committee. it is the last vestige of our committee structure. the committee recommends approval. do any of you have questions for staff, or would you like a full presentation of what the personnel committee received last week? >> i will take silence as you are okay with moving the revised job classifications to six categories. the new salary structure that will ensure that we retain our excellent staff, and our updated organization chart. is there any public comment on item number 14? seeing none, public comment is closed. is there a motion to approve said item made by commissioner tang, seconded by commissioner ronen, and on that item -- >> can i just -- >> commissioner kim, i'm sorry. >> i just want to thank our executive director for your leadership all of these years. i really feel that you have communicated very closely with all the board members, to -- different departments and outside agencies and the very things that we asked you to do when we came on executive director and i want to thank you for your incredibly hard work and all that you do for our city >> we will incorporate that comment into item 16, which is the next item. i do want to thank mrs. fong for a very clear presen

peskin: and then, with regard to item number five, it is my honor and pleasure to say that the personnel committee met in closed session to discuss the performance evaluation and recommended approval of the executive director's performance objectives for 2019 and found the work of the executive director, ms. chang, to be exceptionally good. is there a motion to recommend annual compensation for the executive director for 2019 -- >> clerk: excuse me. [inaudible] >> chair peskin: i'm sorry, that is the action that took place -- >> it should be taken -- the mic was not working. >> chair peskin: no problem, stan. is there a motion to recommend annual compensation for the executive director for 2019 with a 4.5% wage increase in the total amount of $254,833.22. >> supervisor kim: so moved. >> chair peskin: moved by commissioner kim, seconded by commissioner tang, and that will be an agenda item for the 7th of december. is there public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. [ gavel ]. >> chair peskin: ms. fong? >> let me confirm. 254,683.22. >> chair peskin: yes. i'm dyslexic. $254,683.22. and w

one of the things i don't enjoy doing in all the years i've been on the house and senate armed services committee is the personnel subcommittee. that just wears me out. yet senator tillis, that was his first choice. you know, so we have all of our people there that are subcommittee chairmen are really experts in their field. host: only about a minute left. did want to ask you about what your relationship is like with jack reed and also the incoming chair of the house armed services committee. sen. inhofe: let's start with adam smith. because he is more difficult for me because we're just two different philosophies. but you know, we have been the big four for two or three different times when we were putting together the n.d.a.a. and we've gotten along real well. we've expressed ourselves differently but we are actually good friends. now, as far as jack reed is concerned, i can't think of anyone, any democrat serving in the united states senate that i'd rather have as my counterpart as the minority eader in the defense, in military. we get along real great. the guy has a great background. we agree on almost every

the u.k. defense committee so who was this military personnel given the red carpet treatment well that leaked documents provide very little information about them they all say the ukrainian military that's the only thing a stablished along with the hundreds of parachute jumps each have under their belt perhaps enough to score an invite so we have a charity and a group of ukrainian military man now to get this information out in the open well me deborah haynes best known for being the defense editor at the ukase times newspaper well and she is given exclusive access to the ukrainian guests apparently on monday the eleventh of july well that's according to the lead disco actual just several weeks later an article appears. in the times sounding quite biliteral and based on an anonymous defense sources that detail a russian triggered a third world war on a tiny scale in ukraine there is no mention of her alleged meeting with ukrainian military officers and no mention of integrity initiatives alleged how been bringing it about just warnings of a ramped up russian threat president putin has termed

the chair of the committee and vice chair of the transportation authority, katey tang. to my right and member of the committee, commissioner jane kim. to my left, this is going to be their last personnel committee. and with that, i have called the roll. our clerk is mr. alberto quintanilla. mr. kiquintanilla, if you coul please item number two. [agenda item read] >> chair peskin: is there any public comment on the minutes of november 28, 2017. seeing none, we will close public comment. [ gavel ]. >> chair peskin: is there a motion to approve said minutes? made by commissioner kim. mr. taylor, in the parlance of the board of supervisors, we don't do seconds on committees, but i bet you have a different theory here. >> we actually have brenda tan here with us today in case you have any questions about the data or the mythology in collecting the data. they are human resource firm specializing in compensation and they are located in the bay area. >> chair peskin: and we have used them in the past? >> we have not used them in the past. this is the first time we've used them. we put out a competitive bid, and this is what we like to see. at times, we do make modifications of who we work wit

the double parking enforcement. part of ensuring customer experience comes first is people getting to their destination quickly. supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: later this afternoon, supervisor kim and myself will be meeting as a personnel committee of the transportation authority. we do a salary survey for the 42 individuals that work in that

the double parking enforcement. part of ensuring customer experience comes first is people getting to their destination quickly. supervisor peskin. >> supervisor peskin: later this afternoon, supervisor kim and myself will be meeting as a personnel committee of the transportation authority. we do a salary survey for the 42 individuals that work in that department. i was startled last night going through just seeing how salaries at similar agencies had gone up. we have the same thing at m.t.a., which is vacant positions where we can't recruit and retention issues. lot of this, i think as mr is te 250a and m.t.a. i hope that's a productive mature process that i'm looking at the director and at the t.w.u. that's a process that will help us recruit and retain quality operators for the m.t.a. and muni. good luck on that process. we look forward to helping in any way that we can. >> supervisor brown: this hearing -- i first started out with looking at this hearing just that it was the communication issue that we didn't know as transit riders that buses will be late in the summer. now it's so evident to me how hard our transit operators work and the things they have to deal with. i think we all knew that. you get on muni in the morning and have

