February 04, 2013 Regular Meeting

CALL TO ORDER

2:00 p.m.

ROLL CALL

President Kate Favetti

Present

Vice President Scott R. Heldfond

Present

Commissioner Mary Y. Jung

Present (Absent during Item #’s 13-15 & 16-19)

Commissioner E. Dennis Normandy

Present

President Kate Favetti 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 January 7, 2013

Action:

Adopted.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR’S REPORT  (Item No. 5)

No report.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT  (Item No. 6)

No report.

0021-13-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. 
(Item No. 7)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4059-12/13

Controller

$75,000

The Contractor will conduct a benchmarking study to identify best practices in community engagement,

specifically as they relate to planning the City’s general obligation bond programs’ construction & capital projects. In this context, community engagement includes information, consultation, engagement, and empowering activities that provide members of the public with direct ways to be involved in public life & decision making, particularly on issues in which they have a direct interest. The City greatly values citizen input & community engagement, as they are vital components for the City’s construction planning &

decision making. The goal of this study is to determine potential cost savings by identifying improvements to the City’s current community engagement practices. The Contractor will
(1) describe the City’s current policies & practices for engaging communities & soliciting public input; (2) identify & research at least three comparable jurisdictions to determine community engagement best practices; and (3) recommend a set of best practices & a roadmap of strategies & plans for how to implement effective, cost-efficient community engagement.

Regular

11/30/13

4060-12/13

Controller

$75,000

The Contractor will conduct a benchmarking study to map San Francisco’s project compliance & approval process & policies, specifically as they relate to the City’s general obligation bond programs’ construction & capital projects. The goal of this study is to determine opportunities for time & cost efficiency gains by identifying improvements to the process. As such, the selected Contractor will
(1) describe the City’s current project compliance & approval process & policies; (2) identify & research at least three comparable jurisdictions to determine project compliance & approval process best practices; and (3) recommend a roadmap of strategies & plans for how to improve the City’s project compliance & approval process, making

it more time and cost efficient.

Regular

12/31/13

4061-12/13

Environment

$1,000,000

A qualified environmental professional contractor to conduct environmental site assessments, prepare

cleanup plans and conduct remediation of privately-owned and public properties located in the Southeast

area of San Francisco, as part of a Brownfield’s project supported by federal grant awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Specifically, the environmental professional is required to develop opinions and conclusions regarding conditions indicative of releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances and petroleum chemicals, as specified by EPA regulations (70 FR 66070, Nov. 1, 2005), for

Brownfield sites.

Regular

12/30/17

4062-12/13

Environment

$5,000,000

Assist the Department of designing, developing, facilitating, and implementing outreach and social

marketing programs and creative multilingual campaigns in various areas including waste reduction, reuse, recycling, toxics reduction, energy efficiency and climate adaptation, etc. Additionally, contractor will provide research assistance such as surveys, focus groups, and other forms of market research.

Regular

06/30/18

4063-12/13

Art Commission

$77,200

Artist team will design & fabricate a ceramic tile mosaic for the Arelious Walker Stair 28 Replacement Project.

Regular

12/31/16

4064-12/13

City Planning

$75,000

The San Francisco Planning Department is soliciting a vendor to conduct a market analysis of selling

Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) from City-owned properties, including studying the impact of

proposed San Francisco zoning amendments on the existing TDR program and benchmarking other cities

that has implemented TDR programs in which TDRs from publicly owned properties are sold.

Regular

06/30/14

4065-12/13

Human Resources

$600,000

Provide a web-based, vendor-hosted human resources system for City job application, recruitment, testing, certification/referral processing and applicant demographics reporting capabilities. Services will include Implementation planning and delivery, data migration, and robust technical support, including system upgrades and maintenance, as well as as-needed system training and customization services.

