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Civil Service Commission City and County of San Francisco Civil Service Commission Annual Report 2001-2002 City and County of San Francisco Civil Service Commission Annual Report Fiscal Year 2001-2002 Civil Service Commission Donald A. Casper, President Morgan R. Gorrono, Vice President Adrienne Pon, Commissioner Linda Richardson, Commissioner Rosabella Safont, Commissioner Commission Staff Kate Favetti, Executive Officer Elizabeth García, Administrative Assistant Lizzette Henríquez, Rules, Personnel & Office Coordinator Sheldon W. Martin, Senior Personnel Analyst Gene D. Rucker, Labor Negotiator Anita Sanchez, Assistant Executive Officer Gloria Sheppard, Appeals Coordinator Table of Contents ■ Letter of Transmittal from Commission President 4 Donald A. Casper to Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. ■ Letter of Transmittal from Civil Service Commission 5 Executive Officer Kate Favetti to the Civil Service Commission ■ Mission and Vision 6 ■ Highlights of Fiscal Year 2001-2002 7 ■ The Commission Members 8 Membership Biographies ■ The Civil Service Commission 102 Years of Civil Service Commissioners 14 102 Years of General Managers and Executive Officers of the Civil Service Commission 18 ■ Important Milestones in the 102 Years of the City’s Merit System 19 ■ CIVIL SERVICE: 2002 Responsibility 22 Organization Chart 23 Staff 24 Budget 24 Commission Meetings 25 Wage Setting Responsibilities of the Civil Service Commission 25 Oversight of the Merit System 26 Oversight by Rules 26 Oversight by Policy & Procedures 28 Oversight through Hearings & Appeals 32 Employee Relations Ordinance Administration 33 ■ In Appreciation 37 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT PAGE 3 December 31, 2002 The Honorable Willie L. Brown, Jr. Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco City Hall,Room 200 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102 Dear Mayor Brown: It is with great pleasure that the Civil Service Commission submits its Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2001-2002. This year’s Annual Report reflects the Commission’s commitment and focus on its goals to modernize and clarify its Rules and Policies. The Commission adopted Rules to define merit system principles, clarify Veterans Preference in examinations, and modernize its Rules on Layoff. The Commissioners held well-attended Special Meetings to hear from the City’s Human Resources Managers and from the experts on certification and selection theories, principles and practices. The Commission continues to define its role as the final arbiter of appeals and Rules and policy maker on the City’s merit system. To this end, the Commission conducted a record number of hearings and meetings on appeals and other matters under its jurisdiction. On behalf of the members of the Civil Service Commission and its staff, I am pleased to forward the Commission’s Fiscal Year 2001-2002 Annual Report. Respectfully submitted, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Donald A. Casper President PAGE 4 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT December 31, 2002 Civil Service Commission 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite720 San Francisco, CA 94102 Dear Commissioners: This year’s Annual Report focuses on the accomplishments of the Civil Service Commission and its department during Fiscal Year 2001-2002 and highlights the important role the Civil Service Commission plays in creating a fair and equitable employment structure for the City and County of San Francisco. This year the staff on behalf of the Commission negotiated changes in the Rules defining merit system principles, clarifying Veterans Preference in examinations, and modernizing the Layoff Rules. Training workshops on the merit system were again conducted in record numbers this year and included departmental managers and staff, human resources professional and support staff, and employee organization representatives. The Civil Service Commission’s publication, the Civil Service Adviser,continued as a regularly published voice for the merit system and this year covered such issues as Appointments, Special Assistants, Civil Service Seniority, Automatic Resignation, and Personal Services Contracts. I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Civil Service Commission for its support and to highlight the outstanding performance of the Civil Service Commission staff in achieving the Commission’s goals and objectives. I proudly transmit the Fiscal Year 2001-2002 Annual Report to you. Respectfully submitted, KATE FAVETTI Executive Officer CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT PAGE 5 Mission Statement The Civil Service Commission’s Mission is to establish, ensure, and maintain an equitable and credible merit system for public service for the citizens of San Francisco. The Commission seeks to set the standard for excellence in personnel management through an effective, fair, and modern