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Board amends administrative code to remove pianist job classification and update related staffing codes
Summary
The board amended an ordinance to delete an obsolete pianist classification from the city’s job code and to reflect changes in recreation staff classifications; the amendment passed unanimously and the ordinance passed on first reading.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Oct. 25 approved an amendment and then passed on first reading an ordinance to update job classifications and bargaining-unit designations, including removal of an obsolete “pianist” classification.
Why it matters: The change updates personnel classifications to match current job practices in Recreation and Parks and begins the administrative process to abolish an unused classification found in the personnel system.
Suzanne Mason, Employee Relations Director in the Department of Human Resources, told the board she had followed up on a question raised by Supervisor Peskin and discussed the matter with the Recreation and Parks director, who confirmed the city had two individuals still listed in an older pianist classification (32-46). Mason said the department now uses a broader recreation leader classification (32-79) for duties such as teaching and playing at cultural events and that the city would initiate the process to release employees still listed in the obsolete classification and abolish it.
Supervisor Scott Wiener and others joined in supporting the amendment; Supervisor Mark Farrell seconded the motion to delete a line in the ordinance that removed the obsolete classification language. The amendment was approved without objection, and the ordinance as amended passed unanimously on first reading (11–0).
What’s next: The human-resources process to release the two individuals listed in the old pianist class and to formally abolish the classification will proceed under department procedures; the ordinance moves forward on the legislative schedule.