Regular

06/30/18

4066-12/13

Public Utilities Commission

$800,000

The work under this agreement includes identifying surplus SFPUC properties that are candidates for

revenue enhancement; accessing project and entitlement feasibility and economics; making entitlement applications; building and sustaining local government and community relationships to generate project support; beginning and managing environmental review; securing necessary local government entitlement approvals; and generating sale or lease publicity and arranging a sale and or lease program.

Regular

07/01/18

4067-12/13

Public Utilities Commission

$950,000

Design a visitor’s center, named the Alameda Creek Watershed Center (Center), in close proximity to the

historic Sunol Water temple in Sunol, CA. The center, approximately 7,500 sf, is to be designed to

accommodate interpretative exhibit areas including an aquarium, an auditorium/conference area, learning laboratory, event gathering space, classes and staff offices. The grounds of the Center are to be integrated fully into the buildings) design and should engage visitors in experiential water-inspired learning, bioregionalism and watershed dynamics as well as provide a peaceful retreat. The architectural/engineering team will need to work closely with City landscape architects to develop an inspirational and functional project. There will be an option to provide construction support services.

Regular

07/31/16

4068-12/13

Public Utilities Commission

$1,500,000

1. Act as legal holder of conservation easements placed on various sites within SFPUC lands in Alameda Creek and/or Peninsula Watersheds.

2. Hold and administer a non-wasting endowment account as per CDFG requirements for investment policies.

3. Perform monitoring at least one time per year, and no more than twice per year for compliance with land use activities at sites.

4. Prepare reports on the results of the land use compliance monitoring inspections, and provide these reports to government Permit Agencies and SFPUC on an annual basis.

5. Enforce the terms of the conservation easement.

6. Provide Notice of Violation to SFPUC and Permit Agencies in the event of a violation of the terms of the conservation easement.

7. Require the restoration of any damage that takes place on conservation lands.

Regular

01/31/16

4069-12/13

Municipal Transportation Agency

$500,000

The consultant will analyze the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SFMTA) transportation (all modes) impacts on potential land use, employment, housing, transit service, and transportation infrastructure changes. The SF-CHAMP San Francisco Regional travel Model is the official transportation modeling tool for San Francisco and is certified as compliant with the Regional Transportation Plan by the

Metropolitan Transportation Commission. The consultant is an expert working with this unique proprietary software product and will use the model to forecast changes in regional travel.

Regular

03/03/18

4070-12/13

Municipal Transportation Agency

$2,000,000

Develop and maintain an employee wellness program that enables employees to reach optimal physical wellbeing, fitness, injury prevention, and complements existing San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) services and programs by implementing, providing and managing the following services: (1) Comprehensive Risk Assessments to include: blood pressure screening; orthopedic assessments; nutrition; stress reduction; weight control; and chronic illness screening
(2) Exercise and Education Centers (up to eight locations) to include professional quality fitness equipment with supervision and training; and healthy

lifestyle and training programs (3) Therapeutic Program to include yoga, zumba, tai chi, massage, and similar therapeutic modalities (4) Data tracking, data management, and data reporting to measure outcomes

Regular

02/28/18

4071-12/13

Emergency Management

$1,200,000

The contractor will provide training and exercise curriculums for the Bay Area urban Areas Security

Initiative (UASI). Services will include review of existing regional catastrophic plans for each operational area; develop and conduct Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) tabletop exercises; develop a web-based interactive training curriculum for each Bay Area County; coordinate with CalEMA Golden Guardian regarding exercise design for use in Urban Shield; create a strategic plan addressing future growth and best practices from regional catastrophic training and exercise projects.

Regular

12/31/15

4072-12/13

Public Health

$1,200,000

The contractor will perform neuromonitoring services for patients undergoing operating room procedures at San Francisco General Hospital. Neuromonitoring services consist of the patient being connected to electrodes during surgery and spontaneous electrophysiologic signals are obtained and interpreted periodically or continuously throughout the course of the operation.

