City and County of San Francisco
Civil Service Commission
Agenda for Regular Meeting
April 19, 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 April 5, 1999
Regular Meeting of April 5, 1999
(3) ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcement of changes to agenda
Other announcements
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.
(4) Review of requests for approval of proposed personal services contracts.
(File No. 0302-99-8)
|
PSC# |
Department |
Amount |
Type of Service |
Type of Approval |
Duration |
|
4121-98/99 |
Airport Commission |
$200,000 |
To provide graphic design and project management services to Airport’s Annual Report and selected brochures in General Airport Information Brochure, ADA Services Guide, Education Tour Brochure, Master Plan Information Brochure, and other brochures. |
Regular |
04/20/00 |
|
4122-98/99 |
Telecommunication & Information Services |
$288,000 |
To convert data from Retirement’s current Member Accounting System to the new Pension Administration System. |
Regular |
06/30/00 |
|
4123-98/99 |
Telecommunication & Information Services |
$576,000 |
To develop and implement the Retirement’s new Pension Administration System. |
Regular |
06/30/00 |
|
4124-98/99 |
Human Services |
$395,000 |
To coordinate services for CalWORKs special needs children, train licensed childcare providers, conduct site visits and maintain information and referral system for parents of special needs children. |
Regular |
06/30/00 |
|
4125-98/99 |
Human Services |
$750,000 |
To provide childcare and access to health related services to CalWORKs families with mildly ill children through hotline, partnerships with other licensed providers in target neighborhoods, and information to providers who are referring families. |
Regular |
06/30/00 |
|
4126-98/99 |
Mayor’s Criminal Justice Council |
$500,000 |
To provide the Mayor’s Criminal Justice Council, Police, Sheriff, District Attorney, Public Defender, Adult & Juvenile Probation with a pool of "as needed" evaluators to provide evaluation services on various State and Federal grants. |
Regular |
06/30/01 |
|
4127-98/99 |
Mayor’s Criminal Justice Council |
$500,000 |
To provide the Mayor’s Criminal Justice Council and other City departments with a pool of "as needed" grant writers that will be utilized to prepare written responses to Request for Proposals issued by State & Federal agencies. |
Regular |
06/30/01 |
|
4128-98/99 |
Public Transportation |
$100,000 |
To identify, interview and recommend qualified candidates for executive positions with the Public Transportation Department. |
Regular |
01/26/00 |
|
4129-98/99 |
Mayor’s Office of Community Development |
$155,000 |
Will serve as lead agent in the California State Legislature on determining legislative and budget priorities for the City & County of San Francisco. Is expected to find sponsors for bills, budget requests and lobby legislators. |
Regular |
12/31/99 |
Recommendation: Adopt Human Resources Director’s report. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.
(5) Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contract.
(File No. 0303-99-8)
|
PSC# |
Department |
Amount |
Type of Service |
Type of Approval |
Duration |
|
1002-99/00 |
Human Resources |
$3,045,000 |
To provide complete workers’ compensation adjusting services, including investigation and adjudication of claims, data recording, payment processing, support of the litigation and rehabilitation processes, and case estimate evaluation. |
Annual |
06/30/00 |
April 5, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of April 19, 1999 at the request of Local 790.
Recommendation: Adopt report. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.
CONSENT AGENDA
(6) Salary Survey for Registered Nurse Classifications (Charter Section A8.403), 1999-2000. (File No. 0241-99-3)
Recommendation: Adopt staff report; forward to Board of Supervisors.
(7) Ratification of settlement agreement between Katrina Garrett and the City Attorney’s Office. (File No. 0260-99-7)
Recommendation: Adopt report. Ratify settlement agreement; Restrict future employment: No City and County employment for five (5) years. No future employment with the City Attorney’s Office or MUNI (Public Transportation Department).
REGULAR AGENDA
(8) Approval of Exempt Appointments under Charter Section 10.104-1 through 10.104-12 which exceed the Charter-imposed "CAP." (File No. 0308-99-1)
Recommendation: Adopt 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.
(9) Appeal of the decision of the Human Resources Director to amend the class specification for Class 8165 Worker’s Compensation Supervisor I and to allocate two positions at the Department of Human Resources. (File No. 0161-99-4)
March 15, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of April 19,1999 at the request of the Human Resources Director.
Recommendation: Adopt report. Deny appeals of Sharon Hernandez, Frank Martin Del Campo, SEIU Local 790, Lynne Nelson, and Don Southern. Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director.
(10) Appeal by Jason Campillo of background rejection for Class H-2 Firefighter, San Francisco Fire Department. (File No. 0061-98-4)
Recommendation: Adopt report. Deny the appeal of Mr. Jason Campillo. Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director to disqualify Mr. Campillo on the basis of residency.
EMPLOYEE SEPARATIONS AGENDA
As soon after 2:30 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.
(11) Determination of future employability: termination of permanent appointment of Vincent Van Arsdale Transit Operator (Class 9163) Public Transportation Department. (File No. 0066-99-7)
March 1, 1999: Postpone this matter to the meeting of March 15, 1999. Mr. Van Arsdale was not present at roll call. The Commission granted Mr. Van Arsdale’s request to hear matter on March 15, 1999.
March 15, 1999: Postpone this matter to the meeting of April 19, 1999 at the request of Mr. Van Arsdale.
Recommendation of the Public Transportation Department:
Cancel any current examination and eligibility status. No future employment with the City & County of San Francisco.
(12) Determination of future employability: termination of permanent appointment of Jimmy Scallion, Stationary Engineer (Class 7334) Public Transportation Department. (File No. 0129-99-7)
April 5, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of April 19, 1999 at the request of Mr. John DiNapoli, Attorney.
Recommendation of the Public Transportation Department:
Dismiss from City and County service. No future employment with the City & County of San Francisco.
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT
(13) Report of exempt appointments under Charter Categories 10.104-16 through 10.104-18. (File No. 0304-99-1)
(14)Progress report on class consolidation project. (File No. 0305-99-1)
(15) Report of provisional appointments. (File No. 0306-99-1)
(16) Report on analysis of productivity of examination units. (File No. 0307-99-1)
(17) REQUESTS TO SPEAK
(18) ADJOURNMENT