committee. with the movement, i took commissioner driscoll off of investment and i took commissioner jordan into his place and moved him over to the head of personnel. it's only six more months. we'll revisit committee chairs in june when the

committee. with the movement, i took commissioner driscoll off of investment and i took commissioner jordan into his place and moved him over to the head of personnel. it's only six more months. we'll revisit committee chairs in june when there's a change in president. i guess we will call for public comment. are there any members of the public that would like to address the board on this item? >> is that finance committee also supposed to get into operations? >> yes. >> that's a good point. yes. it's much bigger than the word finance. >> yes. >> thank you. >> we'll close public comment. is there a motion? >> there's a motion. i will second any discussion. we take it without objection. thank you, this item passes. let's go to the calender, please. item number -- >> item number 7 consent calender. >> thank you. we'll take it as submitted and we'll call for public comment. >> we're on consent calender item 7. we'll go to minutes next. >> wait a minute. on the seventh, just for comment, on item number 121218-07d, i received a communications from mr. heble who states that officer and that file has made a formal request to return to work. so just should

the meeting. we have section e., proposals for action. board policy. this is a supervisory personnel crap -- catastrophic leave. there is a report from the rules committee. >> thank you. this proposal was forwarded to the full board with full recommendation to the rules committee. >> general counsel. >> we are asking the board to approve board policy 4361, administrative and supervisor leave. >> any comments from the board superintendent? >> thank you. [roll call] >> to board rule and procedure and meeting notices, already seconded. >> this item was heard at rules committee. >> you have a designate to read the recommendation. >> we are asking the board to approve board rule and procedure 9320 meetings and notices. >> any comments from the board? roll call vote, please. >> thank you [roll call]. >> student records was moved and seconded at a prior meeting. a report from the vice president sanchez. >> this has been heard and forwarded to the full board. >> yes, this is for three,, four and five. >> we have no public speaker signed up for this item. any comments from the board, [roll call] >> i have a quick question about this. i apologize. does this leave

. >> president cook: let's see, the ad hoc committee on student assignment will be announced at a future meeting. the meeting -- the ad hoc meeting on personnel matters, labor relations, and affordability will not be meeting until january of 2019. and ad hoc committee on the school district and city college joint committee will be announced at a future meeting. section m., other informational items. let's see, posting the agenda on the following board reports. the november quality report on williams uniform complaints and the annual report for williams uniform complaints for 2017-2018. there's no memorial adjournment. at this time, we'll take public comment for those who submitted cards for closed session, we don't have any, so we're on section o., closed session. the board will now go into closed session. i call for a recess of the regular meeting. >> by a vote of six ayes, vote moliga, approve the contract of three principals of one matter of anticipated litigation. in the matter of seiu bilingual pay premium griefance, number 1819200, the board, by a vote of six ayes, one absent, molinga gives the authority to the district to pay up to the

one of the things i don't enjoy doing all the years i have been on the house and senate armed services committee is a personnel subcommittee. that wears me out. yet, senator tillis, that was his first choice. we have all of our people there that are subcommittee chairman are experts in our field. john: i want to ask what your relationship is with jack reed. also, the incoming chairman of the house, armed services committee adam smith. sen. inhofe: let's start with adam smith because he is more difficult for me because we are two different philosophies. but we have been the big four for two or three different times when we are putting together the defense ndaa. we have gotten along well. we express ourselves differently. but we are actually good friends. as far as jack reed is concerned, i can't think of any democrat serving in the united states senate that i would rather have as my counterpart as the minority leader in the, in the defense, in the military. so we get along real great. the guy has a great background. we agree on almost every military issue. john: jim inhofe. thank you for your time. announcer: t

most appropriate to be directed to the public affairs personnel within the administrative office but frankly we are not authorized to speak on behalf of the committee or the conference it would be best if those inquiries were made. that brings us to the last issue which i trust is not significant we are judges and we are comfortable in approaching the way we conduct hearing in a formalized way. we would appreciate it if everybody would follow courtroom decorum and applause is not appropriate outburst is not appropriate, we have limited time for each of the witnesses we just want to make sure everyone has an opportunity to be heard before we adjourn. if those are those outburst you will get one warning and then be asked to be removed because we really want to hear from the witnesses every minute we spend doing something else takes away time from what we have set aside. >> with that, well, we are looking forward to hearing the witnesses statements that are thought-provoking. >> a little background. and on the federal court judiciary chief justice with sexual harassment in the workplace. and then to undertake a careful evaluation whether standards of

finally as a matter of the highest priority i will strive to protect mission personnel and private citizens of guyana. chairman corker, ranking member menendez and members of the committeei think you all again for the opportunity to appear before you. >> inc. you, ms. tracy. >> mr. chairman ranking member menendez and distinguished members of the committee i'm honored to appear before you today as president trumps nominee to be the next us ambassador to armenia. if confirmed i pledged to work closely with this committee and all members of congress. i'm pleased to be joined today by my mother carol sue tracy and my sister anita. i would like to thank them as well as other family members who could not be here today. i particularly want to acknowledge my father albert tracy who passed away three weeks ago. he was a constant source of strength and encouragement and was so proud and happy when my nomination was announced. throughout my 24 years of public service, my family's support has meant everything to me. during some very tough and dangerous assignments. mr. chairman, the overall goal of our armenian policy remains an independent, democratic and prosperous armenia at pe