June 04, 2012 Regular Meeting

CALL TO ORDER

2:01 p.m.

ROLL CALL

President E. Dennis Normandy

Present

Vice President Kate Favetti

Present

Commissioner Scott R. Heldfond

Present

Commissioner Mary Y. Jung

Present

President E. Dennis Normandy presided.

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION BUT NOT APPEARING ON TODAY’S AGENDA

None.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Regular Meeting of May 21, 2012

Action:

Adopted.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0156-12-1

ELECTION OF OFFICERS  (Item No. 5)

Action:

Commissioner Kate Favetti was elected President for the term of office ending May 31, 2013.  (Vote of 4 to 0)
Commissioner Scott R. Heldfond was elected Vice President for the term of office ending May 31, 2013.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT  (Item No. 6)

No report.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT  (Item No. 7)

0155-12-11

Report of Inspection Service Review Requested by the Commission Regarding the Selection and Hiring of Michael Powell for Class 7347 Plumber at the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). 

Speakers:

Luz Morganti, Civil Service Commission

Action:

Accepted the report.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0128-12-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contract. 
(Item No. 8)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4085-07/08

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$0

New Amount

$2,000,000

The reason for this modification is insure the Water Quality Division (WQD) capability for meeting all sample testing required for regulatory compliance. A

full service environmental laboratory will provide "as-needed" reference laboratory testing of drinking water, wastewater, groundwater, soils, sediments, solids, hazardous waste, and biota (tissues). (CS-896).

Modi-

fication

02/28/15

May 21, 2012:

Postponed to the meeting of June 4, 2012 at the request of the Public Utilities Commission.

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Adopted the report; Approved the request for proposed personal services contracts.  Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0157-12-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. 
(Item No. 9)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4126-11/12

Adult Probation

$500,000

APD needs individuals that have dual expertise in reentry and evidence based criminal justice strategies and Technical Services: facilitation, grant writing, strategic planning, evaluation, capacity building and communications. The expertise of the technical services providers is unique, unrepresented and greatly needed in the SFAPD.

Regular

06/30/17

4127-11/12

Adult Probation

$12,500,000

Reentry Services include mental health, substance abuse, housing, education, employment and financial literacy services to criminal justice system involved individual who have complex and intersecting challenges and barriers. Reentry Service providers have expertise in understanding the needs and how to successfully tailor service delivery to offenders.

Regular

06/30/17

4128-11/12

Controller

$100,000

Provide hosting services for historical payroll reports generated prior to October 2012. Payroll reports are accessed by every City department's payroll professionals, time keepers and managers every pay period to validate payroll and deduction calculations through a partitioned access protocol with predefined search indexes.

Regular

08/31/17                                                                                                                             

4129-11/12

Public Health

$600,000

Work includes maintenance and support of the interdepartmental Children's System of Care Shared Youth Database, a web-based application based on proprietary software (DCAR) used to match records of children and adolescent clients served by the DPH, H.S.A., Juvenile Probation, and SFUSD in order to identify opportunities for early intervention, care planning, practice improvement, and research. Work will also include building a data dashboard and associated reports using data obtained from the new Avatar system of Electronic Health Records for behavioral health system clients, in preparation for compliance with health care reform.

Regular

06/30/17

4130-11/12

Public Health

$1,000,000

This request is for services for the Cities Readiness Initiative (which helps prepare the City for a public health emergency such as a catastrophic bioterrorism attack by providing antibiotic prophylaxis to approximately 1.2 million people in SF within the first 48 hours) by enabling administration of services for specialized review and further development of its protocols and tools for surveillance and investigation to urgent cases and outbreaks of disease, including data forms and the Integrated Case and Outbreak Management System (ICOMS). This will include review of existing protocols and tools developed for both normal operations and for the Department's Infectious Disease Emergency Response Plan (IDER) and the creation of documentation to support disease control and immunization record keeping systems (ICOMS and ICMS), including functional descriptions, detailed specifications, and guides for configuring, administering, and troubleshooting records systems; purchase, package and inventory of Point of Dispersion (POD) equipment and supplies for all POD trailers; creating multilingual signs for use in POD sites; developing traffic routes and cubic footage requirements for antibiotic distribution between storage, POD sites and regionally agreed upon mass prophylaxis training modules; and developing website and internet screening processes to provide antibiotic prophylaxis.

