# Board of Supervisors Minutes: February 23, 2010 - Meeting date: 2010-02-23 - Document type: minutes - Source format: PDF - Extracted pages: 31 - [Canonical HTML transcript](https://sfbos.info/documents/1976/2010-02-23-minutes) - [Authoritative City source](https://sfbos.archive.sf.gov/ftp/meetingarchive/full_board/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/minutes/2010/m022310.pdf) > This text was extracted for search and accessibility. The linked City source is the authoritative public record. ## Structured legislative records ### File 100156: Reducing Employer Retirement Benefit Costs - Pages: 13-14 - Sponsors: Mar; Campos - Vote 1: amendment - Action: stablish an employee contribution rate of nine percent for all employees hired on and after July 1, 2010, who become members of the CalPERS; (6) require all contracts with CalPERS for persons hired on and after July 1, 2010, to include a two-year formula for the calculation of final compensation to the fullest extent possible; (7) require all contracts and contract amendments on and after July 1, 2010 for personnel of the sheriff's department and housing authority police who are members of CalPERS to be cost-neutral to the City and County; (8) create a new retirement plan for miscellaneous officers and employees hired on and after July 1, 2010, that modifies the average final compensation calculation from a one-year formula to a two-year formula; and (9) create new retirement plans for safety members hired on and after July 1, 2010, that increase required employee retirement contributions to nine percent and modify the average final compensation calculation from a one-year formula to a two-year formula. Supervisor Mar, seconded by Supervisor Elsbernd, moved that this Charter Amendment be AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Excused: Alioto-Pier - Vote 2: continuance - Action: loyees hired on and after July 1, 2010, who become members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS); (5) require all contracts with CalPERS for persons hired on and after July 1, 2010, to include a two-year formula for the calculation of final compensation to the fullest extent possible; (6) require all contracts and contract amendments on and after July 1, 2010, for personnel of the sheriff's department and housing authority police who are members of CalPERS to be cost-neutral to the City and County; (7) create a new retirement plan for miscellaneous officers and employees hired on and after July 1, 2010, that modifies the average final compensation calculation from a one-year formula to a two-year formula; and (8) create new retirement plans for safety members hired on and after July 1, 2010, that increase required employee retirement contributions to nine percent and modify the average final compensation calculation from a one-year formula to a two-year formula. Supervisor Mirkarimi, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved that this Charter Amendment be CONTINUED AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE to March 2, 2010. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Excused: Alioto-Pier ### File 100157: Payment for Employee Retirement Contributions - Pages: 14-15 - Sponsors: Mar; Campos - Vote 1: amendment - Action: 100157 [Payment for Employee Retirement Contributions] Sponsors: Mar; Campos Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section(s) A8.409-5, 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) after June 8, 2010, for certain employees; (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; and (3) require voter approval before the City and County can pay, for up to a two-year period, required employee contributions to SFERS or CalPERS after June 8, 2010. Supervisor Mar, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved that this Charter Amendment be TABLED. The motion carried by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Excused: Alioto-Pier ### File 100052: Appropriating $410,000 of Anticipated PGA Tour Revenue for the Harding Park Golf Course in the Department of Recreation and Parks for FY2009-2010 - Pages: 15 - Sponsors: Elsbernd - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 100052 [Appropriating $410,000 of Anticipated PGA Tour Revenue for the Harding Park Golf Course in the Department of Recreation and Parks for FY2009-2010] Sponsor: Elsbernd Ordinance appropriating $410,000 of anticipated PGA Tour revenue to fund preparation of the Harding Park Golf Course for the 2010 Schwab Cup Tournament in the Department of Recreation and Parks for FY2009-2010. (Fiscal Impact.) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Excused: Alioto-Pier ### File 100142: Appropriating $2,816,535 of State and Federal Revenues for Various Purposes in the Human Services Agency for FY2009-2010 - Pages: 15 - Sponsors: Mayor; Dufty - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 100142 [Appropriating $2,816,535 of State and Federal Revenues for Various Purposes in the Human Services Agency for FY2009-2010] Sponsors: Mayor; Dufty Ordinance appropriating $2,816,535 of various revenues, including $672,043 of additional In-Home Support Services administrative and fraud prevention allocation from the State, $1,315,790 of additional Federal and State Older Youth Adoption Services allocation, and $828,702 of additional State Food Stamps administrative allocation, for In-Home Support Services administration, In-Home Support Services fraud prevention, the Food Stamps eligibility program, and activities to promote older youth adoptions in the Human Services Agency for FY2009-2010, and placing $284,783 of salaries and fringe benefits in the In-Home Support Services Investigations program on Budget and Finance Committee reserve. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Excused: Alioto-Pier ### File 100143: Public Employment - Human Services Agency - Pages: 15-16 - Sponsors: Mayor - Vote 1: first-reading - Action: 100143 [Public Employment - Human Services Agency] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 183-09 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY2009-2010) to reflect the addition of 42 new positions (17.64 FTEs) at the Human Services Agency. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: - Ayes: Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi - Excused: Alioto-Pier ## Extracted text ### [Page 14](https://sfbos.info/documents/1976/2010-02-23-minutes#page-14) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Charter Amendment (Third 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, City and 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" approving said deposits; (4) establish an employee contribution rate of nine percent for all employees hired on and after July 1, 2010, who become members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS); (5) require all contracts with CalPERS for persons hired on and after July 1, 2010, to include a two-year formula for the calculation of final compensation to the fullest extent possible; (6) require all contracts and contract amendments on and after July 1, 2010, for personnel of the sheriff's department and housing authority police who are members of CalPERS to be cost-neutral to the City and County; (7) create a new retirement plan for miscellaneous officers and employees hired on and after July 1, 2010, that modifies the average final compensation calculation from a one-year formula to a two-year formula; and (8) create new retirement plans for safety members hired on and after July 1, 2010, that increase required employee retirement contributions to nine percent and modify the average final compensation calculation from a one-year formula to a two-year formula. Supervisor Mirkarimi, seconded by Supervisor Dufty, moved that this Charter Amendment be CONTINUED AS AMENDED AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE to March 2, 2010. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier 100157 [Payment for Employee Retirement Contributions] Sponsors: Mar; Campos Charter Amendment (First Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco by amending Section(s) A8.409-5, 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) after June 8, 2010, for certain employees; (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; and (3) require voter approval before the City and County can pay, for up to a two-year period, required employee contributions to SFERS or CalPERS after June 8, 2010. Supervisor Mar, seconded by Supervisor Mirkarimi, moved that this Charter Amendment be TABLED. The motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier City and County of San Francisco Page 150 Printed at 3:28 pm on 3/31/10 ### [Page 15](https://sfbos.info/documents/1976/2010-02-23-minutes#page-15) Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes Tuesday, February 23, 2010 NEW BUSINESS Recommendations of the Budget and Finance Committee 100052 [Appropriating $410,000 of Anticipated PGA Tour Revenue for the Harding Park Golf Course in the Department of Recreation and Parks for FY2009-2010] Sponsor: Elsbernd Ordinance appropriating $410,000 of anticipated PGA Tour revenue to fund preparation of the Harding Park Golf Course for the 2010 Schwab Cup Tournament in the Department of Recreation and Parks for FY2009-2010. (Fiscal Impact.) PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier 100142 [Appropriating $2,816,535 of State and Federal Revenues for Various Purposes in the Human Services Agency for FY2009-2010] Sponsors: Mayor; Dufty Ordinance appropriating $2,816,535 of various revenues, including $672,043 of additional In-Home Support Services administrative and fraud prevention allocation from the State, $1,315,790 of additional Federal and State Older Youth Adoption Services allocation, and $828,702 of additional State Food Stamps administrative allocation, for In-Home Support Services administration, In-Home Support Services fraud prevention, the Food Stamps eligibility program, and activities to promote older youth adoptions in the Human Services Agency for FY2009-2010, and placing $284,783 of salaries and fringe benefits in the In-Home Support Services Investigations program on Budget and Finance Committee reserve. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier 100143 [Public Employment - Human Services Agency] Sponsor: Mayor Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 183-09 (Annual Salary Ordinance FY2009-2010) to reflect the addition of 42 new positions (17.64 FTEs) at the Human Services Agency. PASSED, ON FIRST READING by the following vote: Ayes: 10 - Avalos, Campos, Chiu, Chu, Daly, Dufty, Elsbernd, Mar, Maxwell, Mirkarimi Excused: 1 - Alioto-Pier City and County of San Francisco Page 151 Printed at 3:28 pm on 3/31/10