CALL TO ORDER

2:02 p.m.

ROLL CALL  (Item No. 1)

President Douglas S. Chan

Excused  (Notified Absence)

Vice President Gina M. Roccanova

Present

Commissioner Kate Favetti

Present

Commissioner Scott R. Heldfond

Present

Vice President Gina M. Roccanova presided.

REQUEST TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION BUT NOT APPEARING ON TODAY’S AGENDA  (Item No. 2)

None.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES  (Item No. 3)

Regular Meeting of September 21, 2015

Action:

Adopted the minutes.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

ANNOUNCEMENTS  (Item No. 4)

Executive Officer Michael Brown announced one (1) change to the Ratification Agenda.  Personal Services Contract Number 40119-14/15 current approved amount is $80,000,000 and not $8,000,000.

0316-15-1

Commendation for E. Dennis Normandy, President, Civil Service Commission for his Dedicated Service to the City and County of San Francisco.  (Item No. 5)

Action:

Accepted the Commendation.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

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

Human Resources Director Micki Callahan announced that she had attended the International Public Management Association for Human Resources Conference in Denver to receive the IPMA-HR Agency Award for Excellence – Large Agency.  Ms. Callahan was pleased and honored to receive the award on behalf of the Department of Human Resources.

EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT  (Item No. 7)

Executive Officer Michael Brown announced that there was one (1) EEO appeal that was withdrawn at the appellant’s request for the month of September.

RATIFICATION AGENDA

0318-15-8

Review of Request for Approval of Proposed Personal Services Contracts.

(Item No. 8)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

40634-15/16

Mayor’s Office

$1,500,000

The Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) is seeking to establish a pool of qualified financial advisors to advise the City on all pertinent issues relating to particular financings and ensure that the City's transactions meet all applicable standards of competence and fiscal prudence, while adhering to program requirements and affordable housing objectives. The financial advisors will; provide advisory services to competitive sales, negotiated sales, private placements, and management of housing assets and/or bond types (tax bond, revenue bonds, etc.), provide financial advisory services to structuring the City's affordable housing programs; and provide advisory services for structuring of particularly complex development proposals.

Regular

5/25/2020

42505-15/16

Department of Public Health

$1,000,000

Contractor(s) will provide clinical (operating room and e-referral), business (managed care), and operational (health, safety, security) support for software system implementation and related consulting or training needed to implement the Affordable Care Act and make the new San Francisco General Hospital building operational. Contractor(s) may provide as-needed technical support and systems training and support for DPH Information Technology staff, or ongoing support to facilitate utilization of these systems. The amount of the PSC is the Department’s best estimate of the value of the professional services portion, excluding license and maintenance fees. This was formerly a subset of the previous PSC listed below. (PSC#4062-04/05)

Regular

6/30/2020

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

40119-14/15

Amended

Airport Commission

Current Approved Amount

$80,000,000

Increase Amount Requested

$1,220,000,000

New Total Amount Requested

$1,300,000,000

Design-Build services teams with specialty design experience at airports to provide design and construction of the Terminal 1 Redevelopment Program (T1 Program) for the: Terminal 1 Center Renovation Project, New Boarding Area B Reconstruction, and Terminal 1 Baggage Handling System Projects. Work will include a full range of planning, programming, architectural design, engineering, and construction management services necessary to develop and construct the functional and conceptual aspects for the following elements: 1) new interior spaces; 2) construction of a program-wide common use Baggage Handling System; 3) relocation and/or installation of new Passenger Loading Bridges; 4) site work to include pavement grade modifications, installation of a garbage collection area, aircraft apron lighting, and Ground Services Equipment (GSE) charging stations; 5) installation of a new hydrant fueling facility, fueling pits, and ancillary systems and equipment; 6) modifications and/or relocations of utility, technology, and other systems; 7) passenger amenities; and 8)construction of temporary barricades, walls, and pedestrian corridors.

