1) 9:00 a.m. Public hearing of the appeal of DIANNE MAYO vs. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF FAMILY SUPPORT, Docket No. S-12405. Employee is self-represented; Arax T. Brumfield, representing the agency. THE APPEAL WAS SETTLED.

2) 9:00 a.m. Public investigation of LINDA LEBLANC (RESPONDENT) by ALLEN H. REYNOLDS, DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE (COMPLAINANT), Docket No. I-14656. Respondent is self-represented; Robert Boland is representing the Complainant. THE INVESTIGATION WAS HEARD AND TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT.

3) 9:00 a.m. Public hearing of the appeal of J. BARRIE EDGAR vs. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. Docket No. 14557. Joanne S. Engum is representing the employee; Frank H. Perez and Glenn Cambre are representing the agency. THE APPEAL WAS HEARD AND TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT.

4) 10:30 a.m. Commission Work Session.

5) 11:00 a.m. Applications for Review.

6) 12:00 noon Consideration of Formal Charges.

7) Director’s Report (No Attachment)

8) Employee Opportunity to Address the Commission. (No Requests Have Been Received.) THERE WERE NO EMPLOYEES WHO REQUESTED TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.

9) Performance Planning and Review Report by the following Agency:

Don J. Hutchinson, Secretary, Department of Economic Development.  THE COMMISSION RECEIVED A REPORT FROM DON J. HUTCHINSON, SECRETARY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

10) Report by the Department of Economic Development relative to its progress on the hiring of 15 unclassified positions approved by the Civil Service Commission at its March 7, 2001 meeting. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Economic Development.) THE COMMISSION RECEIVED A REPORT FROM DON J. HUTCHINSON, SECRETARY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

11) Report by the Department of Health and Hospitals relative to its case management services contracts. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Health and Hospitals.) THE COMMISSION RECEIVED A REPORT FROM CHARLES CASTILLE, UNDERSECRETARY, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS AND BARBARA DODGE, DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF COMMUNITY SUPPORTS SERVICES-DHH.

12) Public Hearing to consider a proposed amendment to Civil Service Rule 8.20(a) and proposed new Civil Service Rule 8.20(g) as outlined in General Circular No. 001475. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Civil Service.) THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE AMENDMENT AND PROPOSED RULE AS OUTLINED IN GENERAL CIRCULAR NO. 001475.

13) Discussion of criteria for agency policies on the use of Civil Service Rule 12.6(a)2. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Civil Service.) THE REQUEST WAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA.

14) Consideration of a Request for Proposal from University of Louisiana at Monroe to lease food services facilities for the operation of dining services. (Appearance by a Representative of the University of Louisiana at Monroe.)  THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION.

15) Request of Prison Enterprises, under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16(c), for an individual pay rate adjustment in the amount of $247.01bi-weekly for Mr. Todd Labatut, Marketing Representative 2 (GS-19) effective April 10, 2002. (Appearance by a Representative of Prison Enterprises.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

16) Request of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District to establish a Crisis Leave Policy under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 11.34. (Appearance by a Representative of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

17) Report on Evaluation Reports Issued (Appearance by Terry Gomez of the Department of Civil Service.) THE REPORTS WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION BY TERRY GOMEZ.

Human Resources Program Evaluation Reports:
Louisiana Department of Insurance
Department of Health and Hospitals, Region VIII

18) Consideration of the Minutes of the Commission Meeting held on March 5-6, 2002. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE MINUTES, AS WRITTEN.

19) 10:30 a.m. Commission Work Session.

20) 11:00 a.m. Applications for Review.

21) 12:00 noon Consideration of Formal Charges.

1) Request of the Department of Education, under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16(c), for an extension of an individual pay adjustment in the amount of $380.61bi-weekly for Mr. Cline Jenkins, Education Senior Consultant (GS-24) effective February 7, 2002 through March 5, 2003. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Education.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

2) Request of the LSU Health Care Sciences Center-Health Care Services Division to convert Premium Pay into base pay effective March 1, 2002 for jobs in the Medical Pay Plan per the implementation order of the new Medical Schedule. The affected institutions and jobs are as follows: THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

Medical Center of LA at New Orleans Earl K. Long Medical Center
EEG Technician Registered Nurse
Medical Cytotechnologist
Medical Laboratory Technologist
Medical Sonographer
Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Occupational Therapist
Pharmacist
Physical Therapy Assistant
Practical Nurse Licensed
Radiation Therapist
Radiology Technologist
Registered Dietician
Registered Nurse
Respiratory Care Therapist
Respiratory Care Technologist
Speech Pathologist
Surgical Technician

(Appearance by a Representative of the LSU Health Sciences Center.)