system that recognizes and builds on the diversity, skills, and dedication of public employees. The Commission’s goal is to consistently provide the best-qual- ified candidates for public service in a timely and cost- effective manner. PAGE 6 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT Highlights of Fiscal Year 2001-2002 ◆ Adopted new Rules on Merit System Principles; ◆ Clarified Veterans’ Preference in examinations; ◆ Conducted Special Meetings on certification and selection theories, principles and practices; ◆ Published Civil Service Adviser on Appointments, Special Assistants, Civil Service Seniority, Automatic Resignation, and Personal Services Contracts; ◆ Conducted Special Meeting with the Council of Human Resources Managers; ◆ Expanded the Civil Service Commission website to include the Civil Service Adviser; ◆ Conducted a record number of training workshops on the merit system at both central locations and on-site workshops. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT PAGE 7 Membership of the Commission The Civil Service Commission is composed of five (5) members, each appointed to serve a six-year term.Commissioners presently serving on the Commission are: ■ Donald A. Casper President, appointed March 2000 by Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. Commissioner Donald A. Casper is a member of the law firm of Jacobs, Spotswood, Casper & Murphy LLP. He maintains a general civil practice serving the needs of small businesses and individuals in both transaction- al and litigation matters. His areas of concentration include professional, non-profit and closely held business corporations; contractual relations between business entities; real property and landlord-tenant law; and elec- tion law. A fourth-generation San Franciscan, Commissioner Casper has a long his- tory of community involvement. He has served on the boards of RCH (formerly Recreation Center for the Handicapped), Tenderloin Senior Organizing Project, Salesian Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Italian-American Community Services Agency, and the Columbus Day Celebration. He was chair of the RCH Board of Directors from 1985 to 1988. Also, he serves on the Legal Affairs Advisory Committee of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, and is a former president of the St. Thomas More Society, an association of local Catholic lawyers and judges. From 1991 to 1994, he sat on the Community Advisory Board of St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center. Commissioner Casper served as chair of the San Francisco Republican County Central Committee for five and a half years, beginning in January 1997. He was elected to the committee by Republican voters in the 13th Assembly District every two years between 1992 and 2000. His fellow committee members elected him chair three times. He also served on the California Republican State Central Committee. He resigned as San Francisco party chair upon his election as President of the Civil Service Commission. Since 1993, Commissioner Casper has been a member of the governing board of the San Francisco State Building Authority, a state-local joint powers agency charged with the restoration of the Earl Warren State Office Building and construction of the adjoining Hiram W. Johnson Building, in San Francisco’s Civic Center. The complex houses the California Supreme Court, the First District Court of Appeal, the Workers Compensation Appeals Board, and regional offices of other state government entities. PAGE 8 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT Membershipcontinues Commissioner Casper attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco and received his undergraduate and law degrees from Georgetown University. He was editor-in-chief of Georgetown’s undergraduate weekly newspaper, The Hoya, and was the first recipi- ent of the university’s Edward Bunn Award for Journalistic Excellence. An avid long-distance runner, Commissioner Casper has completed nine marathons. The most recent was the 2001 Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. ■ Morgan R. Gorrono Vice President, appointed February 2000 by Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. Commissioner Morgan R. Gorrono is the former owner of The Bar on Castro and has been credited for turning the establishment into an upscale lounge-type meeting place and changing the gay bar scene in San Francisco. He was also the Chief Operations Manager of The Café and was instrumental in creating a diverse customer base and initiat- ing an aggressive diversity-hiring program of bartenders and staff receiving full benefits. His efforts have made The Café the 2nd largest employer in the Castro area. He sold his interest in the business this year and is currently setting up a new business venture in home restoration and repair. Commissioner Gorrono is active in numerous community service and non-profit organizations. His fundraising activities
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