June 7, 2010 Regular Meeting
MINUTES Regular Meeting June 7, 2010 2:00 p.m. ROOM 400, CITY HALL 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place CALL TO ORDER 2:14 p.m. ROLL CALL President Morgan R. Gorrono Present Vice President E. Dennis Normandy Present Commissioner Donald A. Casper Present Commissioner Mary Y. Jung Not Present (Notified absence) President Morgan R. Gorrono presided. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Regular Meeting of May 17, 2010 Action: Approve. (Vote of 3 to 0)
0224-10-1 ELECTION OF OFFICERS (Item No. 4) Action: Commissioner E. Dennis Normandy was elected President for the term of office ending May 31, 2011. (Vote of 3 to 0)
0225-10-8 Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts.
PSC# Department Amount Type of Service Type of Approval Duration 4142-09/10 Health Service System $156,000 Administer the Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account programs for eligible City and County of San Francisco employees. Services include maintaining required IRS tax reporting records, sending quarterly account statements and adjudicating claims for reimbursement within IRS guidelines. Regular 06/30/11 4143-09/10 Health Service System $112,000 Administration of the Management Cafeteria Plan for eligible members including communications, enrollment processing, third-party vendor management, premium reconciliation and payment to applicable vendors. Regular 06/30/11 4144-09/10 Health Service System $107,735 Administer COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) benefits for eligible resigned, laid-off and separated members of the Health Service System. Services include providing required initial COBRA notice, enrolling eligible individuals, and conducting open enrollment for COBRA enrollees. Regular 06/30/11 4145-09/10 Municipal Transportation Agency $600,000 The SFMTA needs to procure the services of a qualified and experienced contractor to complete comprehensive environmental review with a focus on transportation impacts for the SFMTA's Transit Effectiveness Project (TEP), and prepare and publish its findings as required by the California Environ-mental Quality Act (CEQA), and National Environ-mental Policy Act (NEPA) if required. Regular 01/31/13 4146-09/10 Public Works $2,500,000 The Consultant will provide as-needed environmental monitoring and oversight services for the San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) Rebuild Project (SFGHRP) in support of the construction activities involving the abatement of asbestos, lead, and other hazardous materials, naturally-occurring asbestos in soils, soil characterization and profiling, and other hazardous materials. Conduct daily air quality monitoring during all earthmoving activities (trenching and mass excavation) during construction activities to comply with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's (BAAQMD) Asbestos Dust Monitoring Plan (ADMP) for the project. The Consultant shall also provide as-needed industrial hygiene and other environmental services. Regular 12/31/16 4147-09/10 Mayor $400,000 Contractor will customize their proprietary software known as the Total Grants Solution (TGS) to add housing development process and data tracking functionality. The TGS system is a technology solution that meets the City's strategy of collecting and managing data for the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grant programs including the Community Development Block (CDBG), and Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG.) The solution is the primary tool MOH uses to ensure programmatic and fiscal compliance and accountability while providing a direct and immediate link between the City and its grantees that allows for the tracking of programmatic outcomes and clients served as well as the ability of the grantee to invoice the City for contractual services rendered. Finally, the system incorporates the audit requirements of local, state and federal funding sources. Regular 06/30/12 4148-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $2,000,000 The contractor (State of California) will coordinate and provide genetic testing services on blood samples taken from newborn babies from San Francisco General Hospital, in accordance with State law Regular 06/30/20 4149-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $1,250,000 Assistance to and training of Department Information Technology staff in the installation and building of an ambulatory Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system for San Francisco General Hospital and DPH community-based primary care and specialty clinics. Technical support to the Department's IT staff upon live activation of the new system. Please note that the amount shown above is a current best estimate of the value of only the professional services required, not software Regular 06/30/15 4150-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $136,000,000 Culturally appropriate mental health and substance abuse services for children, youth, and their families will be provided by multiple contractors, which together form a System of Care to address the broad continuum of needs and illnesses presented by these clients. Services will include mental health assess-ment, therapy, collateral and wraparound services, community-based violence and trauma recovery services, community-based day treatment services, residentially-based day treatment services, intensive/day rehabilitative services, primary and secondary substance abuse prevention services, therapeutic behavioral services, therapeutic visitation services, and targeted case management. Regular 06/30/15 4151-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $150,074,786 Contract will provide: mental health outpatient; substance abuse outpatient services; and intensive case management/full-service partnership level-of-care to transitional age youth, adults and older adults. The contract will provide flexible, integrated and seamless services based on the level and type of needs of the client, and responding as clients change over time. Regular 06/30/15 4152-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $18,595,931 Contractors will provide integrated full-service behavioral health outpatient services (Mental Heath and Substance Abuse Services) for older-adult clients living in the catchment areas 2, 4 and 5 (Western