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June 21, 1999

Room 408, City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

Order of Business

2:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL

MINUTES

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

COMMENDATIONS AGENDA

RATIFICATION AGENDA

CONSENT AGENDA

REGULAR AGENDA

EMPLOYEE SEPARATIONS AGENDA

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT

EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT

REQUESTS TO SPEAK

ADJOURNMENT

Notice of Commission Hearing Policies and Procedures

 

City and County of San Francisco
Civil Service Commission

Agenda for Regular Meeting
June 21, 1999
2:00 p.m.

ITEM NO.

(1) CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Commissioner Karen Clopton

Commissioner George Kosturos

Commissioner A. Lee Munson

Commissioner Adrienne Pon

Commissioner Rosabella Safont

(2) MINUTES

Special Meeting of May 17, 1999

Regular Meeting of May 17, 1999

Special Meeting of June 7, 1999

Regular Meeting of June 7, 1999

(3) ANNOUNCEMENTS

Announcement of changes to agenda

Other announcements

  1. ELECTION OF OFFICERS

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

COMMENDATIONS

(5) Commendation for Michael Killelea, Deputy City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney, upon his retirement after 37 years of service to the City & County of San Francisco. (File No. 0487-99-1)

Recommendation: Approve.

  1. Commendation for John W. Madden, Chief Assistant Controller, Office of the Controller, upon his retirement after 39 years of service to the City & County of San Francisco. (File No. 0488-99-1)
  2. Recommendation: Approve.

  3. Commendation for Ed Rothman, Deputy City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney, upon his retirement after 32 years of service to the City & County of San Francisco. (File No. 0489-99-1)

Recommendation: Approve.

RATIFICATION AGENDA

The following proposed personal services contracts have been posted by the Department of Human Resources for seven calendar days. No appeals were received by the Department of Human Resources during the posting period. In the absence of an appeal, the proposed personal services contracts are placed on the Ratification Agenda for Civil Service Commission review. No departmental representatives will be present.

All matters on the Ratification Agenda are considered by the Civil Service Commission to be non-contested and will be acted upon by a single vote of the Commission. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a request is made; in which event, the matter shall be removed from the Ratification Agenda and considered as a separate item. Each individual addressing the Commission will be limited to a maximum time limit of five minutes for all items severed from the Ratification Agenda.

(8) Review of requests for approval of proposed personal services contracts.

(File No. 0438-99-8)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

2024-98/99

Human Services

$8,500,000

To serve as the employer of record for the In-Home Supportive Services Program, establish a central registry, provide enrollment in a comprehensive health benefit system, advocacy and other support services for 5,000 homecare workers.

Continuing

06/30/00

4166-98/99

Juvenile Probation

$100,000

To evaluate and measure the outcomes of at-risk youth and their families in the Repeat Offender Prevention Program as they participate in academic, life skills, and social learning interventions.

Regular

04/30/00

4167-98/99

Juvenile Probation

$100,000

To provide vocational and job preparedness training for at-risk youth in the community and on probation.

Regular

04/30/99

4168-98/99

Juvenile Probation

$200,000

To provide an alternative to keep the Detention Facility from reaching capacity through community-based support for unincarcerated, e.g., 24 -hour services, monitoring, as-needed, housing, health, and education w/in the existing infrastructure of services.

Regular

03/31/00

4169-98/99

Airport Commission

$250,000

To refine the methods and practices for the review and analysis of on-going aircraft noise abatement procedures to attain maximum benefits. In addition, recommend additional enhancements to aircraft noise abatement arrival and departure procedures.

Regular

04/05/02

4170-98/99

Airport Commission

$1,588,001

To study and design an industrial wastewater treatment plan to accommodate the increased demand resulting from Master Plan work, and maintain the Airport’s compliance with the environmental laws.

Regular

05/30/04

4171-98/99

Airport Commission

$1,165,000

To upgrade and expand the Domestic Waste Treatment Plan at the Airport to accommodate future wastewater treatment demands imposed by the Master Plan Expansion Program.

Regular

05/30/04

4172-98/99

Airport Commission

$451,000

To upgrade the Multi-Use System Equipment (MUSE) for Year 2000 compliance. Contractor who installed MUSE will ensure the system’s integrity by replacing hardware and software with off-the-shelf components and update proprietary software.

Regular

12/31/00

4173-98/99

Public Works

$4,000,000

To provide as-needed civil and environmental engineering consultation services to enable the City to rapidly and cost effectively resolve environmental issues encountered in construction projects involving the City’s infrastructure.

Regular

06/30/01

4175-98/99

Fire Department

$115,000

To conduct a language analysis, and develop two versions of a Cantonese/English oral bilingual proficiency/interpreting examination.

Regular

06/15/00

4176-98/99

Public Transportation

$8,500,000

To provide systemwide specialized technical services such as geotechnical investigations, vibration mitigation and the design and construction support for two segments of Phase I of the Third Street Light Rail project.

Regular

10/31/03

4177-98/99

Human Services

$1,387,500

To recruit appropriate families; provide orientations, induction training. Homestudy, and post-adoption services to the families; and facilitate the matching of the adoptive families to San Francisco foster children.