Regular

02/28/15

4073-12/13

Department of Technology

$28,000,000

Technical Support services for the Motorola radios used by the San Francisco Police Department, the

Sheriff's Department, the Fire Department, the Department of Emergency Management, the Department of Public Works and the Public Utilities Commission.

Regular

09/22/17

4094-10/11

Treasurer/Tax Collector

Current Approved Amount

$100,000

Increase Amount Requested

$250,000

New Total Amount Requested

$350,000

A consultant will be engaged to assist the Treasurer-Tax Collector in implementing a Request for Proposals process for banking services that will

result in a contract for bank services for the City and County of San Francisco.

Modi-

fication

12/31/14

4009-07/08

Environment

Current Approved Amount

$2,249,000

Increase Amount Requested

$2,750,000

New Total Amount Requested

$4,999,000

Will conduct technical assistance and consulting for City Depts. engaged in the design, construction and operation of new bldgs., major renovations, tenant improvements and existing buildings where sub-contractors for specific areas of expertise are required: research, economic, technical and

environmental analyses, energy modeling, green building and LEED (or other approved green building rating system) consulting, building commissioning, post-occupancy evaluation, policy and program design and implementation support.

Modi-

fication

03/31/15

4023-09/10

Public Utilities Commission

Current Approved Amount

$2,300,000

Increase Amount Requested

$0

New Total Amount Requested

$2,300,000

Contract work consists of environmental tasks in support of the Upper Alameda Creek Filter Gallery Project. The completed project would recapture

water released from the Calaveras Reservoir. Tasks will include: coordination and work plan preparation; environmental document scoping; environmental

background and field studies; alternatives analysis; preparation of draft environmental documents; public review of draft environmental documents;

response to public comments; preparation of final environmental documents; and, mitigation monitoring plan preparation.

Modi-

fication

03/01/19

4028-06/07

Public Library

Current Approved Amount

$1,050,000

Increase Amount Requested

$1,100,000

New Total Amount Requested

$2,150,000

The San Francisco Public Library (Library) seeks a Contractor to develop a program to interpret and coordinate data, design form format, and issue

notices and forms for the Library in multiple languages. The services include transforming electronic data, via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to generate around 1,000 library notices per day, printing text of notices onto designated forms, and mailing them to library patrons first class presorted on the same day. Initially, the Contractor and Library staff will meet to define the specifications for and design each of the required forms: reserves, overdue,

billed items, holds expired, and holds cancelled. Subsequent changes and/or additions to the forms would be made as-needed and, on occasion, the Library would provide additional inserts, or camera-ready copy of same, to be included in the mailings.

Modi-

fication

06/30/22

0021-13-8 (continued)

Speakers:

Lily Conover and Mark dela Rosa, Controller’s Office spoke on PSC# 4059-12/13.

Micki Callahan and Donna Kotake spoke on PSC# 4065-12/13.

David Scott and Rosanna Russell, PUC spoke on PSC #4066-12/13.

Shari Zinn, SEIU Local 1021, Jacquie Hale, Patricia Coggan and Lawrence Nichols, Department of Public Health spoke on PSC# 4072-12/13.

Jolie Gines and Joseph John, Department of Technology spoke on PSC# 4073-12/13.

Action:

(1)   Approved the request to withdraw PSC # 4065-12/13 at the request of Department of Human Resources.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

(2)   Adopted the report; Approved the request for approval of PSC# 4066-12/13 as amended to reflect contract duration of five years instead of six.  Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

(3)   Adopted the report; Approved the request for approval of PSC # 4072-12/13 on the condition that the department reports back on its discussion with SEIU after one year. Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

(4)   Adopted the report; Approved the request for approval of PSC # 4073-12/13 as amended to reflect that the contract will be renewed after it has come before the Board of Supervisors.  Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

(5)   Adopted the report; Approved the requests for all remaining contracts.  Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0022-13-1

