STATE OF LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
(LOUISIANA PURCHASE ROOM, SUITE 1-100, FIRST FLOOR,
CLAIBORNE BUILDING, 1201 NORTH THIRD STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA)
1) 9:00 a.m. Public hearing of the appeals of CONNIE DAVIS vs.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS-JETSON CORRECTIONAL
CENTER FOR YOUTH, Docket Nos. 15517, 15566 & S-15637 (consolidated). Mr. Mark Falcon is representing the
employee; and Ms. Cynthia Eyre is representing the agency. THE APPEALS OF
CONNIE DAVIS, DOCKET NOS. 15517 AND 15566 WERE SETTLED. THE APPEAL OF CONNIE DAVIS, DOCKET NO.
S-15637 WAS HEARD AND TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT.
2) 9:00 a.m. Public hearing of the appeals of TRACEY
COLEMAN vs.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
& CORRECTIONS-LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY, Docket Nos. 15551 &
15601(consolidated). Mr. Mark Falcon is
representing the employee; and Mr. L. Bruce Dodd is representing the
agency. THE
APPEALS WERE SETTLED.
3) 9:00 a.m. Public
hearing of the appeal of PAUL WHITEHEAD vs.
DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE &
FISHERIES, KRISTI BUTLER AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE CIVIL SERVICE, Docket No.
15607. Mr. Walter Smith, III is
representing the employee; and Mr. Mark Falcon is representing the Department
of Wildlife & Fisheries; and Mr. Robert Boland is representing the
Department of State Civil Service. THE COMMISSION HEARD THE CASE IN CHIEF AND GRANTED APPELLEES’
MOTION FOR INVOLUNTARY DISMISSAL.
GENERAL
BUSINESS SESSION
WEDNESDAY,
JULY 13, 2005
9:00 A.M.
(LOUISIANA PURCHASE, SUITE 1-100, FIRST FLOOR, CLAIBORNE BUILDING, 1201
NORTH THIRD STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA)
4) Director’s Report (No
Attachment)
5) Employee
Opportunity to Address the Commission.
(No Requests)
6) Request of the East Jefferson Levee District to change
the effective date for the Individual Pay Adjustment per Rule 6.16(c) for James
Baker, Levee Board Operations Superintendent, from June 15, 2005 to February
11, 2005. (Appearance by a representative of the East
Jefferson Levee District.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
7) Request of the Department
of Public Safety and Corrections, Public Safety Services to establish a Crisis
Leave Pool Policy under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 11.34, effective
July 13, 2005. (Appearance by a
representative of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.) THE REQUEST WAS
GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
8) Consideration of the following requests for authority, under the
provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16.2, for an Optional Pay Adjustment for
additional duties: (Appearance by
representatives of the agencies.)
a. Department
of Social Services for a lump sum pay adjustment for temporary additional
duties in the amount of 10% for Mary Lapeyrolerie, Rehabilitation Regional
Manager 2, effective June 20, 2005 through December 31, 2005. THE COMMISSION
APPROVED A LUMP SUM PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL DUTIES IN THE
AMOUNT OF 5%, EFFECTIVE JUNE 20, 2005 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2005.
b. Department of Health and Hospitals for a temporary optional
pay adjustment for additional duties in the amount of $234.40 biweekly, for
Diane Batts, Program Manager 2—DHHR, effective July 1, 2005 until duties end or
no later than June 30, 2006. THE REQUEST WAS
GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
9) Request
of the Pontchartrain Levee District for authority to pay overtime at a time
and one-half rate to employees who are above the WS 213 level and who may be
exempt from the FLSA, effective July 16, 2005 through October 29, 2005. Those positions affected by this request are
·
Levee
Board Operations Superintendent
·
Levee
Board Maintenance Superintendent
·
Levee
Forman (grades 1, 2, and 3)
·
Mobile
Equipment Shop Superintendent
·
Mobile
Equipment Shop Foreman
·
Mobile
Equipment Master Mechanic
·
Mobile
Equipment Operator 1/Heavy
(Appearance by a representative of the
Pontchartrain Levee District.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
10) Report on Evaluation
Reports Issued
Human Resources Evaluation Reports:
·
Hammond Developmental Center (Appearance by Daphne
Yaun of the Department of Civil Service.) THE REPORT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION
BY DAPHNE YAUN.
