Meeting Name: Rules Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/28/2010 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Hall, Committee Room 263
Special Meeting
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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091433 1 Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit CostsCharter AmendmentFailedCharter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections A8.432, A8.506, A8.506-2, A8.506-3, and A8.510, and by adding Sections A8.432-1, A8.600 to A8.600-14, A8.601 to A8.601-16 and A8.602 to A8.602-16, to: (1) define "Participating Employers" for the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund to include the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, to the extent it participates in the City and County's Health Service System and upon resolution by its governing board; (2) require the difference between the City and County's contribution to the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; (3) require the difference between the "Participating Employers'" contribution to SFERS set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund only upon resolution by the governing boards of the respective "Participating Employers" approAMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE  Action details Not available
091433 2 Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit CostsCharter AmendmentFailedCharter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections A8.432, A8.506, A8.506-2, A8.506-3, and A8.510, and by adding Sections A8.432-1, A8.600 to A8.600-14, A8.601 to A8.601-16 and A8.602 to A8.602-16, to: (1) define "Participating Employers" for the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund to include the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, to the extent it participates in the City and County's Health Service System and upon resolution by its governing board; (2) require the difference between the City and County's contribution to the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; (3) require the difference between the "Participating Employers'" contribution to SFERS set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund only upon resolution by the governing boards of the respective "Participating Employers" approDUPLICATED AS AMENDED  Action details Not available
091433 2 Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit CostsCharter AmendmentFailedCharter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections A8.432, A8.506, A8.506-2, A8.506-3, and A8.510, and by adding Sections A8.432-1, A8.600 to A8.600-14, A8.601 to A8.601-16 and A8.602 to A8.602-16, to: (1) define "Participating Employers" for the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund to include the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, to the extent it participates in the City and County's Health Service System and upon resolution by its governing board; (2) require the difference between the City and County's contribution to the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund; (3) require the difference between the "Participating Employers'" contribution to SFERS set by the Retirement Board each year and the employer normal cost rate to be deposited into the Retiree Health Care Trust Fund only upon resolution by the governing boards of the respective "Participating Employers" approCONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
100117 1 Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit CostsCharter AmendmentFiledCharter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections A8.409-5, A8.432, A8.506, A8.506-2, A8.506-3, and A8.510, and by adding Sections A8.432-1, A8.600 to A8.600-14, A8.601 to A8.601-16 and A8.602 to A8.602-16, to: (1) restrict the City and County from agreeing to pay required employee contributions to the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System ("SFERS") or the California Public Employees' Retirement System ("CalPERS") for certain employees after June 8, 2010; (2) authorize the City and County to offer a one-time seven percent (7%) wage increase to certain employees as acknowledgement that the City and County will no longer pay the required seven and one-half percent (7.5%) employee contribution to SFERS or the required employee contribution to CalPERS afforded in their most recent collectively bargained agreement, provided that no such increase shall become effective before July 1, 2011; (3) require voter approval before the City and County can pay, for up to a two-year period, required employee contributions to SFERS oCONTINUEDPass Action details Not available
091434 1 Setting Transit Operator Wages and Benefits Solely Through Collective BargainingCharter AmendmentKilledCharter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 8A.104, A8.409-1, A8.409-4 and A8.428 and deleting Section A8.404 of the Charter to eliminate the formula setting a floor for transit operator wages and providing that wages and benefits for transit operators shall be set through collective bargaining and that any impasse in collective bargaining shall be resolved through interest arbitration.CONTINUEDPass Action details Not available
091429 2 Establishing a Film Commission, its Membership, Qualifications, and PowersCharter AmendmentPassedCharter Amendment (Second Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by adding Section 5.107 to establish a Film Commission, establish its membership and qualifications, establish duties, and provide for the issuance of film permits.RECOMMENDED AS COMMITTEE REPORTPass Action details Not available
091430 1 Mandated Reduction of Expenditures to Programs for City Services, Designated by the Board of SupervisorsCharter AmendmentFiledCharter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 9.103 and 9.104 to: (1) allow the Board of Supervisors to mandate the expenditure of identified appropriations for particular programs or activities, in an amount not to exceed the total value of expenditure reductions made by the Board at the same time; (2) require the relevant City departments to report to the Board on their plans for expenditure of the money appropriated; and, (3) allow the Mayor to reject or reduce an appropriation identified as mandatory and reject the designation of the appropriation as mandatory with or without reducing the amount of the appropriation.AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE  Action details Not available
091430 2 Mandated Reduction of Expenditures to Programs for City Services, Designated by the Board of SupervisorsCharter AmendmentFiledCharter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Sections 9.103 and 9.104 to: (1) allow the Board of Supervisors to mandate the expenditure of identified appropriations for particular programs or activities, in an amount not to exceed the total value of expenditure reductions made by the Board at the same time; (2) require the relevant City departments to report to the Board on their plans for expenditure of the money appropriated; and, (3) allow the Mayor to reject or reduce an appropriation identified as mandatory and reject the designation of the appropriation as mandatory with or without reducing the amount of the appropriation.CONTINUED AS AMENDEDPass Action details Not available
091431 1 Setting Minimum 52-Hour Work Week for FirefightersCharter AmendmentKilledCharter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section A8.452 to: (1) eliminate the 48.7-hour limitation on the work week for uniformed officers and member of the Fire Department, (2) establish a work week of at least 52 hours, on an annualized basis, for uniformed officers and members assigned to fire fighting companies and units, with the minimum 52-hour work week requirement to be effective for any amendment or extension to the current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and County of San Francisco (City) and the San Francisco Fire Fighters Union Local 798 (Union) in effect July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2011, and for the successor MOU and each MOU between the City and Union thereafter, and (3) eliminate superseded language regarding holiday schedules and compensation; and by adding Section A8.590-9 to provide that the minimum work week for firefighters assigned to fire fighting companies and units shall be governed by Section A8.452 and not be subject to binding interest arbitration under Charter Section A8.5CONTINUEDPass Action details Not available