Personnel, Audits, and Hiring Committee — Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2023-10-24
Time: 08:30

Please Note Public Comment Will Be Taken In­Person Only.


 JOURNAL – PERSONNEL, AUDITS, AND HIRING COMMITTEE

 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2023 ­ 8:30 AM

 ROOM 401, CITY HALL
 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

 MEMBERS: COUNCILMEMBER TIM McOSKER, CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER IMELDA PADILLA, VICE CHAIR
 COUNCILMEMBER HUGO SOTO­MARTÍNEZ


 (Adam Lid ­ Legislative Assistant ­ (213) 978­1076 or adam.lid@lacity.org)

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 MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT


ITEM(S)

 (1) 23­1200­S142
 Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Dianne
 Baquet Smith to the Employee Relations Board for the term ending
 December 31, 2025.
 Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending
 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 30, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023)

 APPROVED (3)
 (2) 23­1200­S143
 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ OCTOBER 30, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ OCTOBER 27, 2023)

 APPROVED (3)
(2) 23­1200­S143
 Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Brenda
 Suttonwills to the Employee Relations Board for the term ending
 September 30, 2027.
 Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending
 Background Review: Pending

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 2, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 1, 2023)

 APPROVED (3)
(3) 18­0570­S1
 Communication from the Mayor relative to the exemption of one Chief
 Special Investigator (Class Code 0604) position for the Los Angeles Fire
 Department from the Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(b).

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 14, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 14, 2023)

 APPROVED (3)
 APPROVED (3)
(4) 18­0570­S2
 Communication from the Mayor relative to the exemption of one Senior
 Project Coordinator (Class Code 1538) position for the Los Angeles Fire
 Department from the Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(b).

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
 APPROVED (3)
 APPROVED (3)
(4) 18­0570­S2
 Communication from the Mayor relative to the exemption of one Senior
 Project Coordinator (Class Code 1538) position for the Los Angeles Fire
 Department from the Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(b).

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 TIME LIMIT FILE ­ NOVEMBER 14, 2023


 (LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION ­ NOVEMBER 14, 2023)

 APPROVED (3)
(5) 23­1127
 City Administrative Officer (CAO) and City Attorney reports and Ordinance
 relative to revising the Los Angeles Administrative Code to establish
 salaries for new, non­represented Bridge­to­Jobs Program classifications

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 APPROVED (3)
(6) 23­1112
 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power report relative to the
 exemption of 32 Maintenance and Construction Helper (Class Code 3115)
 positions for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from the
 Civil Service pursuant to Charter Section 1001(d)(1).

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 APPROVED (3)
(7) 22­0159
 Personnel Department report relative to the status of the Targeted Local
 Hire and Bridge to Jobs Programs.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 APPROVED AS AMENDED (3)
(8) 23­1116
 (7) 22­0159
 Personnel Department report relative to the status of the Targeted Local
 Hire and Bridge to Jobs Programs.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 APPROVED AS AMENDED (3)
 (8) 23­1116
 CAO and City Attorney reports and Ordinance relative to amending Los
 Angeles Administrative Code Section 4.61 establishing the salaries
 of Mechanical Helper Assistant (Class Code 3770), and Vocational
 Worker Mechanical Helper (Class Code 3113­H).

 Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 APPROVED AS AMENDED (3)
 (9) 23­1090
 Motion (Harris­Dawson – Hernandez – Padilla) relative to request made by
 the Black Planners of Los Angeles to register as a Qualified Minority
 Organization, pursuant to the Employee Relations Resolution No.1.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 APPROVED (3)
 (10) 23­0600­S85
 Bureau of Sanitation report relative to the retention bonus offered to
 Assistant Environmental Compliance Inspectors serving on CARE/CARE+
 teams.

 Fiscal Impact Statement: No

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 NOTE & FILE (3) Yes
 (11) 23­1161
 Motion (McOsker – Yaroslavsky) relative to the 2023 report titled This lsn 't
 Fine: Hottest Summer on Record Calls for a Reboot of LA’s Climate
 Action Plan.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 APPROVED AS AMENDED (3)


SUPPORTING MATERIALS
 (11) 23­1161
 Motion (McOsker – Yaroslavsky) relative to the 2023 report titled This lsn 't
 Fine: Hottest Summer on Record Calls for a Reboot of LA’s Climate
 Action Plan.

 Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

 APPROVED AS AMENDED (3)


SUPPORTING MATERIALS

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Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability, may be able to avail themselves of both for
peer­to­peer and third­party 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 ­
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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 TIY­Based TRS; Speech­to­Speech Relay Service; Shared Non­English 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/telecommunications­relay­service­trs.

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