1) 9:00 a.m. Public hearing of the appeal of CLAUDE CARBO vs. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Docket No. 14180. Gerard N. Torry and Joel Loeffelholz, representing the appellant; Frank Perez, representing the appellee. THIS CASE WAS LIMITED TO ARGUMENT ON THE MOTIONS FILED BY DHH. THE ARGUMENT WAS HEARD AND TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT.

2) 9:00 a.m. Public investigation of Jerald Juneau, (Allen Reynolds – Complainant) Docket No. I-14284. Respondent appearing in proper person; Robert Boland, representing the complainant. THE INVESTIGATION WAS HEARD AND TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT.

3) 10:30 a.m. Commission Work Session.

4) 11:00 a.m. Applications for Review.

5) 12:00 noon Consideration of Formal Charges.

6) Director’s Report (No Attachment)

7) Employee Opportunity to Address the Commission. (No Requests Have Been Received.)

8) Performance Planning and Review Reports by the following Agencies:

1. Dr. Ralph Slaughter, Ph.D., Vice-President, Administration and Management, Southern University A and M System. THE COMMISSION RECEIVED A REPORT BY CHANCELLORS RAY BELTON, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY - SHREVEPORT CAMPUS, AND EDWARD R. JACKSON, SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY- BATON ROUGE CAMPUS.

9) Request of the Department of Revenue, for authority under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16(a), for a one-time payment of $250.00 for Ms. Virginia Burton, Revenue Tax Director 2, for her completion of the of Certified Fraud Examiner certification. The recommended effective date is June 6, 2001. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Revenue.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

10) Request of the Department of Environmental Quality, under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16(c), for an individual pay rate adjustment in the amount of $82.15 bi-weekly for Mr. Peter Ricca, Environmental Scientist Senior DCL – B (GS-25). The recommended effective date is November 20, 2000. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Environmental Quality.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

11) Request of the Office of Mental Health, Department of Health and Hospitals, for authority under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16(c), for an individual pay rate adjustment in the amount of $77.25 bi-weekly for Ms. Janice Miller, Therapeutic Recreation Services Manager (GS-18) in the Office of Mental Health. (Appearance by a Representative of the Office of Mental Health.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

12) Request of the Department of Health and Hospitals, for authority under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16(c), for an individual pay rate adjustment in the amount of $238.50 bi-weekly for Ms. Fabian Sue Merrill, Program Manager 2 – DHHR (GS-24) at the Bureau of Community Supports and Services. The recommended effective date is June 6, 2001. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Health and Hospitals.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

13) Request from Nunez Community College, under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 11.34, for approval of its Crisis Leave Pool Program. (Appearance by a Representative of the Nunez Community College.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

14) Consideration of the request from the Department of Health and Hospitals, to suspend Mr. Andrew Mata without pay, pending criminal proceedings against him. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Health and Hospitals.) THE COMMISSION WAS ADVISED THAT MR. MATA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS HAVE AGREED TO PLACE MR. MATA IN A POSITION THAT WOULD LIMIT HIS COMPUTER ACCESS. THE COMMISSION HAD NO OBJECTION TO THIS ACTION.

15) Consideration of the request from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Probation and Parole, to suspend Mr. Paul Regan without pay, pending criminal proceedings against him. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.) THE REQUEST WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA.

16) Consideration of a Motion to Dismiss in the appeal of Cynthia Young vs. Department of Revenue, Docket No. S-13808. (Appearance by Laura Holmes.) THE MOTION TO DISMISS WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA.

17) Consideration of Requests for Special Entrance Rates. THE COMMISSION GRANTED THE REQUESTS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

18) Consideration of Requests for Special Pay Rates. THE COMMISSION GRANTED THE REQUESTS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

19) Consideration of the Minutes of the Commission Meeting held on May 8-9, 2001. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE MINUTES, AS WRITTEN.

20) 10:30 a.m. Commission Work Session.

21) 11:00 a.m. Applications for Review.

22) 12:00 noon Consideration of Formal Charges.

(HEARING ROOM, SECOND FLOOR, 1201 CAPITOL ACCESS ROAD, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, (ANNEX BUILDING BEHIND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT BUILDING))

2) Request of the Department of Revenue under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.27(a), to pay overtime at the time and one-half rate during the month of June 2001, to employees in the Collections Division who are in the following titles:

(Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Revenue.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

3) Request of the Housing Authority of the City of Natchitoches, under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16.2, to establish a policy for an Optional Pay Adjustment program effective August 1, 2001. The agency would like to reward those employees in the following areas:

1) Retention of employees deemed essential to the agency - up to 7% base pay or lump sum increase to match a written and verified offer from a private employer.

2) Adjust pay differentials between comparable employees - up to 7% base pay increase for salary compression caused by the implementation of either Civil Service Rule 6.5(b) or 6.5(g).

3) Compensation for additional duties - up to 5% base pay or lump sum increase to award employees for either permanent or temporary additional duties.

4) Recruit employees into difficult to fill positions - up to a 7% base pay or lump sum increase in order to recruit employees into difficult to fill positions.

(Appearance by a Representative of Housing Authority of the City of Natchitoches.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

4) Request of the Department of Transportation and Development, under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16(c), for an individual pay rate adjustment in the amount of $232.16 bi-weekly for Mr. Douglas Corona, Mobile Equipment Shop Foreman (GS-15) at the Houma Equipment Repair Shop. The agency requests an effective date of June 6, 2001. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Transportation and Development.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

5) Request of the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency, under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16(c), to retain the current salaries for the following employees who were paid incorrectly by the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency.

(Appearance by a Representative of the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION ALONG WITH THE STIPULATIONS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE.

6) Report on Evaluation Reports Issued (Appearance by Jean Tozer of the Department of Civil Service.) THE REPORTS WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION BY JEAN TOZER.

Basic Compliance Reports:
Special School District
Lake Borgne Basin Levee District

Human Resources Program Evaluation Reports:
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Washington Correctional Institute
Bridge City Correctional Center for Youth

7) General Business No. 17 – Addendum to the requests for Special Entrance Rates. THE COMMISSION GRANTED THE REQUESTS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE ADDED TO THE AGENDA:

1) Request of the Department of Corrections, Elayn Hunt Correctional Center for Special Pay for :

Title	Position #	Bi-weekly Amount
Pharmacist Director 1	37436	$359.46
Pharmacist Supervisor 1	179549	$470.95
Pharmacist Clinical	145402	$313.94

THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

2) Request of the Department of Corrections for Special Pay in the form of premium pay in the amount of $500/month for certain positions in the Corrections Warden 1 and 2/Juvenile Job series.

THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

3) Request from the Department of Corrections for Special Pay in the form of premium pay in the amount of $92.80/biweekly for the following jobs located in Prison Enterprises:

Mobile Equipment Operator 1/Heavy
Prison Enterprises Assistant Supervisor 2
Prison Enterprises Assistant Supervisor 3
Prison Enterprises Farm Manager
Prison Enterprises Farm Supervisor
Prison Enterprises Quality Assurance Manager
Prison Enterprises Regional Manager
Prison Enterprises Supervisor 1
Prison Enterprises Supervisor 2
Prison Enterprises Supervisor 3

THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.