STATE OF LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE
A G E N D A
(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 appeal of ERICA A. AMACKER vs. DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE, Docket
No. S-15737. Troy Jackson
is representing the employee and Virginia G. Benoist is representing the
agency. THE
APPEAL WAS SETTLED.
GENERAL
BUSINESS SESSION
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 11, 2006
9:00 A.M.
(LOUISIANA
PURCHASE, SUITE 1-100, FIRST FLOOR, CLAIBORNE BUILDING, 1201 NORTH THIRD
STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA)
2) Director’s Report (No
Attachment)
3) Employee
Opportunity to Address the Commission.
4) Election of Officers:
Chairman - James A.
Smith was nominated and elected Chairman by acclamation.
Vice-Chairman - Burl Cain was nominated and elected
Vice-Chairman by acclamation.
5) Consideration of a
proposed amendment to Rule 2.15. (Appearance by Laura Holmes of the Department of
Civil Service.) AFTER RECEIVING A
REPORT FROM LAURA HOLMES, ON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND PASSED, THE
COMMISSION ADOPTED RULE 2.16, WHICH REPRESENTED A REVISION TO THE PROPOSED RULE
CHANGE ANNOUNCED IN GENERAL CIRCULAR NO. 1640.
THE REVISION READS AS FOLLOWS:
2.16 Suspension of
deadlines terminated; extension of deadlines.
(a) The suspension of deadlines provided for
by emergency rule 2.15 shall terminate effective January 12, 2006.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c),
all deadlines that would have lapsed between August 29, 2005 and February 12,
2006 are extended to February 13, 2006.
(c) As to actions pertaining to employees whose work or home domicile on August 29, 2005, was in Cameron, Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and Vermilion Parishes, all deadlines that would have lapsed or will lapse between August 29, 2005 and May 31, 2006 are extended to June 1, 2006.
(d) This rule does not apply to the deadlines in rules 13.36(b)2 and 13.37, which are established by the state constitution.
6) Request
of the LSU Health Sciences Center, Health Care Services Division to ratify
the interim approval given by the Director of Civil Service for exceptions to
the regular layoff rules for the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans
layoff, effective January 15, 2006.
(Appearance by a representative of the LSU Health Sciences Center,
Health Care Services Division.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED
BY THE COMMISSION.
7) Request
of the Louisiana Technical College to ratify the interim approval given by
the Director of Civil Service for exceptions to the furlough of 3 classified
employees for whom no work assignments exist, beginning January 2, 2006 through
February 10, 2006. (Appearance by a
representative of the Louisiana Technical College.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE
COMMISSION.
8) Consideration of the following requests for authority per Civil Service
Rule 6.16.2 for optional pay adjustments for additional duties:
a. Office
of Mental Health for a continuation of a temporary pay adjustment in the amount
of 5% for Thomas Davis, Deputy Mental Hospital Administrator 2, from September
28, 2005 to June 30, 2006. THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
b. Department
of Health and Hospitals for a temporary optional pay adjustment in the amount
of 5% for Ms. Anne Olivier, Program Manager 1—DHHR, effective October 3, 2005. THE COMMISSION
GRANTED AUTHORITY FOR A 2% TEMPORARY OPTIONAL PAY ADJUSTMENT, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER
3, 2005 UNTIL DUTIES END OR NO LATER THAN JUNE 30, 2006.
(Appearance
by representatives of the agencies.)
9) Request of the LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
for on-going authority under the provisions of Rule 4.1(d)2 for the following
additional unclassified positions in the healthcare professional pool:
Pharmacist
Nurse Technician
Respiratory
Care Therapist-Certified
(Appearance
by a representative of the LSU Health Sciences Center – Shreveport.) THE REQUEST WAS
GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 11, 2006.
10) Request
of the LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport for ongoing authority under
the provisions of Rule 4.1(d)2 for the following additional unclassified
positions in the healthcare professional pool at E. A. Conway Medical Center:
Recreational Therapist
Occupational Therapist Assistant
(Appearance by a representative of the LSU Health
Sciences Center – Shreveport.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY
11, 2006.