Municipal Transportation Agency’s Summary of Appealed Future Employment Restrictions Placed by SFMTA.  (Item No. 8)

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Adopted the report.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0017-13-1

Department of Human Resources Report of Provisional Appointments. 
(Item No. 9)  - Action Item

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Adopted the report.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0018-13-1

Department of Human Resources Report on Promotive Only Announcements. 
(Item No. 10)

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Adopted the report.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0019-13-1

Department of Human Resources Report on Position-Based Testing Program. 
(Item No. 11)

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Adopted the report.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0020-13-1

Department of Human Resources Department Report on Exempt Positions Under Charter Section 10.104.16 through 10.104-18.  (Item No. 12)

Speakers:

Kerry Ko, Department of Human Resources

Steve Ponder, Department of Human Resources

Action:

Adopted the report.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0473-12-2

Appeal of Final Classification Action amending the job specifications for 9240 Airport Electrician, 9241 Airport Electrician Supervisor and 9242 Head Airport Electrician.  (Item No. 13)

January 7, 2013:

Postpone to the meeting of February 4, 2013 at the request of Peter Saltzman, attorney for the Appellant.

Speakers:

Steve Ponder, Department of Human Resources

William Lehew, Retired Head Electrician

Peter Acton, San Francisco International Airport

Alex Lawrence, San Francisco International Airport

Peter Saltzman, Attorney for IBEW Local 6.

Kevin Hughes, IBEW Local 6

Carolina Robert, San Francisco  International Airport

Stephanie Mayorga-Tipton, San Francisco International Airport

Action:

Continued the matter to a later meeting after the Department and Union have better revised class specification for this position.  (Vote of 3 to 0; Commissioner Jung was excused during this item)

0485-12-1

Update on the Fiscal Years 2013-14 and 2014-15 Civil Service Commission Budget Request.  (Item No. 14)

December 17, 2012:

Directed Commission staff to: prepare Fiscal Years 2013-14 and 2014-15 Budget Request at current service and staff levels; continue to negotiate amounts; present Budget Request at the Commission meeting of January 7, 2013; incorporate changes made by the Commission up to the Budget Request submission deadline; and approve to submit the Fiscal Years 2013-14 and 2014-15 Budget Request to the Controller and the Office of the Mayor by February 21, 2013.

January 7, 2013:

Direct the Executive Officer to: continue to negotiate with the Office of the Mayor and the Controller to ensure that there is sufficient funding for the Civil Service Commission to continue its Charter mandated functions; finalize the Fiscal Years 2013-15 Budget Request; incorporate changes made by the Commission and submit the Fiscal Years 2013-15 Budget Request to the Controller and the Mayor by February 21, 2013.

Speakers:

Sandra Eng, Civil Service Commission

Action:

Approved FY 2013-15 Budget Request; directed the Executive Officer to submit the Request to the Mayor and Controller by February 21, 2013.  (Vote of 3 to 0; Commissioner Jung was excused during this item and was not present for the entire presentation.)  (Vote of 3 to 0; Commissioner Jung was excused during this item)

0024-13-1

Mid-Year Status Report on Fiscal Year 2012-13 Service and Performance Goals Covering the Period Ending December 31, 2012.  (Item No. 15)

Speakers:

Jennifer Johnston, Civil Service Commission

Action:

Accepted the report.  (Vote of 3 to 0; Commissioner Jung was excused during this item)

0167-12-7

Determination of future employability: Dismissal of permanent civil service appointment of Michael Costakis, Automotive Service Worker (Job Code 7410) General Services Agency.  (Item No. 16)

Speakers:

Vitus Leung, General Services Agency

Michael Costakis, Appellant

Micki Callahan, Department of Human Resources

Action:

No future employment with the City and County of San Francisco.  (Vote of  4 to 0)

SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS  -  5:00 P.M.

