Civil Service Commission Regular Meeting

Monday, September 16, 2024

In this page:

    Overview

    This meeting will be held in person and online. Some members of the Civil Service Commission may join remotely. If they do, they will participate and vote by video.

    See the policies and procedures section below for information on:
    • Making comments before and during the meeting
    • Rules you need to follow during Civil Service Commission hearings

    See attached PDF for detailed agenda items.

    Agenda

    1. Roll call
      • Kate Favetti, President
      • Elizabeth Salveson, Vice President 
      • F.X. Crowley, Commissioner
      • Vitus Leung, Commissioner
      • Jacqueline P. Minor, Commissioner 
    2. Public comment on matters not on the agenda
    3. Approval of the minutes
    4. Announcements
    5. Human Resources Director's report
    6. Executive Officer's report
    7. Ratification agenda
    8. Consent agenda
    9. Regular agenda
    10. Closed Session agenda
    11. Commissioner announcements and requests
    12. Adjournment

    Date & Time

    Monday, September 16, 2024
    2:00 pm

    Civil Service Commission

    City Hall - Room 400
    1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
    San Francisco, CA 94102
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    Online

    Phone

    Call in to the meeting

    Access code: 2664 629 9126

    Policies and procedures

    Submit a public comment before a meeting

    Submit a public comment before a meeting

    We encourage the public to submit comments before the meeting. You can:

    • Email us at civilservice@sfgov.org
    • Call the Commission's main office at 628-652-1100 and leave a message
    • Call the Commission's dedicated public comment line at 415-655-0001 and enter the access code.

    If you submit your comment by 5 pm the Friday before the meeting, it will be included in the record.

    Call in and make a public comment during the meeting

    Call in and make a public comment during the meeting

    Follow these steps to call in

    • Call 415-655-0001 and enter the access code
    • Press #
    • Press # again to be connected to the meeting (you will hear a beep)

    Make a public comment 

    • After you've joined the call, listen to the meeting and wait until it's time for public comment
    • When the clerk announces it's time for public comment, dial *3 to get added to the speaker line
    • You will hear “You have raised your hand to ask a question. Please wait to speak until the host calls on you"
    • When you hear "Your line has been unmuted," you can make your public comment

    When you call

    • Make sure you're in a quiet place
    • Speak slowly and clearly
    • Turn off any TVs or radios
    • Speak to the Commission as a whole, not to specific Commissioners

    Civil Service Commission policies and procedures

    Civil Service Commission policies and procedures

    Your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance

    Your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance

    Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decisions in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.

    For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapters 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, please contact:

    Sunshine Ordinance Task Force Administrator
    City Hall – Room 244
    1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
    San Francisco, CA  94102-4683
    415-554-7724 (Office)
    415-554-7854 (Fax)
    E-mail: SOTF@sfgov.org

    Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force, the San Francisco Public Library, and on the City’s website.

    Copies of explanatory documents are available to the public.

    Information on disability access

    Information on disability access

    Location

    The Civil Service Commission normally meets in Room 400 (Fourth Floor) City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place. City Hall is wheelchair accessible. When we don't meet in this room, our meetings are in the Civic Center area.

    Transportation

    BART

    Closest station is Civic Center, which is 2.5 blocks from City Hall

    MUNI lines

    • 7 Van Ness Avenue
    • 9 San Bruno
    • 71 Haight/Noriega
    • METRO stations Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center

    For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 415-923-6142.

    Parking

    Accessible curbside parking is available near City Hall next to Grove Street and Van Ness Avenue.

    Allergies and environmental illness

    You can get help if you have:

    • Severe allergies
    • Environmental illness
    • Multiple chemical sensitivity
    • Related disabilities

    Contact our ADA coordinator:

    We can discuss ways to make the meeting accessible to you.

    Deaf or hard of hearing

    On request, we can provide:

    • American Sign Language interpreters
    • Use of a reader during a meeting
    • A sound enhancement system
    • Alternative formats of the agenda and minutes

    Please contact the Commission office to make arrangements.

    Late requests will be honored, if possible.

    San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance

    San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance

    Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity.

    For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact:

    San Francisco Ethics Commission
    25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220
    San Francisco, CA 94102
    Phone: 415-252-3100
    Fax: 415-252-3112

    Last updated September 18, 2024