August 16, 2010 Regular Meeting

CALL TO ORDER

2:05 p.m.

ROLL CALL

President E. Dennis Normandy

Present

Vice President Donald A. Casper

Present

Commissioner Morgan R. Gorrono

Not Present (Notified absence)

Commissioner Lisa Seitz Gruwell

Present

Commissioner Mary Y. Jung

Present

President E. Dennis Normandy presided.

President Normandy welcomed Lisa Seitz Gruwell as the newest Commissioner to the

Civil Service Commission.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Regular Meeting of August 2, 2010

Action:

Approve.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Executive Officer announced that due to the Labor Day Holiday, there will only be one meeting in September which will be held on September 20, 2010.

0282-10-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts.  (Item No. 4)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4023-10/11

Human Resources

$150,000

Consultant will work with Airport and Department of Human Resources (“DHR”) staff to improve and expand upon the functionality of DHR’s internal Classification database, and develop a consistent methodology for improving classification decisions. Consultant will work with City staff to redesign and develop a database tool to categorize knowledge, skills, abilities, and corresponding activities and tasks consistent with the principles of industry accepted

standards, such as O*NET. This new tool will ensure Citywide consistency within the classification plan and will facilitate appropriate classification selections based on multi-level search criteria that accurately reflect duties and responsibilities of the position. The goal of this service is to create a highly efficient, standardized, front-end, interactive database tool designed to minimize the potential for appointing officers to make classification decisions based solely on desired pay or other preconceived notions that result in inappropriate grade inflation (e.g., making an

appointment to a manager classification when an advanced technical level classification would be more appropriate for the duties and the responsibilities of the position), and reduce inconsistencies and perceived subjectivity in classification decisions throughout the City.

Regular

12/31/11

4024-10/11

Public Utilities Commission

$139,000

Contract work consists of development of annual revenue requirement for electric service, allocation of the annual revenue requirement to retail classes of service base on their respective service requirements and development of schedules of electric rates to recover allocated costs from each retail customer class. Contract deliverables in addition to schedules of rates include the development of cost of service model to permit Hetch Hetchy (HH) staff to annually

update the cost of service analysis.

Regular

12/31/12

4025-10/11

Public Utilities Commission

$2,500,000

Provide municipal financing advisory services to the SFPUC in the structuring and competitive sale of taxable and tax-exempt revenue bonds, taxable and tax-exempt commercial paper, certificates of participation, Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs), Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds (QECBs), and other forms of municipal financing.

Regular

09/15/17

Speakers:

Steve Ponder and Ted Yamasaki, Department of Human Resources spoke on PSC #4023-10/11.

William Laws, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4024-10/11.

Action:

Adopt the report; Approve request for proposed personal services contracts.  Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0283-10-1

Municipal Transportation Agency’s Report on Appointments Exempt from Civil Service under Charter Section 10.104.16 through 10.104.18.  (Item No. 5)

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Adopt the report.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0284-10-1

Municipal Transportation Agency’s Report on Provisional Appointments. 
(Item No. 6)

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Adopt the report.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0325-09-7

Determination of future employability: Dismissal of permanent civil service appointment of Rodney Green, Transit Operator (Job Code 9163) with the Municipal Transportation Agency.  (Item No. 7)

June 7, 2010:

Continue to a meeting mutually agreeable to all parties and when Mr. Green’s attorney can be present.

Speakers:

None.

Action:

The Municipal Transportation Agency has withdrawn its recommendation of: 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 City and County service; No future employment with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.  There are no restrictions, making the appeal moot.  Close file.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0092-09-7

Determination of future employability: Dismissal of permanent civil service appointment of James Ross, Fare Collector (Job Code 9110) with the Municipal Transportation Agency.  (Item No. 8)

May 3, 2010:

Postpone to the meeting of June 7, 2010 at the request of Charles Davis, Attorney.

June 7, 2010:

Continue to the meeting of August 16, 2010 at the request of Charles Davis, Attorney.

Speakers:

None.

Action:

The Municipal Transportation Agency has withdrawn its recommendation of: Cancel any current examination and eligibility status; No future employment with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.  There are no restrictions, making the appeal moot.  Close file.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0165-09-4

Appeal by Ryan Young of his background rejection for a Public Safety Communications Dispatcher (Job Code 8238) position with the Department of Emergency Management.  (Item No. 9)

Speakers:

Terrence Daniel, Department of Emergency Management

Action:

Continue to a Special Meeting to be held prior to the Regular Meeting of September 20, 2010.  Mr. Young failed to appear.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0525-08-6

Appeal by Oluchi Nnachi, Charles E. Lewis and Robert Taylor, former 8324 Supervising Counselors at Juvenile Hall, of the Human Resources Director’s determination of insufficient evidence to make a finding of disparate treatment discrimination and/or retaliation.  (Item No. 10)

Speakers:

Janie White, Department of Human Resources

Peter Finn, Teamsters Local 856

John Radogno, Teamsters Local 856

Allison McGee, Juvenile Probation Department

Action:

Adopt the report.  Sustain the decision of the Human Resources Director; deny the appeal by Oluchi Nnachi, Charles E. Lewis and Robert Taylor.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0285-10-1

Request for permanent status grants to Near List employees with temporary civil service status in Class 1406 Senior Clerk at the Department of Public Health upon completion of the applicable probationary period.  (Item No. 11)

Speakers:

Elizabeth Jacobi, Department of Public Health

Gregory Cross, SEIU Local 1021

Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer, Civil Service Commission

Micki Callahan, Human Resources Director

Action:

Approve request for permanent status grants to Near List employees with temporary civil service status in Class 1406 Senior Clerk at the Department of Public Health upon completion of the applicable probationary period.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0269-10-1

Consideration of Proposed Changes to Commission Meeting Procedures; including, but not limited to having Public Comment on matters under the jurisdiction of the Commission at the beginning of the meeting; use of timer during 3 minute limit for public comment and require justification with requests to sever items on the Ratification Agenda.  (Item No. 12)

August 2, 2010:

Directed the Executive Officer to place item on calendar as an action item.

Speakers:

Joe Brennner, IFPTE Local 21

Action:

Approve the changes in the order of the Commission Meeting Agenda.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

Note:

Following public comment this item was continued to a future meeting to allow input from employee organizations on procedures for hearing personal service contracts at Commission meetings.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0287-10-1

General Update on the Department of Human Resources Activities and Issues. (Item No. 13)

Speakers:

Micki Callahan, Human Resources Director

Action:

No action was taken.

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION  (Item No. 14)

None.

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS  (Item No. 15)

Vice President Casper inquired about an article in the San Francisco Chronicle regarding the San Francisco Police Department deploying civilians to conduct preliminary investigations of low-level crimes and the lack of civil service classifications to perform such investigations.  He made a second request that the Commission be given information regarding which classifications, if any do now exist that can perform the work. 

Vice President Casper requested the Executive Officer to gather information on the reason for the postponement of Part II of the examination for the H-50 Assistant Chief of the San Francisco Fire Department.  He further asked that the gathering of information not interfere with the future administration of Part II of the examination nor jeopardize the examination’s security.

ADJOURNMENT  (Item No. 16)

4:24 p.m.