Modi-fication

12/31/2021

36476-15/16

Municipal Transportation Agency

Current Approved Amount

$100,000

Increase Amount Requested

$200,000

New Total Amount Requested

$300,000

The contractor will develop a Zero Waste communications campaign for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) that will increase awareness of the Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance (see attached) that affects all the SFMTA facilities, offices, divisions, yards, and properties. The contractor will assist the SFMTA Zero Waste Coordinator in providing a results-orientated program in order to increase participation compliance in the Zero Waste program to SFMTA employees located throughout the city in agency with work shifts spanning twenty-four (24) hours each day. The contractor will demonstrate and aid in sorting of all material into three categories: recycle; compost; and landfill.

Modi-fication

8/31/2018

4149-09/10

Department of Public Health

Current Approved Amount

$1,250,000

Increase Amount Requested

$8,000,000

New Total Amount Requested

$9,250,000

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.

Modi-fication

6/30/2019

Speakers:

None.

Action:

Adopted the report and approved the request for all the Personal Services Contracts.  Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

CONSENT AGENDA

0318-15-3

Certification of the Highest Prevailing Rate of Wages of the Various Crafts and Kinds of Labor Paid in Private Employment in the City and County of San Francisco.  (Item No. 9)

Speakers:

Ellen Love, Office of Labor Standards Enforcement

Action:

Adopted the report of the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement.

(Vote of 3 to 0)

REGULAR AGENDA

0265-15-8

Review of Request for Approval of Proposed Personal Services Contract Number 41467-14/15 from the Department of Public Health.  (Item No. 10)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

41467-14/15

Department of Public Health

$900,000

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

12/31/2016

August 17, 2015:

Postponed Personal Services Contract #41467-14/15 to the next meeting of September 21, 2015 to allow all parties to be present for the appeal.

September 21, 2015:

Postponed Personal Services Contract #41467-14/15 to the next meeting of October 5, 2015 to allow the Department of Public Health more time to gather information.

Speakers:

Jacquie Hale, Department of Public Health (DPH)

Joe Brenner, SEIU, Local 1021

Action:

Conditionally approved with the following provisions:

1) DPH will develop a plan for specific Civil Service classifications to be supported in their efforts to obtain American Board Encephalographic Technologist (CNIM) certification in order to obtain qualifications to perform this work, within the constraints of staffing and workload considerations, including providing time off if possible and asking the contractor about opportunities; 2) DPH will meet with SEIU, Local 1021 to review this plan; 3) DPH will examine whether or not 2320 Registered Nurses will perform the patient monitoring associated with this service; and 4) DPH will report back to the Civil Service Commission on progress in this regard after one year. 5) DPH will review the advisability of having the City purchase the neuromonitoring equipment in lieu of renting or leasing it. 6) Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

0299-15-8

Review of Request for Approval of Proposed Personal Services Contract Number 45417-14/15 with the Department of Public Health.  (Item No. 11)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

45417-14/15

Department of Public Health

$424,908

Contractor will be responsible for claims management to be used by Community Behavioral Health Services (CBHS) Patient Billing, the Adult Immunization and Travel Clinic and other Public Health clinics. Vendor will provide patient insurance eligibility verification, claims scrubbing and editing to reduce the number of denied claims, claim management and tracking, and analytical tools and reports to manage claims. Vendor provides access to third party insurance eligibility in a single application. In addition, DPH needs access to clearinghouse services to submit electronic claims to Medicare and third party payers and to receive payment information in a HIPAA approved electronic format. The vendor is the largest submitter to Medicare and their proprietary application allows claims to be submitting using one submitter ID number. DPH current submits claims individually.

Regular

12/31/2020

September 21, 2015:

Postponement for Personal Services Contract #45417-14/15 to October 5, 2015 to allow the Department of Public Health’s program staff to attend.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

Speakers:

Jacquie Hale, DPH

Action:

Adopted the report.  Approve the request for proposed Personal Services Contract Number 45417-14/15; Notified the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

COMMISSIONERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS/REQUESTS  (Item No. 12)

None.

ADJOURNMENT  (Item No. 13)

2:23 p.m.