11) Consideration of the following
requests for authority to establish or amend the Rewards and Recognition policy
under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16.1:
a. Louisiana State Employees' Retirement System to amend its
Rewards and Recognition policy, effective January 1, 2006.
b. Department
of Social Services to amend its Rewards and Recognition policy, effective
January 11, 2006.
c. Division
of Administration for authority to amend its Rewards and Recognition policy,
effective January 11, 2006.
(Appearance
by representatives of the agencies.) THE REQUESTS WERE GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
12) Request
of the Patient’s Compensation Fund to establish an Optional Pay policy under
the provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16.2, effective January 11, 2006. (Appearance by a representative of the
Patient’s Compensation Fund.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
13) Request of the Department of Public Safety &
Corrections, Public Safety Services for an exception to Civil Service Rule
21.11(a) that non-exempt employees may have their 2005 compensatory leave
balance carried forward up to 540 hours in the following job titles and codes:
State Police Explosives Specialist 138640
State
Police Explosives Supervisors 138650
(Appearance
by a representative of the Department of Public Safety & Corrections,
Public Safety Services.) THE REQUEST WAS WITHDRAWN.
14) Request of the Department of Public Safety & Corrections
for an exception to Civil Service Rule 21.11(c) to be exempt from reducing the
hour-for-hour compensatory leave balances that exceed the cap until the fiscal
year 2006-2007. (Appearance by a
representative of the Department of Public Safety & Corrections.) the
commission granted THE REQUEST to allow the agency to defer the payments of
those compensatory leave balances OF EXEMPT EMPLOYEES until July 15, 2006.
15) Report on Evaluation Reports
Issued (Appearance by Daphne Yaun
of the Department of Civil Service.)
Human Resources Evaluation Reports:
·
Louisiana Real Estate Commission
·
Department of Education
·
Central Louisiana State Hospital
THE REPORTS WERE
PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION BY DAPHNE YAUN.
16) Consideration of the Minutes of the Commission Meeting
held December 6 and 7, 2005. THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION AS WRITTEN.
17) Consideration
of Requests for Special Pay Rates.
THE COMMISSION GRANTED THE REQUESTS AS
RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
18) 10:30
a.m. Commission Work
Session.
SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 11, 2006
(LOUISIANA PURCHASE ROOM, SUITE 1-100, FIRST FLOOR,
CLAIBORNE BUILDING, 1201 NORTH THIRD STREET, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA)
1) Consideration of
proposed amendment to Rule 17.8 to be adopted on an emergency basis. (Appearance by Judy McGimsey of the
Department of Civil Service.) AFTER RECEIVING A REPORT FROM FRAN WILLIAMS, THE COMMISSION GRANTED
THE REQUEST THAT RULE 17.8 BE ADOPTED ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS.
2) Request of the Department of Civil
Service to establish a policy for payment for advanced degrees per Civil
Service Rule 6.16(c), effective January 11, 2006. (Appearance by a representative of the Department of Civil
Service.) THE
REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
3) Request
of the Department of Environmental Quality for authority under the
provisions of Civil Service Rule 6.16(c) for an individual pay adjustment in
the amount of $71.60 bi-weekly for Thomas Harris, Environmental Scientist
Supervisor, effective November 22, 2005.
(Appearance by a representative of the Department of Environmental
Quality.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
4) Request of the Department of Public Safety &
Corrections, Public Safety Services for an exception to Civil Service Rule
21.11(a) that non-exempt employees may have their 2005 compensatory leave
balance carried forward up to 540 hours in the following job titles and codes:
State Police Explosives Specialist 138640
State
Police Explosives Supervisors 138650
(Appearance
by a representative of the Department of Public Safety & Corrections,
Public Safety Services.) THE COMMISSION DENIED THE
REQUEST, HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION GRANTED AN EXCEPTION TO RULE 21.11(b) TO ALLOW
THE AGENCY TO DEFER PAYMENT OF THE OVERTIME IN EXCESS OF THE 360 HOURS UNTIL
JULY 15, 2006. THE COMMISSION ALSO
GRANTED THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS AUTHORITY TO RAISE
THE CAP FOR 2006 FOR THESE POSITIONS TO 540 HOURS.