Regular

08/09/15

4131-11/12

Public Health

$12,000,000

Subject to the availability of beds and services, Contractor will provide hospital, clinic and other services to medically indigent residents of San Francisco, In Home Support Service patients, and County Jail patients, as well as emergency perfusion services, upon request. Services will include cardiac surgery, angioplasty, neurology procedures, radiation oncology, leukemia treatment, ophthalmology procedures and other services not provided at SFGH.

Regular

06/30/16

4132-11/12

Municipal Transportation Agency

$350,000

To assist in effectively planning and evaluating its services, and to comply with certain federal funding and regulatory requirements, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) needs to collect, through an in-person ridership survey at a statistically significant level, the demographics and transportation practices of its riders. The consultant will collect statistically-significant data about customer travel patterns, income levels, ethnic background, language proficiency and fare media usage both on a temporal and geographical basis. Customers on all routes and modes and throughout the service period will need to be surveyed. The consultant shall perform cross-tabulations on data and illustrate results in tables and charts, provide narrative data analysis, and make recommendations to SFMTA staff based upon the resulting data.

Regular

02/28/14

4107-10/11

Adult Probation

Increase Amount
$20,000
New Amount
$100,000

PSC Modification requested to extend the PSC duration and increase PSC amount. The Adult Probation Department has not entered into a drug testing contract pending a final department operational Drug Testing policy and procedure. The extended duration will allow the department to enter into a contract and the additional amount is estimated to cover the contract until June 30, 2015.The Court ordered conditions of probation require all probationers to not use any illegal drugs. Drug Testing will enable the Adult Probation Department to better protect public safety by monitoring and enforcing probationer compliance with Court orders.

Modi-fication

06/30/15

4086-08/09

Environment

Increase Amount
$120,000
New Amount
$240,000

SFE requires a contractor to provide Charter Bus transportation for the School Education Program's environmental field trips for grades K-12 students.

Modi-fication

12/31/15

3036-11/12

Art Commission

Increase Amount
$50,000
New Amount
$100,000

A Bay Area consultant who specializes in coordinating multiple City, state and federal requirements for the construction of culturally based renovations and construction, will serve in a critical advisory capacity to assist with the management of a renovation project at Bayview Opera House located at 4705 Third Street. This work entails working with and maintaining relationships, as well as coordinating efforts with other city agencies, principally with the Department of Public Works, MUNI, Mayor’s Office of Disability, Department of Real Estate, the Redevelopment Agency, and others. This will also include coordinating with the Bayview Opera House tenant organization and its board, the San Francisco Architectural Heritage Foundation and other neighborhood groups. The consultant will advise on preservation requirements, programmatic use of a cultural facility, coordinate multiple high visibility restoration projects and help to improve project efficiency and coordination.

Modi-fication

06/30/13

4115-07/08

Public Health

Increase Amount
$550,000
New Amount
$1,792,000

To serve as backup to provide year round 24/7 day a week access to telephone Interpreters for San Francisco General Hospital, the Public Health Centers, Laguna Honda Hospital, Health at Home other Department locations. The telephone interpreters must be skilled in phone based medical interpreting services and must be able to provide two-way, real time interpretation in a multitude of languages. This modification covers the anticipated needs of the Department through December 31, 2013. The Department has experienced an increase in the volume of telephone interpreter services due to the full implementation of Healthy San Francisco, the roll out of videoconferencing, dual handset, and Polycom phones which are used in the Health Centers and Emergency Department. The Department has hired and is in the process of hiring additional interpreters to meet the demand.

Modi-fication

12/31/13

Speakers:

Shelly Thompson, Office of the Controller spoke on PSC #4128-11/12.

Jacquie Hale, Department of Public Health spoke on PSC #4130-11/12.

Action:

Adopted the report; Approved the request for proposed personal services contracts.  Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0147-12-5

Proposed Amendments to Civil Service Commission Rule 112 – Eligible Lists Adding Article VII - Redevelopment-Only Priority Eligible List and Promotive Points to Implement AB 26.  (Item No. 10)

May 21, 2012:

Finalize drafts of proposed Rule amendments for posting and adoption. Continued to the meeting of June 4, 2012. 

Speakers:

Anita Sanchez, Executive Officer
Ted Yamasaki, Department of Human Resources

Action:

Post for adoption.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

 COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS

President E. Dennis Normandy announced the sad news that Jacqueline Reed, beloved wife of Paul Zarefsky, Deputy City Attorney and former General Counsel to the Commission passed away on
June 2, 2012. 

ADJOURNMENT

2:32 p.m.

The meeting adjourned in memory of Jacqueline Reed.  The Commission directed the Executive Officer to forward expressions of condolence to the family on behalf of the Commission.