March 21st, 2024 regular meeting of the government audit and oversight committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

I'm Supervisor Dean Preston, Chair of the Committee.

I'm joined by Supervisor Connie Chan and Supervisor Raphael Mandelman.

Our committee clerk is Monique Creighton, and we want to thank uh SFGov TV for staffing this meeting.

Madam Clerk, do you have any announcements?

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Thank you, Madam Clerk.

And uh before we call our first item, I wanted to thank Supervisor Mandelman uh for sitting in at the start of this hearing and also make a motion to excuse Vice Chair Stephanie uh until uh 11 a.m.

or when she arrives.

On that motion to a clue to excuse, excuse me, Vice Chair Stephanie, um member Mandelman.

Member Mandelman aye, uh Member Chan, Member Chan I, Chair Preston.

Aye, Chair Preston, I have three ayes with uh Vice Chair Stephanie excused.

Thank you.

Uh and Madam Clerk, please call item one.

Item one is an ordinance retroactively adopting and implementing the decision and award of the arbitration board under charter section eight eight A8409-4, establishing the memorandum of understanding between the between the city and county of San Francisco and the San Francisco Deputy Sheriff's Association to be effective July 1, 2022 through June 30th, 2024.

Thank you.

Uh, this item is sponsored by the mayor uh and uh DHR's uh employee relations director, Artist Graham is here, will be giving us some context on this.

Uh Director Graham, welcome.

Please proceed.

I think we need the mic on.

Good morning.

Ah, there we go.

Sounds better.

Welcome.

Good morning, Chair Preston.

Uh, members of the Board of Supervisors.

Yes, this is a simple um, not simple, but it's a relatively minor change to the the existing contract with the Deputy Sheriff's Association.

Um, in this uh this is an awarded uh it was awarded by an arbitrator by the arbitration panel consistent with the impasse procedures as the clerk mentioned.

And this the change is in the in the settled document last 2022 that we submitted to the board and the board adopted.

There was a in the zipper clause, there was a provision to allow for two reopener on two issues.

One issue was on the issue of muster pay, um, which is what is paid uh to employees who arrive 15 minutes early when they are requested to do so by the sheriff to find out what is going in the various pods at the various jail assignments, and that that is paid at straight time overtime, and that is and it is in the overtime section.

So that is one of the the items that was discussed.

And then the other item is an issue that had to do with a number of letters and agreements that had been signed between the sheriff's department and or department of human resources and the deputy sheriff's association going back in some cases well over 20 years.

On both items, the the city met and conferred with the deputy sheriff's association and reached, and in the case of the side letters, we were able to resolve many of those letters and only went to arbitration over four.

And then on the issue of muster pay, the deputy sheriff's association wanted to move that out of the overtime language into another part of the contract, and we disagreed.

So we went to arbitration over that, and the panel made a determination that uh they ruled for in the city's favor on the muster pay issue, and then they ruled um in part in the city's favor on the issue of the letters.

So there are two letters that will be amended appended to the contract.

One letter concerns concerns comp time overtime and the other letter concerns um how um mandatory overtime is works and the rest of appendix D will be struck from the document.

Thank you, Director Graham.

Appreciate the presentation and the context.

Uh and um I I don't have any questions, and my understanding is our our role is uh not really to weigh in on the merits.

I don't I don't see any concerns, but it's this was ordered by the arbitrator.

I think we have more of a uh ministerial role, but it's still important to have the transparency on it.

So I appreciate you laying out the context.

Uh, unless there are any questions from colleagues not seeing anyone on the roster, let's go ahead and open this item up, Madam Clerk, for public comment.

Okay.