0355-12-4

Appeal by Sin Yee Poon on behalf of SEIU Local 1021 regarding the Job Announcement for Class 2903 Eligibility Worker (CBT-2903-059333).

(Item No. 17)

Speakers:

John Kraus, Department of Human Resources

Sin Yee Poon, SEIU Local 1021

Bob Thomas, Human Services Agency

Susan Strebe, she is a 2910 entry level Social Worker who believes in equal pay for equal work; the issue that needs to be recognized is that 2910’s and 2912’s are all doing the same work and it is essentially established a two-tier wage system.

Steve Zeltzer, United Public Workers for Action, thinks that this is an attack on the way managers use flexing to basically discriminate against workers in changing classifications; also stated that Public workers need to be protected.  This is a manipulation of the Civil Service Rules and a destruction of the Civil Service and the Merit System.

Judith Tenorio, she is a 2903 at Cal Works Program doing the work of a 2905 and not getting paid as one; would like to be compensated for the work she is doing.

Sunny Solis, she has been a City employee for 12 years; she was hired flex employee and was able to do after the 1^st year, now she is in the ER -in a high burn up position- but cannot move up and feels that it’s unfair that any other class that is not flex can.

Monica Cabalsa, she has been a 2903 since 2008; she moved from SF General to HSA in 2011 thinking that she could move up to 2905 wanting to get promotion and learned after training that were not any more opportunities for  it.

Bindu Kannan, she is a 2910 doing the work of a 2912 for the last year, sometimes even the work of 2916’s but they are not being compensated; HSA is not valuing them and in the end the City will end up losing good employees, ultimately this will affect the people they serve, the people of this City.

Edwin Narvaez, agrees with previous speaker that the people who will be affected will be the people they serve.  They treat them with dignity and respect and that is also what them as employees also deserve and expect as well.

Kimbra Whitaker, she has been a CCSF employee since 2008; she was hired from the 2903/2905 flex list, but not only took a pay cut, she is on a dead end job, no incentives for her and believes in equal opportunity; it has been unfair not only for her but her co-workers as well.

Randy Mano, a 2903 who believes very strongly in justice and equality; he is performing the duties of the 2905, asking for justice and quality.

Wayne Leung, he’s been a 2903 since 2011, believing that he was going to be promoted to a 2905 after 1 year of service as 2903.  He urges the Commission to fix the flex for them and demanded equality as a City employee.

Jill Keeler, 2912 Social Worker for many years and cannot promote; asked the Commission to reinstate the flex classes.

Michael Bynum, 2913 Program Specialist, stated that the Department is not funding the higher classifications but it is a departmental need for flex staffing.

Emmanuel Belamide, City employee who was been working for HSA  for the last 12 – 13 years, working with some 2903’s who are doing the same work if not more of the 2905’s some of them are even doing lead worker because they are more knowledge in technology and computers, he feels that the employees need to be paid equally.

Jay Ramos, 2903 with the Cal Fresh program for over 5 years and is doing the same work as the 2905 and is not being compensated; feels that they are being treated as second class citizens

Justin Myun, was a 2905 who was demoted to a 2903; recently he would put an out-of-class claim, the City acknowledge he is doing out-of-class work; hoping they will get paid what they justly deserve.

Sally Lamus, stated that she was hired as 2903 Medical Eligibility Worker in 2010,she said that most of them get hired as dual Workers, they get trained as Medical and Food Stamps or other programs so they do twice the work, twice the intakes, twice the test but they make $9,000 less a year.  She would like to be treated fairly and have the same opportunities that the previous workers had.

Dinei Leao, Medical program employee, stated that when he was hired in January 2008 he was told he was going to be promoted to the flex class after 6 months, but because of the financial crisis managers notified them, they would delay their flexing; almost 4 years have passed by and still are 2903 making $9,000 less than his peers.