Addition/area bounded by Geary-Gough-Market-Stanyan/Marina/Presidio, North of Market/ Tenderloin/South of Market and Richmond and Sunset Districts.) Regular 06/30/15 4153-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $112,083,205 Contractor will provide services to adult clients living in a residential setting who otherwise would be at risk of hospitalization or other institutional placement if they were not in a residential treatment program. The contractor will provide crisis residential programs, transitional residential treatment programs, Institute for Mental Disease (IMD) alternative programs, and an Urgent Care Center consisting of a crisis stabilization/urgent care clinic with an attached short-term crisis residential program. Institute for Mental Disease alternative programs target adults returning from long-term care settings back to the community or who are at risk for institutional placement due to the severity of their psychiatric disorder. Regular 06/30/15 4154-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $111,292,513 Contractor will provide substance abuse residential programs. The program will include a 24/7 compre-hensive assessment, case management, counseling, skill building and support services to individuals with substance abuse disorders. The program includes Pomeroy House Perinatal Treatment, Residential Family, Women's Harm Reduction Overnight/Partial Day, Women's HIV, MH, Harm Reduction Transitional Residential, Ryan White Pt A, HIV Residential, Adult Residential & Overnight/Partial Day, Women's Residential Social Detoxification, Bed Social Detox, Homeless Specialty, HIV Women's Residential Social Detoxification, Residential Medical Detoxification, MHSA Dual Diagnosis Residential Treatment, Redwood Center Residential Treatment for High-Utilizaers of Multiple Systems, HIV Residential Medical Detoxification and Proposition 36 Residential Treatment. Regular 06/30/15 4155-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $42,988,294 Contractor and partner agencies will work together to provide supportive housing services to homeless adults and transitional age youths with serious mental illness in San Francisco. The housing support services will include comprehensive on-site mental health prevention, primary care, and rehabilitative treatment services to reduce chronic homelessness in San Francisco. Regular 06/30/15 4156-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $57,351,750 Contractors will provide community based mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment, primary care and life enhancement programs for adults and transition age youths who are homeless or face mental health and substance abuse issues and their families in San Francisco. The programs will include mental health emergency crisis/vocational and rehabilitation services, peer and intern employ-ment, peer-based wellness and recovery services, substance abuse education and training/HIV intervention/primary prevention, secondary preven-tion and ancillary services, short-term intensive care management-hospital discharge service Regular 06/30/15 4157-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $17,360,000 Contractors will provide San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), Laguna Honda Hospital (LHH), DPH's Primary Care clinics and Health At Home program a continuous, reliable source of intermittent, supplemental, on-call nursing personnel during high patient census, high acuity, unexpected staff illnesses and/or vacations, and to meet State nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements. Regular 06/30/15 4158-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $84,000 Contractor will provide phlebotomy services during the phlebotomy service schedule at Behavioral Health Clinics and laboratory specimen courier services when necessary. Regular 06/30/15 4159-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $150,000 Contractor will provide comprehensive vision care services including preventive eye exams, eye care services and diagnostic referrals for patients at the DPH's Southeast Health Center once a week during the operation hour from 8 am to 5 pm. Regular 06/30/15 4160-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $29,543,220 The PEI project will provide prevention and early intervention programs designed to prevent the initial onset or worsening of mental illness among children, youth, their families, transitional age youth, adults and older adults who exhibit varying levels of risk of developing mental illness. The project will assist those at risk and train providers to better identify clients early and refer them to services. Programs include School Based Youth Centered Wellness; Screening, Planning and Supportive Services for Incarcerated Youth; Holistic Wellness Prevention in a Community Setting; Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation; Mental Health Consultation for Providers working with Youth at RISK or Involved with the Juvenile Justice System; Older Adult Behavioral Health Screening and Response; Early Intervention and Recovery for Young People with Early Psychosis; Transition Aged Youth Multi Service Center and Peer Outreach and Training. Regular 06/30/15 4161-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $10,804,713 Contractors will provide an array of prevention services, programs and projects for the broad age, ethnic, gender, ability, and geographic diversity of San Francisco's populations, especially in low income neighborhoods. The primary methodologies will be community action and organization, outreach, health education, wellness activities and education, community support/capacity building, and training/technical assistance for contractors, and other services as needed. Regular 06/30/13 4162-09/10 Postpone to meeting of 6/21/10 Public Health $7,274,562 The WDET project will develop and maintain a culturally competent mental health workforce through training and technical assistance, mental health career pathway programs and internship programs. The project is community based to diversify the mental health workforce by encouraging consumers and their families to pursue public health careers because they are uniquely qualified. The WDET project will recruit consumers to public health careers at various levels from entry level certification to licensed and managerial positions. Programs