Personnel, Audits, and Hiring Committee

JOURNAL – PERSONNEL, AUDITS, AND ANIMAL WELFARE COMMITTEE Wednesday, April 6, 2022 ROOM 1050, CITY HALL - 2:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER PAUL KORETZ, CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS- DAWSON COUNCILMEMBER MIKE BONIN (Adam Lid - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1076 or adam.lid@lacity.org) Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, and due to concerns over COVID-19, this Los Angeles City Council committee meeting will take all public comment by teleconference. The audio for this meeting is broadcast live on the internet at https://clerk.lacity.org/calendar. The live audio can also be heard at: (213) 621-CITY (Metro), (818) 904-9450 (Valley), (310) 471-CITY (Westside) and (310) 547-CITY (San Pedro Area). Members of the public who would like to offer public comment on the items listed on the agenda should call 1 669 254 5252 and use Meeting ID No. 161 602 6414 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID. 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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM(S) (1) 22-0374 Communication from the Mayor relative to the exemption of one Senior Project Coordinator (Class Code 1538) position for the Civil, Human Rights and Equity Department (CHRED) from the Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(b). Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 6, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 6, 2022) APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (2) 22-0238 Personnel Department report relative to proposed proposed Letter of Agreement modifying the Special Memorandum of Understanding on Commute Options and Parking. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (3) 22-0258 City Administrative Officer (CAO) report relative to proposed Second Supplemental Agreement to Contract No. C-132624 with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Southern California Region to provide staff model health maintenance organization healthcare services for active City  employees (excluding the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power) and their qualified dependents. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Financial Policies Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. TIME LIMIT FILE - MAY 6, 2022 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION - MAY 6, 2022) APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (4) 22-0314 CAO and City Attorney reports and Ordinance relative to establishing the salary for the newly created classifications of Community Services Representative Assistant (Class Code 9054) and Community Services Representative Trainee (Class Code 9055) for the Bridge-to-Jobs Hiring Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (5) 19-0511-S2 CAO and City Attorney reports and Ordinances relative to Los Angeles Administrative Code amendments to update the salaries of certain non- represented classes paid on an hourly basis to conform to the Los Angeles Minimum Wage Ordinance. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted.  APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (6) 19-1165 CAO report relative to Amendment No. 1 the Fiscal Year 2019-22 MOU for the Fire Chief Officers Representation Unit (MOU 22). Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (7) 22-0233 Motion (Martinez – O’Farrell – Raman) relative to developing a childcare assistance program for City employees and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (8) 22-0214 Department of Fire and Police Pensions report relative to the LAFPP 2020-21 Annual Report. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted. NOTE & FILE - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (9) 15-1544 Emergency Management Department (EMD) report relative to the exemption of one Senior Project Coordinator (Class Code 1538) position for the EMD pursuant to Charter Section 1001(d)(4). Fiscal Impact Statement: No  Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (10) 22-0368 Motion (Koretz – Bonin) relative to conducting an audit of the City’s Vision Zero Initiative. Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (Referred to Personnel, Audits, and Animal Welfare and Transportation Committees) APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (11) 21-1234 Economic and Workforce Development Department report relative to the allocation of $117,835 from the Economic Development Trust Fund to support critical EWDD economic development programs previously authorized by Council, for a limited two-month period until the two authorized positions become eligible for General Fund funding on January 1, 2022, as authorized in the approved 2021-2022 Budget. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. (Referred to the Personnel, Audits, and Animal Welfare and Economic Development and Jobs Committees) NOTE & FILE - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (12) 21-0372 Bureau of Sanitation report relative to illegal dumping in the public right- of-way. Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted.  (Referred to Personnel, Audits, and Animal Welfare, and Energy, Climate Change, Economic Justice, and River Committees) APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (13) 22-0264 Motion (Rodriguez - Martinez - Buscaino - Raman) relative to the number of women being promoted and related implementation efforts in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) workforce; the retention rate of females in the LAPD workforce; and related matters. Community Impact Statement: None submitted (Referred to the Public Safety and Personnel, Audits and Animal Welfare Committees) APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin (14) 22-0307 Department of Animal Services report relative to transferring funds and authorizing two positions for the Citywide Community Cat Program. Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted. APPROVED - (2) Yes; (1) Absent: Bonin If you challenge this Committee's action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to, the public hearing. Any written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk before the City Council's final action on a matter will become a part of the administrative record. Materials relative to items on this agenda can be obtained from the Office of the City Clerk's Council File Management System, at lacouncilfile.com by entering the Council File number listed immediately following the item number (e.g., 00-0000). Telecommunication Relay Services Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer- to-peer and third-party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications. Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers - generally telephone companies - are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user. What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability. For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.