11) Consideration of the Minutes of
the Commission Meeting held June 14 and 15, 2005. THE
MINUTES WERE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION AS WRITTEN.
12) Consideration of Requests for Special Entrance Rates. THE REQUESTS WERE GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
13) 10:30 a.m. Commission
Work Session.
SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
WEDNESDAY,
JULY 13, 2005
(LOUISIANA PURCHASE ROOM, SUITE 1-100, CLAIBORNE BUILDING, 1201 NORTH
THIRD STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA)
1) Update on the request of the Department
of Health and Hospitals, Pinecrest Developmental Center, for authority under
the provisions of Civil Service Rule 12.5, to suspend Ms. Catina Fulton,
without pay, pending criminal proceedings against her. LAURA HOLMES
REPORTED THAT MS. FULTON IS NOW WORKING IN A CLERICAL POSITION AT PINECREST.
2) Public hearing to consider
proposed changes to the Classification and Pay Plan.
The
Commission will consider the following exhibits:
EXHIBIT A: Changes to the Protective Service Pay
Schedule, Grid and Implementation Order
A supplement adding/changing items in this exhibit may be issued at the Commission Hearing.
The Commission will also
consider changes to the Pay Plan due to job studies. The exhibits with these changes will be published at a later
date.
In addition to proposed
changes to the Protective Services pay schedule outlined in Exhibit A in General
Circular #1610, the Commission will consider the following exhibits:
EXHIBIT B: Jobs Abolished
From the Pay Plan Since the December 8, 2004 Pay Hearing
EXHIBIT C: Job Minimum
Qualification Changes Since the December 8, 2004 Pay Hearing
THE CHANGES TO THE PAY
PLAN NOTED IN EXHIBITS D, E, AND F BELOW HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN INTERIM APPROVAL
BY THE CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTOR. THESE
CHANGES WILL NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE UNLESS ADOPTED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR.
IF ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE GOVERNOR
WILL SET THE EFFECTIVE DATE.
EXHIBIT D:
New Jobs Proposed for Addition to the Pay Plan Since the December 8, 2004 Pay
Hearing
EXHIBIT E:
Job Title Changes Proposed for the Pay Plan Since the December 8, 2004 Pay
Hearing
EXHIBIT F:
Job Pay Grade Changes Proposed for the Pay Plan Since the December 8, 2004 Pay
Hearing
Further supplements adding
items to these exhibits may be issued at the Commission Hearing. (Appearance by a representative of the Department
of Civil Service.) After receiving a report from Lisa
Lusk and Glenn Balentine, on motion duly made, seconded, and passed; the
Commission approved Exhibit A (and its supplement), the new pay grid, and the
implementation order; Exhibit B and C, which had been interimly approved by the
Director and were already in effect.
The Commission approved Exhibit D through F (and their supplements) and
set the effective date for Exhibit E and its supplement to be the same as the
date set by the Governor for Exhibit D and F.
3) Request
of the University of New Orleans to establish an Optional Pay Adjustment
policy under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16.2, effective July 1,
2005, as follows: (Appearance by a
representative of the University of New Orleans.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
·
Retention of employees deemed essential to the
agency – up to 10% base pay or lump sum increase to match a written and
verified offer from a private employer.
Employees at range maximum may receive a one-time lump sum payment of up
to 10% of the employee’s final salary.
·
Recruit employees into difficult to fill positions
– up to 10% base pay or lump sum increase in order to recruit employees into
difficult to fill positions.