include the Summer Bridge Program, Peer Specialist Mental Health Certificate Program, the Mental Health Certificate Program and Supportive Services for Consumers Enrolled in Public Universities or Private Colleges. Regular 06/30/15 1010-07/08 Health Service System Increase Amount $535,275 New Amount $2,450,495 Will provide health benefit plan actuarial and consulting services as required by City Charter. Services include developing rates; performing prospective review and analysis of rates against actual experience; conducting studies of alternative health-care plans; calculating of Trust Fund reserves; developing modeling, reporting and tracking systems; conducting audits and consulting with HSS staff Modi- fication 06/30/11 4165-07/08 General Services Agency Increase Amount $351,700 New Amount $695,700 Will provide a software license for their proprietary web based electronic certified payroll reporting system hosted on contractor's secure server. The Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) desires to exercise its option to extend a contract with the vendor to provide a software license (subscription to their services) for their web based electronic proprietary certified payroll reporting system hosted on their secured server. The system verifies pay rates or flags and communicates potential violations. Vendor will provide training to City contractors and approximately 30 City employees on use of the system. Modi- fication 06/30/12 4058-09/10 Emergency Management Increase Amount $100,000 New Amount $300,000 Provide services to develop a training & exercise course program as part of joint project between Bay Area UASI & Los Angeles/Long Beach UASI. The advance EOC course will train emergency manage-ment mutual aid personnel to coordinate response support following large catastrophic disasters. The Bay Area UASI needs to extend the contract term to 3/31/2011 and increase the amount with Willdan to provide for additional testing of the training program, and to provide for pilot training courses. Modi- fication 03/31/11 4096-05/06 Public Health Increase Amount $750,000 New Amount $1,310,000 Will provide intermittent, as-needed, on-call, mobile blood filtration (therapeutic apheresis) services. Therapeutic apheresis is a procedure in which the patient's blood is collected using automated FDA approved devices, separated into its components (RBCs, WBCs, Platelets and/or plasma) and filtered. The suspected pathologic component is discarded, and the remaining components are returned to the patient along with replacement fluids. Auto transfusion services are used in an effort to reduce allogeneic (blood from a donor) blood transfusion. It is indicated in a variety of surgical procedures when-ever major blood loss is anticipated and it is the only acceptable method of transfusion for Jehovah's Witnesses patients because blood remains in continuity within the autotransfusion circuit. Modi- fication 06/30/14
Speakers: Catherine Dodd, Health Service System spoke on PSC #s 4142-09/10 through 4144-09/10. Gregory Cross, SEIU Local 1021 requested to sever PSC Dustin White, Municipal Transportation Agency, Adele Scott, SEIU Local 1021 and Mary Ng, Department of Human Resources spoke on PSC #4145-09/10. Ging Louie, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4146-09/10. Action: (1) Postpone PSC #s 4148-09/10 through 4162-09/10 to the meeting of June 21, 2010. (Vote of 3 to 0) (2) Adopt the report; Approve requests for all remaining proposed personal services contracts. Notify the offices of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration. (Vote of 3 to 0)
0226-10-7 Request by Christiana Amaechi to remove the ban on her future employment with the Department of Public Health. (Item No. 6) Speakers: Elaine Lee, Department of Human Resources Action: Adopt the staff report. Approve removal of employment restriction banning Christiana Amaechi from working at the Department of Public Health. (Vote of 3 to 0)
0211-10-5 Rule Amendments to Civil Service Commission Rules applicable to the Uniformed Ranks of the San Francisco Police Department; specifically, Rule 213 – Certification of Eligibles – Police Department. (Item No. 7) December 7, 2009: Post for Meet and Confer. March 15, 2010: No disclosure of any or all discussions held in closed session. April 19, 2010: No disclosure of any or all discussions held in closed session. May 17, 2010: Postpone to the meeting of June 7, 2010. Directed the Executive Officer to provide a synopsis of previous discussions on this matter. Speakers: None. Action: Postpone to the meeting of June 21, 2010 at the request of the Department of Human Resources. (Vote of 3 to 0)
0212-10-3 Annual Certification of Benefits of Elected Officials (Including Members of the Board of Supervisors) for Fiscal Year 2010-11 of the City and County of San Francisco in accordance with Charter Section A8.409-1. (Item No. 8) May 17, 2010: Postpone to the meeting of June 7, 2010. Speakers: Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer Micki Callahan, Human Resources Director Action: Adopt the report; Certify the benefits of elected officials (including members of the Board of Supervisors) for Fiscal Year 2010-11 in accordance with Charter Section A8.409-1; Continue the same level of benefits as those of covered Management employees in the Unrepresented Employees Ordinance in effect on July 1, 2010 for Fiscal Year 2010-11. (Vote of 3 to 0)
0213-10-3 Annual Adjustment (2nd Year of 5-Year Cycle) of Salary of Member, Board of Supervisors in accordance with Civil Service Commission Action of May 4, 2009; and, Salaries (4th Year of 5-Year Cycle) of Elected Officials (Mayor, City Attorney, District Attorney, Public Defender, Assessor-Recorder, Treasurer, and Sheriff) in accordance with Charter Section A8.409-1 for Fiscal Year 2010-11. (Item No. 9) May 17, 2010: Postpone to the meeting of June 7, 2010. Speakers: Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer
Action: Adopt the report; Due to a 2.6% CPI-U change, salaries of the elected officials (Mayor, City Attorney, District Attorney, Public Defender, Assessor-Recorder, Treasurer-Tax Collector, and Sheriff) are increased 2.6%, in accordance with Charter Section A8.409-1 and the salary of members of the Board of Supervisors is increased 2.6%, in accordance with Commission Action of May 4, 2009 for Fiscal Year 2010-11.