Regular

06/30/02

4178-98/99

Human Services

$71,608

To provide economic forecasting; develop and evaluate industry-specific occupation database; and conduct focus groups between DHS staff, employers, and community-based organizations to plan for transition of clients from welfare to work.

Regular

06/30/00

4179-98/99

Human Services

$75,408

To develop an assessment survey of the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System; conduct the survey; analyze the results; and present results and recommendations for change to the Department.

Regular

08/31/99

4180-98/99

Human Services

$140,588

To provide home visits, education, supportive goods and services; and monitor license-exempt caregiver-provided childcare with the support of childcare resource and referral agencies.

Regular

06/30/00

4181-98/99

Human Services

$140,000

To provide CalWORKs client advocacy services consisting of receiving and resolving client complaints or concerns, conducting outreach, giving presentations at orientation meetings, and facilitating the grievance process.

Regular

06/30/00

4183-98/99

Telecommunication & Information Services

$150,000

To assist the city with an internal telecommunications needs assessment. The information gathered will be used to develop and engineering design document.

Regular

11/01/99

4031-98/99

Fire Department

Increase Amount $550,000 New Amount $750,000

To provide specialized test development and statistical validation skills for selecting entry level and promotional uniformed officers that will withstand litigation challenges and minimize adverse impact.

Regular

12/31/01

4184-98/99

Airport Commission

Increase Amount $40,000 New Amount $80,000

To provide professional consulting services to the Airport Director related FAA Air Traffic Control procedures to mitigate aircraft noise and coordinate the Airport’s noise mitigation efforts with FAA facilities.

Regular

08/31/00

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4185-98/99

Airport Commission

Increase Amount $150,000 New Amount $199,000

To provide airport security consulting services to update the Airport Security Program. Duties include assisting with security re-engineering, analyzing and recommending airport access control, and researching new technologies.

Regular

06/30/02

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

Recommendation: Adopt Human Resources Director’s report. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.

(9) Review of requests for approval of proposed personal services contracts.

(File No. 0472-99-8)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4186-98/99

Human Services

$120,750

To provide emergency services to clients in the areas of emergency shelter, food, transportation and in home care. The Contractor will provide for these services based on emergency services reported on the 24 Hour Emergency Hot Line.

Regular

06/30/01

4187-98/99

City Administrator’s Office

$60,000

To conduct 50 educational performances for grades K-12 in San Francisco Schools to increase awareness in recycling and waste prevention.

Regular

08/31/02

4188-98/99

Mayor’s Office of Children, Youth & Family

$60,143

To produce and create a picture album/collection of stores to depict the impact of the Children’s Fund on its community.

Regular

09/30/99

4189-98/99

Public Utilities Commission (Water)

$45,000,000

To implement and provide expertise in large capital program management systems. In addition, provide technical services for program workload peaks, develop SFPUC Program in Diversity and design SFPUC Staff Development Program.

Regular

01/22/04

4190-98/99

Airport Commission

$350,000

To develop and Action Plan for regional Airspace Analysis, evaluate additional runway configurations, offer assistance in preparation of technical memorandum, and conduct airfield capacity estimates.

Regular

06/30/00

4191-98/99

Airport Commission

$72,000

To analyze issues and lobby California State Legislature on matters that will affect San Francisco International Airport.

Regular

06/30/00

4192-98/99

Public Health

$500,000

To provide as-needed Clinical, Business and Operations (Health or Safety) Info Systems support for a proprietary software applications development, implementation and training. In addition, provide Local and Wide Area Network support.

Regular

06/30/01

4193-98/99

Human Resources

$500,000

To temporarily provide claims processing, membership enrollment and plan administration services to augment HSS employees performing these duties.

Regular

06/30/00

4194-98/99

Human Resources

$98,000

To provide technical services utilizing vendor owned telephone and computer systems to allow HSS members to enroll or change coverage during open enrollment period via telephone call to an interactive voice response system.

Regular

06/30/99

4195-98/99

Human Resources

$60,000

To provide technical services to enroll employees, process claims, maintain and administer a pretax Flexible Benefits Plan for MEA and unrepresented

Regular

09/30/00

4196-98/99

City Administrator’s Office

$1,500,000

To assist the Public Outreach Coordinator with the design, development, and implementation of creative promotional, advertising, and outreach programs and strategies, using the existing graphic standards.

Regular

06/30/02

4002-98/99

Human Resources

Increase Amount $70,000 New Amount $134,000

To provide health benefit plan actuarial service as required by the Charter.

Regular

06/30/01

404-93/94

Port

Increase Amount $1,114,689 New Amount $1,707,944

To provide environmental and design services related to historic preservation of Downtown’s Ferry Terminal; amend the master plan for future development and compatibility with recent industry developments; and other related projects.

Regular

12/31/02

4128-98/99

Public Transportation

Increase Amount $185,000 New Amount $285,000

To identify, interview and recommend qualified candidates for Senior Management positions for the Public Transportation Department.

Regular

01/26/00

4161-97/98

Police

Increase Amount $568,134 New Amount $1,137,497

To provide crime prevention services which include organizing neighborhood watch groups; conducting residential and commercial security surveys; and giving presentations on personal safety, robbery, workplace violence and other related topics.