3) Request of the LSU Health Care Sciences Center-Health Care Services Division, to convert $0.48 of Premium Pay into base pay for Mr. Kevin LeBlanc, Accountant Manager 1 at the University Medical Center. The requested effective date is May 14, 2001. (Appearance by a Representative of the LSU Health Sciences Center.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

4) Request of the Department of Corrections to convert Premium Pay into base pay for selected Pharmacist positions at LSP per the implementation order of the new Medical Schedule effective March 1, 2002. The affected positions are as follows:  THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

Pharmacist Director 2 (#35110)
Pharmacist Supervisor 1 (#50307930)
Pharmacist Clinical (#35264)

(Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Corrections.)

5) Request of the Department of Corrections, for authority under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 4.1(d)2, for one (1) on-going unclassified position of Education Program Coordinator for Hunt Correctional Center. (Appearance by a Representative of the Department of Corrections.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

6) Request of Hammond Developmental Center, DHH-Office of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, for authority under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 4.1(d)2, for one on-going unclassified position of Psychologist. (Appearance by a Representative of Hammond Developmental Center.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

7) Request of New Orleans City Park, under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16.3, for approval of its Gainsharing Plan as follows: (a) full-time employees (worked 2000+ hours) will receive $625; (b) part-time employees (worked 1000-1999 hours) will receive $325; (c) the payments will be further limited to those employees who were employed from January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001 and who are still employed on the time of payout. The total payout to employees will be $52,575. (Appearance by a Representative of New Orleans City Park.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

8) Consideration of the following requests for authority, under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16.1, to establish or amend the Rewards and Recognition Policies as follows: THE REQUESTS WERE GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

a) Greater Lafourche Port Commission - to amend its policy to allow payments of up to 9% effective December 12, 2001.

b) Department of Transportation and Development - to amend its policy effective April 10, 2002 as follows:

Increases to the amounts awarded for Employee & Manager of the Quarter, Best Team of the Quarter, Employee & Manager of the Year, Best Team of the Year, and Secretary’s Award of Excellence.

Rewards have been added for employees who attain the Emergency Response Team Certification and/or volunteer to perform non-job-related safety duties in emergency situations or who serve as Designated Safety Coordinators for their respective section.

Revised CPTP rewards to reflect the new certificates offered, added a reward for employees who attain certification as a Professional Public Buyer, and added an option to the non-monetary reward of an embroidered DOTD shirt.

c) Department of Natural Resources - to amend its policy effective October 2, 2001 as follows:

Include Commitment to Public Service - Employees who have demonstrated their commitment to public serve with the State of Louisiana shall be recognized with service pins, of a maximum $20 in value, once they have accumulated at least 10 years of state service. Service pins will be awarded for each additional ten years of service up to a maximum of thirty years of service.

Amend Policy to reflect new building location:

Floor Wardens on each of the north and south hallways of the floors occupied by DNR in the LaSalle Building - $100 annually.

Certified First Aide/CPR provider on each of the north and south hallways of the floors occupied by DNR in the LaSalle Building - $100 annually.

Primary Assistant Floor Warden on each of the north and south hallways of the floors occupied by the DNR in the LaSalle building - $50 annually.

Change in the amount of the award for the Certified Driver Educator for the Department - $750 annually.

Rescind the Primary Assistant First Aid/CPR provider on each floor in the State Lands and Natural Resources building - $50 annually.

d) Orleans Levee District - to establish a policy effective March 6, 2002 to reward those employees in the following areas:

Commitment to the Agency – service awards
Innovation – Up to 9% of annual salary
Special Projects – Up to 9% of annual salary

(Appearance by Representatives of the Agencies.)

9) Consideration of the following requests for authority, under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16.2, to establish or amend the Optional Pay Adjustment Policies as follows: THE REQUESTS WERE GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.

a) Greater Lafourche Port Commission - to amend its policy to allow payments of up to 10% effective December 12, 2001.

b) Department of Economic Development - to establish a policy effective May 1, 2002, to reward those employees in the following areas:

Retention of employees deemed essential to the agency – up to the maximum allowed under Civil Service rules as a base pay or lump sum increase to match a written and verified offer from a private employer.

Adjust pay differentials between comparable employees – up to the maximum allowed under Civil Service rules as a base pay increase to correct obvious, rare pay inequities.

Compensation for additional duties – up to the maximum allowed under Civil Service rules as a base pay or lump sum increase to award employees for additional duties which are substantial in nature and ineligible for compensation under another action.

Recruit employees into difficult to fill positions – up to the maximum allowed under Civil Service rules as a base pay or lump sum increase in order to recruit employees into difficult to fill positions.

c) Orleans Levee District - to establish a policy effective March 6, 2002 to reward those employees in the following areas:

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.

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

Compensation for additional duties – up to 7% base pay or lump sum increase to award employees for either permanent or temporary additional duties.

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.

d) Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts - to establish a policy effective May 1, 2002 to reward those employees in the following areas:

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.

Adjust pay differentials between comparable employees – up to 5% base pay increase for salary compression.

Compensation for additional duties – up to 7% base pay or lump sum increase to award employees for either permanent or temporary additional duties.

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 Representatives of the Agencies.)

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

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