5) Request
of the Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Public Safety Services
for an exception to Civil Service Rule 21.11 that non-exempt employees may have
their 2005 compensatory leave balance carried forward up to 540 hours in the
following job titles and codes:
Police
Officer 3 133870
Police
Sergeant 133890
Police
Lieutenant 133900
(Appearance
by a representative of the Department of Public Safety & Corrections,
Public Safety Services.) THE COMMISSION DENIED THE REQUEST, HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION
GRANTED AN EXCEPTION TO RULE 21.11(b) TO ALLOW THE AGENCY TO DEFER PAYMENT OF
THE OVERTIME IN EXCESS OF THE 360 HOURS, UNTIL JULY 15, 2006. THE COMMISSION ALSO GRANTED THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS AUTHORITY TO RAISE THE CAP FOR 2006 FOR
THESE POSITIONS TO 540 HOURS. AFTER
RECEIVING A REPORT FROM TINA BOUDREAUX, THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE FOLLOWING
ADDITIONAL JOB TITLES TO THE REQUEST:
Police
Officer 1
Police
Officer 2
6) Request of the Department of Health
and Hospitals, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities for an
exception to Civil Service Rule 21.11 to allow Metropolitan Developmental
Center to carry forward up to 540 hours of compensatory leave earned in
calendar year 2005. (Appearance by
a representative of the Department of Health and Hospitals, Metropolitan
Development Center.) THE REQUEST WAS WITHDRAWN.
7) Request of the Office of Youth
Development for authority under the provisions of Civil Service Rule 4.1.(d)2
for an unclassified position to serve as Director of Quality Improvement and
Outcomes. (Appearance by a
representative of the Office of Youth Development.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE
COMMISSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 11, 2006 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2008.
8) Request of the Louisiana State Board
of Medical Examiners for an individual pay adjustment per Civil Service Rule
6.16(c) for Lester St. Amant, Program Compliance Officer 3, in the amount of
$147.20 bi-weekly, effective January 11, 2006. (Appearance by a representative of the Louisiana State Board of
Medical Examiners.) THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION.
9) Request
of the Department of Health and Hospitals to extend the furlough of five
employees of the Health Education Authority of Louisiana (HEAL) up to 450 hours
from January 11, 2006 until February 17, 2006 and to ratify the interim
approval given by the Director of Civil Service for exceptions to the furlough. (Appearance by a representative of the
Department of Health and Hospitals.) THE COMMISSION GRANTED THE REQUEST.
10) Consideration
of Request for Special Entrance Rates.
THE COMMISSION GRANTED THE REQUEST.
ITEMS
ADDED TO THE AGENDA DURING MEETING:
1) Request of the Office of Public Health
for an individual pay adjustment under Civil Service Rule 6.16(c) in the amount
of $127.20 bi-weekly for Barbara Woodard, Program Monitor-DHH, effective August
29, 2005, be added to the Agenda. THE REQUEST WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
2) Request of the Office of Public
Health for an individual pay adjustment under Civil Service Rule 6.16(c) in the
amount of $127.20 bi-weekly for Barbara Woodard, Program Monitor-DHH, effective
August 29, 2005. THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION, EFFECTIVE AUGUST
29, 2005, for the period of time Ms. Woodard is detailed.
3) Request of the Office of Public
Health for an individual pay adjustment under the provisions of Civil Service
Rule 6.16(c) in the amount of $210.40 bi-weekly for Lee Smith, Program Monitor-DHH,
effective August 29, 2005, be added to the agenda. THE REQUEST WAS
ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
4) Request of the Office of Public
Health for an individual pay adjustment under the provisions of Civil Service
Rule 6.16(c) in the amount of $210.40 bi-weekly for Lee Smith, Program
Monitor-DHH, effective August 29, 2005.
THE REQUEST WAS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION,
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 29, 2005, FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME MR. SMITH WAS DETAILED.
5) The Commission adopted the Resolution of
Mr. Camille Gravel as written.