Regular

06/30/00

4197-98/99

Airport Commission

Increase Amount $50,000 New Amount $98,000

To provide complete warehousing services for Airport Maintenance of carpets. Services include storage, cutting, and delivery of carpet on an on-going as-needed basis.

Regular

01/31/02

484-93/94

Airport Commission

Withdrawn at the request of the Airport

Increase Amount $3,414,391 New Amount $9,973,391

To continue providing architectural/engineering services for the design and constriction of the 3-story 12 gate International Terminal- Boarding Area G containing departure and arrival facilities, federal inspection areas, concessions, and tenant space.

Regular

12/31/00

Recommendation: 1) PSC # 484-93/94 withdrawn at the request of the Airport Commission.

2) Adopt Human Resources Director’s report on remaining contracts. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.

(10) Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contract.

(File No. 0473-99-8)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4199-98/99

Art Commission

$900,000

To maintain a Symphony Orchestra in the manner which it has deemed appropriate for the last 47 years in accordance with the City Charter, the San Francisco Symphony will perform concerts. These concerts will take place at Davies Symphony Hall on July 1 through August 1, 1999 with a free concert at Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park on July 12.

Regular

08/02/99

Recommendation: Adopt Human Resources Director’s report. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.

CONSENT AGENDA

(11) Request to extend Civil Service Commission Rule 13.2.3 - Expansion of Certification Rules. (File No. 0440-99-5)

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

Recommendation: Direct the Civil Service Commission Executive Officer to notify Employee Organizations of the Department of Human Resources’ recommendation to extend Rule 13, Section 13.2.3 for an additional six months, through December 31, 1999.

REGULAR AGENDA

(12) Approval of Exempt Appointments under Charter Section 10.104-1 through 10.104-12 which exceed the Charter-Imposed "CAP." (File No. 0439-99-1)

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

Recommendation: Adopt the Human Resources Director’s report. Approve the exemption from Civil Service of those positions identified in the report as authorized by Charter Section 10.104-1 through 10.104-12.

(13) Appeal by Cristiana Rivas of Human Resources Director’s finding insufficient evidence to sustain charge of discrimination. (File No. 0102-99-6)

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

Recommendation: Adopt report. Deny appeal of Cristiana Rivas. Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director.

(14) Appeal by Peter Roybal of Human Resources Director’s decision to defer his employment discrimination complaint to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. (File No. 0187-99-6)

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

Recommendation: Adopt report. Deny the appeal of Peter Roybal. Uphold the decision of the Human Resources Director to defer Peter Roybal’s complaint.

(15) Appeal by Frank Martin del Campo, SEIU-Local 790 on behalf of Patricia McGee of the decision of the Executive Officer on removal of Civil Service Commission records on future employment with the City & County of San Francisco.

(File No. 0445-99-1)

June 7, 1999: Postponed to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

Recommendation: Adopt report. Deny appeal; uphold the decision of the Executive Officer.


(16) Appeal by James D. Vorrises of the decision of the Executive Officer on timeliness of his request for hearing before the Civil Service Commission on the filling of a vacancy for Community Health Network and his reinstatement to a position as Reimbursement Manager at the Department of Public Health. (File No. 0474-99-1)

Recommendation: Adopt report. Deny appeal on Timeliness; Uphold the decision of the Executive Officer, Civil Service Commission. Deny request to reinstate to a Special Assistant XIV (Job Code 1373) position.

EMPLOYEE SEPARATIONS AGENDA

As soon after 3:00 p.m. as practical, a roll call will be held of the names of persons appearing on the Employee Separations Agenda to ascertain who is present for hearing. Please respond as your name is called. Your case will be heard by the Commission in the order it appears on the Agenda unless the President grants a request to be heard out of order. The Commission will take immediate action during the roll call for those persons not in attendance.

(17) Determination of future employability: termination of entrance probationary appointment of Purita P. Dulay, Food Service Worker (Class 2604) Department of Public Health. (File No. 0374-99-7)

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

Recommendation of the Department of Public Health:

Cancel all current examination and eligibility status. Future employment subject to the review and approval of the Human Resources Director after satisfactory completion of one (1) year of work experience outside the City & County of San Francisco.

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT

(18) City & County of San Francisco Equal Employment Opportunity Plan (Citywide Plan) (File No. 0441-99-1)

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

  1. Resolution approving the renewal of provisional appointments.

(File No. 0443-99-1)

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

(20) Report of Provisional Appointments. (File No. 0444-99-1)

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

(21) Report of Exempt Positions under Charter Categories 10.104-16 through 10.104-18. (File No. 0442-99-1)

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

  1. Progress Report on Class Consolidation Project. (File No. 0475-99-1)

EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT

(23) 1999 Customer Service Plan in Compliance with Charter Section 16.120.

(File No. 0451-99-1)

June 7, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 1999.

  1. Civil Service Commission role as to merit system issues in proposed Charter Amendment creating the Municipal Transportation Agency. (File No. 0482-99-1)

(25) REQUESTS TO SPEAK

(26) ADJOURNMENT