Patricia Castillo, a 2903 Eligibility Worker hired in 2008, stated that her job announcement said 2903/2905 Eligibility Worker /Sr. Eligibility Worker Flexible staffing, she should have flexed over 4 years ago and is still waiting, doing the job of a 2905 and unable to move up to any position; asked the Commission to please consider their issue.

Jose Ordaz, stated that he is a 2905 but cannot move anywhere without losing his seniority as a 2905, but he is lucky that he is a 2905 because all those who are 2903’s will never be able to become a 2905 and they are fighting for the salaries of these people.

Alysabeth Alexander, SEIU Local 1021, talked about justice, transparency and fairness, because that is what Civil Service is supposed to be about and is not clearly what is happening; ironically the Mayor just announced thousands of jobs are being created in SF but these families are being left behind.

Larry Bradshaw, Vice-President, SEIU Local 1021, stated that this is not a new problem, this issue was identified over a decade ago and on the Commission’s own review -a problem with the civil service system- identified a lack of career advancement, a lack of promotions; they were told with Civil Service Reform that if they move away from narrow, discreet job classifications that required civil service exams to promote, the flex classifications would enhance promotions and increase their numbers.  This is clear evidence of abuse by management and failure of this Commission to act on this issue is going to reinforce the image that Civil Service reform is about weaken the merit system not strengthening it.  It would be a disservice to the tenth of thousands of people who work with pride, dignity and talent for the City and County of San Francisco.

Victoria Weatherbee, 9703 Employment Specialist at the Human Services Agency and proud to serve the most vulnerable families residing in San Francisco for almost 20 years; she stated that she works side by side with 9702’ s who do the same work she does, the same number of cases and she knows they feel it is not fair and neither does she; one of the core values of their agency is to treat all people with respect, dignity and fairness and yet this disparity in pay is not respectful does not treat them with dignity and fairness for the important work that they do.

Brenda Velasquez, stated that this is unfair and divisive, work is already burden by large case load, often has survived her job by turning to her co-workers for support but with this their unit is divisive.  Asked the Commission to make it fair and just.

Bonnie Carlson, 2912 Sr. Social Worker for the past 6 years and stated that she is concern that this and other upper flex classes are no longer funded, there is no transfer or reassignment opportunities available; some staff members in her unit who have move to other classes over a year ago, have not being replaced and has resulted in higher case loads, much more work and less time to do it.  Asked the Commission for their consideration.

Jeanette Lazo, 9702 for the Cal Works Program, stated that her husband and her were laid off from their 9703 in 2009 and were affected by losing a large percentage of their income; she was reinstated from the holdover roster in March 2012, since then she has been performing the same job she’s been doing as a 9703but getting paid the salary of a 9702; it is demoralizing that the employee sitting right next to herself is getting much more than herself.  Supports equal pay for equal work.

Paul Camarillo, Child Support Supervisor with the Department of Child Support, he would like to bring your attention to another problem associated with this issue; when he was first hired in 2001 as a Child Support Trainee, he then promoted after 2080 hours to a journeymen level; about 7 years ago the department stopped hiring trainees and only hired journeymen level.  He stated that in the event of an economic down turn the director has the authority to decide and select which classification maybe laid off, it’s unfair to think that she can point to the journeymen level because they get paid more to lay off without having any place to bump into, the journeymen level can’t bump into the child Support Trainee position, they are at risk and this is very unfair.

Jeimil Belamide, supervisor for both 2905’s and 2903’s, just wanted to have on record that they do the exact same work, the same amount of assignments, the same way they evaluate performance is done exactly the same way.  Often employees come to him to talk about the stress, the daily tasks and the daily responsibilities; he gives them his verbal support, but his verbal support can only go so far, especially when they see this huge discrepancy in pay.

Ricardo Corona, Medical dual worker 2903, this means he does food stamps and Medical at the same time; he stated that many of the 2905’s only do Medical or do less sometimes, he is stating that he is doing double the work and getting paid less.  So it is sad to hear that he is getting paid less when they are doing more work and have more responsibilities than some 2905’s.

