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 Casper presided.

PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS APPEARING ON THE AGENDA

Barbara Thomson, representative for Eric Greenlaw requested that Item #10 be heard out of order. Dorothy Yee, Department of Human Resources requested the item not be heard out of order. The Commission voted to hear the item in order of the calendar. (Vote of 4 to 0)

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Special Meeting of March 3, 2003 - 1:00 p.m. Closed Session

Action:

Approve. (Vote of 4 to 0)

Regular Meeting of March 3, 2003

Action:

Approve. (Vote of 4 to 0)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Civil Service Commission Agendas and Minutes will be distributed to City employees via e-mail effective April 1, 2003. All other parties will continue to receive documents by U.S. Mail. Departments should contact the Civil Service Commission staff regarding any changes in mailing lists or departmental contacts.

4099-02/03

Municipal
Transportation Agency

$5,000,000

Amended

Will conduct Phase II of the Third Street Light Rail Transit Project, New Central Subway (NCS), consisting of a 1.75 mile extension of the Initial Operating Segment (IOS) north of King Street on Third and Fourth Streets.

Regular

02/28/08

March 3, 2003:

Postpone to the meeting of March 17, 2003 at the request of the Municipal Transportation Agency.

Speakers:

Vince Harris, Deputy General Manager, Construction-MTA

Vitus Leung, IFPTE Local 21

Action:

Amend contract amount. Adopt Human Resources Director's report. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0)

4102-02/03

Building
Inspection

$300,000

Will provide education, counseling, mentoring and mediation regarding the code enforcement outreach program to non-profit/private agencies, property owners and tenants.

Regular

06/30/03

4103-02/03

Over to 4/7/03

Mayor's-Business & Economic
Development-TI

$541,500

Will continue oversight and monitoring of Navy's Treasure Island Remediation Program and support for Early Transfer. This requires securing a consultant and negotiating a guaranteed fixed price environmental engineering and remediation contract.

Regular

12/31/04

4104-02/03

Municipal Transportation Agency

$225,000

Will provide a work site based Employee Assistance Program that includes clinical supervision of three "peer assistants" and "trauma response" program for employees involved in on-the-job incidents, such as serious vehicle accidents.

Regular

06/30/04

4105-02/03

Police

$92,000

Will oversee the job analysis, examination development, scoring process, and analysis of the results of the Q - 60 Police Lieutenant examination. Will defend the examination development process and test results in a court of law, if necessary.

Regular

06/30/06

4106-02/03

Police

$996,676

Will provide remote/mobile fingerprint identification devices and install network connections between mobile devices and existing Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS).

Regular

07/01/04

Speakers:

Rosemary Bosque and James Sanbonmatsu, Department of Building Inspection spoke on PSC #4102-02/03.

Jeff Gary, Municipal Transportation Agency and Criss
Romero, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4104-02/03.

Terry Brady, San Francisco Police Department spoke on
PSC #4105-02/03.

Action:

Postpone PSC #4103-02/03 to the meeting of April 7, 2003; Adopt Human Resources Director's report on all remaining contracts. Notify the offices of the Controller and the
Purchaser. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0145-03-1

Municipal Transportation Agency's Report of provisional appointments.
(Item No. 7)

Action:

Accept report. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0104-03-1

Request by the Human Resources Director to credit prior service of twenty (20) employees for seniority purposes. (Item No. 8)

March 3, 2003:

Postpone to the meeting of March 17, 2003 at the request of the Human Resources Director.

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Approve the request to credit prior service of current employees for the periods from their original permanent employment start work dates; Authorize the Human Resources Director to take administrative action to implement the intent of this Commission action to credit prior service and adjust employee and
Department of Human Resources records accordingly; Notify the affected employees, employee organizations, the Human Resources Director and the Controller. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0973-02-1

Implementation of Proposition J - Board of Supervisors Salaries.
(Item No. 9)

November 18, 2002:

The Commission gave general directions to the Executive
Officer to proceed with comprehensive study and to report on timelines and work plan for review and direction of the
Commission for the meeting of January 6, 2003.

January 6, 2003:

The Commission gave directions to staff; requested the City Attorney's opinion on two issues; and to provide a progress
report for review by the Commission for the meeting of
February 3, 2003.

February 3, 2003:

The Commission gave directions to the staff that a special meeting be held after normal work hours in the last week of February or the first week of March, including notices to community groups; and requested a progress report at its next meeting of March 3, 2003.

March 3, 2003:

The Commission gave directions to staff to continue to provide progress reports to the Commission.

Speakers:

Yvette Gamble, Civil Service Commission

Action:

The Commission gave directions to staff to continue to provide progress reports to the Commission. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0019-03-6

Appeal by J. Eric Greenlaw of the Human Resources Director's determination on his sexual harassment complaint. (Item No. 10)

Speakers:

Dorothy Yee, Department of Human Resources

Robert Wagner, Attorney for appellant

Barbara Thomson, Representative for appellant

Terry Daniel, Recreation and Park Department

Anthony Smith, Recreation and Park Department

Eric Greenlaw, Appellant

Action:

Vote to declare appeal timely. (Vote of 4 to 0)

Adopt report. Sustain the decision of the Human Resources
Director. Deny the appeal by J. Eric Greenlaw. (Vote of 4 to 0)

1059-02-06

Appeal by Joe Poole of the Human Resources Director's decision on his complaint of discrimination. (Item No. 11)

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Postpone to the meeting of April 7, 2003 at the request of Jerry Cimmet, Attorney for Mr. Poole. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0927-02-4

Appeal by Fred Weiner of the decision of the Human Resources Director to cancel the Program Manager II (Job Code 5133) eligible list (#CPE-4 & List ID#51115).
(Item No. 12)

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Postpone to the meeting of April 7, 2003 at the request of
Municipal Executives' Association. (Vote of 4 to 0)

1049-02-1

Appeal by Michael McGowan of the decision to rescind his permanent civil service appointment and to appoint him provisional. (Item No. 13)

Speakers:

Diana Buchbinder, Municipal Transportation Agency

Gregory A. Brubecker, Attorney

John Moran, Machinist Local 1414

Paul Zarefsky, Deputy City Attorney

Action:

Resolve appeal by adopting the staff report and: 1) Direct the Municipal Transportation Agency to conduct an expedited
examination process for 7332 Maintenance Machinist, limited to the appellant, Michael McGowan; 2) Direct that, upon
adoption and certification of the eligible list resulting from this process, prior service of Mr. McGowan be credited from his start work date of July 23, 2001 to his new certification date;
3) Authorize the Director of Transportation to take administrative action to implement the intent of these Commission actions and adjust records accordingly; 4) Directed that previous
successful completion of probationary period be accepted and that new probationary period not be required, and; 5) Notify
affected employee, employee organization, the Director of Transportation, the Human Resources Director and the
Controller. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0858-02-7

Request by Kenneth Johnson for reconsideration on Final Administrative Action and future employability as Transit Operator (Job Code 9163) Municipal Transportation Agency. (Item No. 14)

February 3, 2003:

Postpone to the meeting of March 3, 2003 at the request of Kenneth Johnson.

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Postpone to the meeting of April 7, 2003 at the request of TWU Local 250-A. The Commission stipulated that this would be the last continuance granted. (Vote of 4 to 0)

0983-02-7

Appeal by Robert Fleeup of the recommended restrictions on future employment with the City and County of San Francisco. (Item No. 15)

Speakers:

None.

Action:

No future employment with the San Francisco Fire Department; No future employment with the City and County of San Francisco. (Vote of 4 to 0) Mr. Fleeup failed to appear.

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

None.

ADJOURNMENT

5:06 p.m.