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September 20, 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
RATIFICATION AGENDA
REGULAR AGENDA
2:30 p.m.
EMPLOYEE SEPARATIONS AGENDA
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’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
September 20, 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
Regular Meeting of August 16, 1999
(3) ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcement of changes to agenda
Other announcements
- Presentation to Commissioner Adrienne Pon in recognition of her two years of service as President of the Civil Service Commission. (File No. 0630-99-1)
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.
(5) Review of requests for approval of proposed personal services contracts.
(File No. 0621-99-8)
|
PSC# |
Department |
Amount |
Type of Service |
Type of Approval |
Duration |
|
2000-99/00 |
Retirement System |
$150,000 |
To provide specialized actuarial services for the Retirement System, including conducting an annual experience analysis and actuarial valuation of the Retirement Fund, special studies and consultation related to actuarial issues. |
Continuing |
06/30/00 |
|
4046-99/00 |
Assessor |
$61,352 |
To review the existing appraisals and related legislation/court cases regarding the valuation of Cable Television in general as well as the specific valuation issue regarding Viacom, Cable Telecommunication Company. |
Regular |
12/01/02 |
|
4047-99/00 |
Trial Courts |
$121,848 |
Responsible for the operation of the two children’s waiting rooms at the Hall of Justice and Civic Center Courthouse. These waiting rooms function as day-use childcare centers while parents/guardians are on jury duty or conducting business with the Courts. |
Regular |
06/30/00 |
|
4048-99/00 |
Building Inspection |
$115,000 |
To provide reliable, constant communication between point of sales (POS) software system and the credit card processor. Contractor will provide custom transaction processing solutions in conjunction with the custom software developed for the POS network. |
Regular |
06/30/00 |
|
4049-99/00 |
Airport Commission |
$410,000 |
To provide studies and reports on Precision Runway Monitor, Instrument Landing System and Simultaneous Offset Instrument Approach to complete an Environmental Assessment as required by the Federal Aviation Administration. |
Regular |
08/31/00 |
|
4050-99/00 |
Art Commission |
$179,637 |
To conduct creative writing classes with youth at risk in San Francisco. Teachers serve youth who may be incarcerated, educationally disadvantaged, homeless, or in crisis. |
Regular |
09/01/00 |
|
4051-99/00 |
Public Utilities Commission (Hetch Hetchy & Bureaus) |
$1,281,000 |
To develop public education campaigns and promote awareness regarding water pollution prevention. In addition, conduct outreach on services provided to customers by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. |
Regular |
06/30/02 |
|
4052-99/00 |
Human Services |
$151,200 |
To provide CalWORKs and human services field-specific training to approximately 250 DHS staff/management in four areas: Welfare-to-Work, Executive Development, Teamwork and Staff Development. |
Regular |
06/30/00 |
|
4053-99/00 |
Commission on the Status of Women |
$150,000 |
To design and conduct a Violence Against Women Public Awareness Campaign, specifically addressing both sexual assault and domestic violence. The campaign goal is to prevent violence against women and increase public knowledge of community services. |
Regular |
06/30/02 |
|
4054-99/00 |
Public Health |
$300,000 |
To provide intermittent, specialized, gerontological-care services and supervision of UCSF Nursing students. |
Regular |
09/30/01 |
|
4055-99/00 |
Public Works |
$900,000 |
To provide electrical engineering and drafting services on an as-needed basis. Work includes preparing plans, specifications, and cost estimates; and performing field investigations, peer reviews, and drafting services. |
Regular |
06/30/02 |
|
4056-99/00 |
Recreation & Parks |
$100,000 |
To remove and sell vessels from the Marina Yacht Harbor in order to recover documented cost of delinquent berthing fees and other associated fees from boat owners to the Marina Yacht Harbor. |
Regular |
06/30/01 |
|
4057-99/00 |
Assessor |
$205,000 |
To represent the City in the negotiation of a potential settlement of the dispute between the City and Viacom, a telecommunication company, regarding the assessed valuation of its Viacom’s Cable Television System including the possessory interest. |
Regular |
12/01/02 |
|
4058-99/00 |
Human Services |
$130,000 |
To develop plans for two programs, a residential academy for foster care and juvenile probation youth, and a transitional housing program for youth leaving foster care. |
Regular |
09/30/00 |
|
4059-99/00 |
Human Services |
$429,294 |
To provide in-home emergency back-up childcare services to CalWORKs families. |
Regular |
08/31/00 |
|
4060-99/00 |
Airport Commission |
$150,000 |
To provide three (3) day workshop on the following two topics: Leadership through Motivation and Managing for High Performance. Classes to provide Senior Managers with understanding of how various factors influence job performance. |
Regular |
09/24/00 |
|
4061-99/00 |
Juvenile Probation |
$220,000 |
To provide a comprehensive array of services for young women who have been released from detention and returned to their community. Services to include case management and linkages with appropriate providers and family reunification. |
Regular |
06/30/00 |
|
4062-99/00 |
Public Works |
$3,000,000 |
To provide professional architectural and engineering services for planning, design and construction services for the proposed replacement of the Juvenile Hall at the San Francisco Youth Guidance Center. |
Regular |
08/31/04 |
|
4063-99/00 |
Police |
$99,815 |
To conduct and evaluate two components of the COPS-MORE ’98 grant program: the cost effectiveness of implementing a Mobile Computer System, and the effectiveness of implementing the Technology to Recover Abducted Kids system. |
Regular |
09/30/01 |
|
4064-99/00 |
Human Services |
Increase Amount
$45,990
New Amount $95,130 |
To provide Communication Skills for the Bilingual Professional Employee Program; consisting of needs assessments, curriculum design, pilot instruction program and courses for DHS employees.