Dan Phillips, Job Office Supervisor, talked about a fundamental tenant of any job is career advancement; it is important for the City to look at how the people progress thru the hierarchy?  Where do you get supervisors from? – you get them from the lower classes; so if you start taking runs out of the ladder you get a huge gulf where people cannot promote and it makes it a dead end workforce and a very unqualified supervisory class.

Numa Aubry, 2910 Social Worker in Family and Children Services, she attended the meeting to support herself and her co-workers including those in the other classifications; she also stated that she strongly believes in equal pay for equal work and as HSA employees they should promote equality and equity; she works side by side with 2912’s who do the same work that she does, only they get $10,000 more, sometimes the lower classifications have to do more because they are considered the lower men and women on the totem poll.

Theresa Butler, 2912 since 1999 who started as 2910, she had the opportunity to flex into different positions and it was very rewarding and the experienced was great; in 2008 she was sent to a unit called Special Care Increments where she does rate settings, so she is not working in her capacity, she is not working in what she loves to do which is serve families and children, she is stuck as an eligibility worker, she was told that she could move after 6 months, after she got this program off the ground but she is still there, since 2008 and her morale is very low, is like somebody has stolen her joy.

David Ngo, 2903 he also agrees with everybody that, he is doing the same work as the 2905’s, both classes work on the same cases but they are getting lower pay for doing the same.

Ken Pang, was hired as a 2903, stated that if were to invite the Commission into his department nobody would be able to tell the difference about who is 2903 or 2905, yet there is a difference in pay.  Asked the Commission to consider their request and their position and make changes to award them for the work they do.

Irwin Lazo, 9702 who was laid off back in 2009 from his position as 9703, he was hired back in April 2012 from 9703 list as a 9702, they are asking to recognize the work that they do like the others; he stated that is hard to live with the salary of 2007 in 2013 cost of living, it is really hard for families.  Asked the Commission to do the right thing.

Brenda Barros, employee from SF General Hospital who attended the meeting to support her fellow workers; stated that to her surprise she saw an opening for another position noticed that the salary is lower than what the current employees are making, she doesn’t understand how that happened since there was not meet and confer.

Arla Ertz, thanked the Commission for letting them voice out their concerns; she was hired a little over 6 years ago as 2912; she stated that her unit had a meeting a couple of months ago and announced them that their vision for the future there is no room for 2912’s and they would have to find somewhere else to go, but for what you have heard, you know “there is nowhere else to go”.  She also concurs with everyone else “equal pay for equal work”.

David Canham, SEIU Local 1021, talked about the City’s just recently claimed that these workers are overpaid, therefore those salaries should be reduced by hiring new hires and they are not sure what they are planning to do for current employees.  Asked the Commission to do the right thing.

Gustave Feldman, SEIU Local 1021, stated to the Commission that he doesn’t want to repeat saying what everyone had said because he hopes the Commission had gotten the point of what they are asking, but do want to emphasize they sincerely hope not only to fix the language of the job announcement but to address a more broader issue that is a lack of delineation between certain classifications and that has resulted in abuse of power by City Managers.

Mitzi Ramirez, Child Support Services, 3^rd generation San Franciscan; what she can see is that the City does not want to take care of the people who is more vulnerable and who can’t take care of themselves; she said that is not what she grew up believing in.

Action:

Adopted the report.  Sustained the decision of the Human Resources Director.  Denied the appeal by Sin Yee Poon on behalf of SEIU Local 1021.  (Vote of 3 to 0; Commissioner Jung was excused during this item)

Note:

The Commission directed the Executive Officer and the Human Resources Director to meet with SEIU Local 1021 to discuss the classification concerns that were raised and to provide a report clarifying the issues and identifying the avenues of resolution within the jurisdiction of the Civil Service Commission by April 2013.

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS

ADJOURNMENT