels generation, and transmission additions to increase electric reliability.

Regular

09/30/03

4073-01/02

Mayor’s Office of Emergency
Services

Increase Amount $855,000 New Amount $900,000

Will audit existing Disaster Recovery Assistance Financial Records; submit applications to recover citywide outstanding Federal/State disaster funds; and create a database tracking system for application submission and financial reimbursements.

Regular

12/31/03

4174-99/00

Conditional approval

Tele-
communication & Information Services

Increase Amount $147,820 New Amount $445,074

Will analyze, design, code, test, document, and implement database enhancements and program changes to Retirement’s Member Accounting System.

Regular

06/30/02

Speakers:

Bonita Davenport and Darwin Helmuth, Planning Department spoke on PSC #4064-01/02.

Jim Horan, Department of Public Works and Paul Sacamano, Department of Public Works, Urban Forestry spoke on
PSC #4065-01/02.

Oliana Sadler and Shawn Allison, Department of Telecommunications & Information Services spoke on
PSC # 4066-01/02 and PSC # 4067-01/02.

Fred Weiner, Hetch Hetchy Water & Power spoke on
PSC # 4030-99/00.

Action:

The Civil Service Commission directed the Planning
Department staff to submit to the Executive Officer a copy of the Planning Commission’s action on PSC #4064-01/02. PSC #4067-01/02 through PSC #4071-01/02 and PSC #4174-99/00 were granted qualified/conditional approval. The department was instructed to present additional information on the scope of services of the contracts to the
Commissioners at its meeting of January 7, 2002. Adopt Human Resources Director’s report on all remaining contracts. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0415-01-5

Request to extend Volume I - Civil Service Commission Rule 113 - Certification of Eligibles, Article II, Section 113.2.2 - Expansion of Certification Rules.
(Item No. 6)

Speakers:

Marsha Stroope, Department of Human Resources

Action:

Direct the Civil Service Commission Executive Officer to post for adoption the recommendation of the Human
Resources Director to extend Rule 113, Section 113.2.2 for an additional six months, through June 30, 2002, upon agreement with the affected employee organizations.
(Vote of 4 to 0)

0416-01-5

Request to extend Volume IV- Civil Service Commission Rule 413 - Certification of Eligibles, Article II, Section 413.2.2 - Expansion of Certification Rules.
(Item No. 7)

Speakers:

Marsha Stroope, Department of Human Resources

Action:

Direct the Civil Service Commission Executive Officer to post for adoption the recommendation of the Human
Resources Director to extend Rule 413, Section 413.2.2 for an additional six months, through June 30, 2002, upon agreement with the affected employee organizations.
(Vote of 4 to 0)

0896-01-7

Request from Noel Santiago for reconsideration of a ban of working in a
department. (Item No. 8)

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Adopt staff report. Approve removal of employment restriction banning Mr. Santiago from future employment with the Department of Public Health. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0629-01-4

Appeal of the examination process for Eligibility Worker Supervisor
(Job Code 2907). (Item No. 9)

October 15, 2001:

Postpone to the meeting of November 5, 2001.

November 5, 2001:

Postpone to the meeting of December 3, 2001 at the request of Larry Shockey, Attorney.

Speakers:

Bruce Topp, Department of Human Services

Larry Shockey, Attorney for Appellants

Action:

Adopt staff report. Deny the appeal by Arturo Revelo on behalf of Josephine Bautista et.al. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0775-01-1

Report on provisional appointments. (Item No. 10)

October 15, 2001:

Rod Auyang, Department of Public Health addressed the provisional employee count at Department of Public Health. The Commission directed the Department of Public Health and the Human Resources Director to meet in drafting a
detailed Examination Plan for meeting current objectives as well as hiring priorities in the future.

November 5, 2001:

Postpone to the meeting of December 3, 2001.

Speakers:

Rod Auyang, Department of Public Health

Action:

Postpone to the meeting of January 7, 2002. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0700-01-1

Report by the Department of Public Health on the Decentralized Unit’s Proposed Examination Plan for Fiscal Year 2001-2002. (Item No. 11)

September 17, 2001:

Postpone to the meeting of October 1, 2001.

October 1, 2001:

Postpone to the meeting of October 15, 2001 at the request of the Department of Public Health.

October 15, 2001:

Postpone to the meeting of November 5, 2001. Defer
approval pending joint meeting of the Department of Public Health and the Department of Human Resources.

November 5, 2001:

Postpone to the meeting of December 3, 2001.

Speakers:

Rod Auyang, Department of Public Health

Action:

Postpone to the meeting of January 7, 2002. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0655-01-7

Determination of future employability: resignation with services unsatisfactory of permanent civil service appointment of Esmirna Tibay, Certified Nursing Assistant (Job Code 2302), Department of Public Health. (Item No. 12)

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Future employment subject to the review and approval of the Human Resources Director after satisfactory completion of one (1) year work experience outside the City and County service. (Vote of 4 to 0) Ms. Tibay failed to appear.

0353-01-7

Determination of future employability: resignation with services unsatisfactory of permanent civil service appointment of Neena Murgai, Epidemiologist (Job Code 2803), Department of Public Health. (Item No. 12)

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Postpone to the meeting of February 4, 2002 at the request of Criss Romero, IFPTE Local 21. (Vote of 4 to 0)

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

Richard Rothman raised his concern regarding the Human Resources Director’s report at the meeting of November 19, 2001; specifically, the cumulative and ending dates in the Report of Exempt
Appointments under certain Charter Sections. He also raised the question of how to make permanent
appointments as opposed to provisional appointments from the beginning.

Mr. Rothman also addressed the report on Adjustments to the Fiscal Year 2001-2002 Human
Resources Budget and recognized the need to make budget reductions but expressed concern that the department would not meet deadlines for giving examinations. Mr. Rothman emphasized the importance of hiring employees under the merit system, using a competitive process and that the people hired be permanent from day one. He also acknowledged the progress that Human Resources
Director Andrea Gourdine and the Department of Human Resources staff has made in the clerical and IS classes. He cited the UCSF hiring system at San Francisco General Hospital as an example of a process that works.

ADJOURNMENT

4:35 p.m.