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File ID: 2024-01382 9/10/2024 Discussion Item 6.
Policy Direction on 2018 Sacramento Ethics Commission Recommendations File ID: 2024-01382
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Committee to review and provide direction regarding 2018 Sacramento Ethics Commission recommendations, and take one of the following actions:
1) Pass a Motion directing the appropriate council appointive officer to continue work on the recommendation(s) and bring the matter back to the committee for review and consideration; 2) Pass a Motion directing the appropriate council appointive officer to continue work on the recommendation(s) with committee member(s) and forwarding the item to the city council for consideration without further review by the committee;
3) Pass a Motion sending the matter back to the sponsoring councilmember for additional information and/or research; or
4) Pass a Motion declining the recommendation(s).
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, MMC, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, Office of the City Clerk; Gary P. Lindsey, Jr., Senior Deputy City Attorney, (916) 808-5346, [email protected], Office of the City Attorney
Presenter: Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, Office of the City Clerk Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-TBD
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On September 19, 2023 the Sacramento Ethics Commission submitted its annual report and recommendations to the Personnel and Public Employees (P&PE) Committee. At that meeting, the committee passed a motion to forward the annual report to the city council for consideration.
On September 21, 2023 Councilmember Valenzuela submitted a Councilmember Proposal Request to consider adoption of 2018 Sacramento Ethics Commission recommendations. Per Council Rules
File ID: 2024-01382 9/10/2024 Discussion Item 6.
of Procedure, Chapter 12, Mayor Steinberg reviewed the request and assigned it to the P&PE Committee to review.
On October 17, 2023 the P&PE reviewed the proposal and passed a Motion directing the appropriate council appointive officer to commence work on the proposal and bring it back to the committee for review and consideration.
On May 14, 2024 the P&PE Committee reviewed the policy and financial implications to the 2018 Sacramento Ethics Commission’s recommendations and passed a motion directing City Clerk and City Attorney to continue to work on the recommendations and bring the matter back to the committee for review and consideration.
This report is to provide an update on policy and financial implications regarding each recommendation.
Policy Considerations: The Commission’s recommendations may require Council action and, in some instances, a vote of the electorate.
Economic Impacts: Not applicable.
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): This action is not a project subject to CEQA because it involves only general policy and procedure making and does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15002(d), 15378(b)(2), 15061(b)(3)).
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: The Sacramento Ethics Commission proposed the recommendations in question during their 2022 annual report.
Rationale for Recommendation: The Commission made its annual report to the Council and made recommendations regarding subpoena power; hearing officer; independence and staffing; and education, training, and policy. This report outlines the next steps in addressing each of these recommendations.
Financial Considerations: Not applicable.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
File ID: 2024-01382 9/10/2024 Discussion Item 6.
Background: During its 2018 annual report to the City Council, the Sacramento Ethics Commission made four primary recommendations: subpoena power; hearing officer; independence and staffing; and education, training, and policy. Staff subsequently presented to the commission on July 22, 2019 an update on actions required to enact their recommendations.
During the Commission’s 2022 annual report to the City Council, they re-submitted the 2018 recommendations.