|
Regular |
06/30/00 |
|
4087-98/99 |
Airport Commission |
Increase Amount $200,000
New Amount $545,000 |
Delivery of a unique brand identity, a comprehensive business and administrative print system, a targeted brochure, promotional materials, and a standards manual for the opening of the new International Terminal. |
Regular |
12/31/00 |
|
4104-97/98 |
Airport Commission |
Increase Amount $108,000 New Amount $198,000 |
To conduct various aircraft noise modeling projects in support of the Airport/Community Roundtable, acquire additional analysis of flight tracks that potentially would reduce aircraft noise impacts on the surrounding communities. |
Regular |
12/31/00 |
|
4107-96/97 |
Port |
Increase Amount $191,468
New Amount $431,468 |
To revise the project scope and the project contract documents to reduce the construction cost. Will provide minimal electrical, mechanical, and architectural services. |
Regular |
09/30/00 |
Recommendation: Adopt Human Resources Director’s report. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Purchaser.
REGULAR AGENDA
- Appeal of the Human Resources Director’s decision to deny the request of the Sheriff’s Department to exclude provisional experience when determining minimum experience requirement for appointments resulting from examinations for
Sheriff’s Lieutenant (Job Code 8310) and Sheriff’s Captain (Job Code 8312).
(File No. 0559-99-4)
August 16, 1999: Return to the Human Resources Director for additional information and further discussion; must return to the Civil Service Commission for final disposition. (Vote of 3 to 2; Commissioners Clopton and Safont dissent.)
Recommendation: Deny request; allow employees with current permanent appointment in qualifying classes who meet minimum experience requirement, regardless of previous appointment type in those classes, to be available for promotional appointment if successful in the examination process.
- Appeal by Martin A. Edelson of background rejection for Police Officer
(Job Code Q-2), San Francisco Police Department. (File No. 0498-99-4)
Recommendation: Adopt report. Deny appeal the appeal of Martin A. Edelson. Sustain the decision of the Chief of Police.
- Appeal by Wayne Fuller of background rejection for Transit Operator
(Job Code 9163), Public Transportation Department. (File No. 0419-99-4)
Recommendation: Deny appeal. Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director.
- Appeal by Renee Carol Williams of background rejection for Transit Operator
(Job Code 9163), Public Transportation Department. (File No. 0160-99-4)
August 16, 1999: Postpone to the meeting of September 20, 1999, at the request of Ms. Williams.
Recommendation: Deny appeal. Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director.
- Appeal by James Albert of the decision of the Human Resources Director to approve the classification of one position to Information Systems Manager
(Job Code 1071). (File No. 0436-99-2)
Recommendation: Adopt report. Deny appeal. Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director.
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 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.
- Determination of future employment: termination of permanent appointment with the City and County of Alfredo Roberto Arana, Transit Operator (Job Code 9163),
Public Transportation Department. (File No. 0556-99-7)
Recommendation of the Public Transportation Department:
- Cancel any current examination and eligibility status.
- Future employment subject to the review and approval of the Human Resources Director after satisfactory completion of two (2) years work experience outside the City and County service.
- Must participate in an appropriate substance abuse program and receive a release to work from a DHR-designated professional in substance abuse.
- No future employment with the Public Transportation Department.
- Determination of future employment: release from permanent probationary appointment with the City and County of Sharon Gilmore-James, Transit Operator (Job Code 9163), Public Transportation Department. (File No. 0598-99-7)
Recommendation of the Public Transportation Department:
- Cancel any current examination and eligibility status.
- Future employment subject to the review and approval of the Human Resources Director after satisfactory completion of two (2) years experience outside the City and County.
- Must participate in an appropriate substance abuse program and receive a release to work from a DHR-designated professional in substance abuse.
- No future employment with the Public Transportation Department.
- Determination of future employment: termination of permanent appointment with the City and County of Gale Wong, Electric Transit Mechanic (Job Code 7379),
Public Transportation Department. (File No. 0578-99-7)
Recommendation of the Public Transportation Department:
- Future employment subject to the review and approval of the Human Resources Director after satisfactory completion of two (2) years work experience outside the City and County service.
- Must participate in an appropriate substance abuse program and receive a release to work from a DHR-designated professional in substance abuse.
- No future employment with the Public Transportation Department.
- Determination of future employment: termination of permanent appointment with the City and County of Kevin C. Yu, Custodian (Job Code 2708), Airport Commission. (File No. 0554-99-7)
Recommendation of the Airport Commission:
- 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.
- No future employment with the Airport Commission.
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT
- Report of exempt positions under Charter Categories 10.104-16 through 10.104-18. (File No. 0623-99-1)
(16) Progress report on Class Consolidation Project. (File No. 0622-99-1)
(17) REQUESTS TO SPEAK
(18) ADJOURNMENT