0214-10-3 Consideration of Reduction of Salary of Member, Board of Supervisors pursuant to Charter Section 2.100 and Salaries of Elected Officials (Mayor, City Attorney, District Attorney, Public Defender, Assessor-Recorder, Treasurer, and Sheriff) pursuant to Charter Section A8.409-1 for Fiscal Year 2010–11. (Item No. 10) May 17, 2010: Postpone to the meeting of June 7, 2010. Speakers: Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer Action: Continue to the meeting of June 21, 2010. (Vote of 3 to 0)
0227-10-1 Report on changing the minimum qualifications from three years to one year served as a permanent Q-60 Lieutenant in the San Francisco Police Department, in the Proposed Amendment to the Class Specification for Q-80 Captain, Police Department. (Item No. 11) May 17, 2010: Directed the Executive Officer to place on the Agenda of the next meeting and requested DHR and SFPD staff to provide a briefing. Speakers: Steve Ponder, Department of Human Resources Saru Cownan, Department of Human Resources Cathy Abela, Department of Human Resources Action: Continue to the meeting of June 21, 2010 with a written report to be submitted by the Department of Human Resources. (Vote of 3 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. 12) May 3, 2010: Postpone to the meeting of June 7, 2010 at the request of Charles Davis, Attorney. Speakers: Ericka Mitchell, Municipal Transportation Agency Charles Davis, Attorney Action: Continue to the meeting of August 16, 2010 at the request of Charles Davis, Attorney. (Vote of 3 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. 13) Speakers: Ericka Mitchell, Municipal Transportation Agency Rodney Green, Appellant Action: Continue to a meeting mutually agreeable to all parties and when Mr. Green’s attorney can be present. (Vote of 3 to 0)
0553-09-7 Determination of future employability: Dismissal of permanent civil service appointment of Thomas Jefferson, Jr., Transit Operator (Job Code 9163) with the Municipal Transportation Agency. (Item No. 14) Speakers: Cynthia Hamada, Municipal Transportation Agency Thomas Jefferson, Jr., Appellant Action: 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; Must participate in an appropriate substance abuse program and receive a release to work from a DHR-designated professional in substance abuse. (Vote of 3 to 0)
0352-09-7 Determination of future employability: Dismissal of permanent civil service appointment of James B. Wettstein, Supervising Parts Storekeeper Speakers: None. Action: Cancel any current examination and eligibility status; No future employment with the City and County of San Francisco. (Vote of 3 to 0) Appeal withdrawn by appellant.
REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (Item No. 16)
None.
COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS (Item No. 17) None. ADJOURNMENT (Item No. 18)
4:13 p.m. At the request of President Morgan R. Gorrono, the meeting is adjourned in memory of Jane Warner, San Francisco Patrol Special Police Officer who passed away on May 8, 2010.
Commissioner Donald A. Casper was elected Vice President for the term of office ending May 31, 2011. (Vote of 3 to 0)
(Item No. 5)
Joe Brenner, IFPTE Local 21 and Jacquie Hale, Department of Public Health spoke on PSC #s 4150-09/10 through 4153-09/10; 4156-09/10; 4160-09/10 and 4161-09/10.
# 4158-09/10.
(Vote of 3 to 0)
(Job Code 1937) with the Municipal Transportation Agency. (Item No. 15)