·
Adjust pay differentials between comparable
employees or employees within the same job series or supervisory chain – up to
10% base pay increase for salary compression caused by the implementation of
either Civil Service Rules 6.5(b) or 6.5(g).
Such increases will only be given when a junior employee’s salary
exceeds that of a senior employee.
·
Compensation for additional duties – up to 5% base
pay or lump sum increase to award employees for either permanent or temporary
additional duties. All increases above
5% for additional duties must receive approval from the Civil Service
Commission before implementation.
4) Consideration of the following requests for authority under
the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16(c) for an Individual Pay Adjustment,
as follows: (Appearance by representatives of the
agencies.)
a) Department of Corrections
for an individual pay adjustment for Stephanie Lamartiniere, in the amount of
$87.20 bi-weekly, effective January 17, 2005. THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
b) Department of Health and
Hospitals Medical Vendor Administration for an individual pay adjustment per
Civil Service Rule 6.16(c) for Mary Corbin, Administrative Program
Specialist-A, in the amount of $98.40 bi-weekly, effective January 17, 2005. THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
5) Consideration of the
following requests for authority under the provisions of Civil Service Rule
6.16.2 for an Optional Pay Adjustment, as follows: (Appearance by representatives of the agencies.)
a) Department of Health and
Hospitals for a temporary optional pay adjustment in the amount of 9.976%,
representing $254.40 biweekly, for William Perkins, Program Manager 2-DHHR,
effective July 1, 2005. THE
REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
b) Department of Health and
Hospitals for a base pay optional pay adjustment for additional duties in the
amount of 9.98%, representing $275.20 biweekly, for Susan Wagner, Program
Manager 3-DHHR, effective May 15, 2005. THE COMMISSION GRANTED AUTHORITY FOR A BASE PAY OPTIONAL PAY
ADJUSTMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DUTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF 7% FOR SUSAN WAGNER,
EFFECTIVE MAY 15, 2005.
c) Department of Health and
Hospitals for a base pay optional pay adjustment for additional duties in the
amount of 9.942%, representing $109.60 biweekly, for Charlaynne Prentiss, Administrative
Assistant 5, effective January 17, 2005. THE COMMISSION GRANTED AUTHORITY FOR A BASE PAY OPTIONAL PAY
ADJUSTMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DUTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF 4.942% FOR CHARLAYNNE
PRENTISS, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 17, 2005.
d) Department of Health and Hospitals
for a temporary optional pay adjustment for additional duties in the amount of
10%, representing $233.60 biweekly, for Ramona Ryland, Program Manager 1—DHHR,
effective March 14, 2005. THE COMMISSION GRANTED AUTHORITY FOR A
TEMPORARY OPTIONAL PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DUTIES IN THE AMOUNT OF 7% FOR
RAMONA RYLAND, EFFECTIVE MARCH 14, 2005 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2006 OR THE DATE THE
DUTIES ARE REMOVED, WHICHEVER IS SOONER.
e) Division Administration,
Comprehensive Public Training Program for a temporary optional pay adjustment
for additional duties in the amount of 5% for Karen Puckett, Training and
Development Program Staff Manager, and Jacqueline Dutsch, Training and
Development Specialist 3, effective June 6, 2005 through December 6, 2005, or
until temporary duties end. THE
REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
6) Request of the Louisiana State University - Alexandria to establish an Absence from Work and Non-disciplinary Removal for Unscheduled Absences policy under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 12.6(a), effective July 13, 2005. (Appearance by a representative of the Louisiana State University – Alexandria.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
7) General Business No.
10 - Report on Evaluation Reports Issued.
Human Resources Evaluation Reports:
·
Southern University at New Orleans (Appearance by Sherry Nevels of the
Department of Civil Service.) THE REPORT WAS
PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION BY SHERRY NEVELS.
8) Consideration of
Requests for Special Pay Rates. THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.