City of Sacramento
Personnel and Public Employees Committee Report
915 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814
www.cityofsacramento.org
File ID: 2024-00321 11/19/2024 Consent Item 1.
Approval of Personnel and Public Employees Committee Meeting Minutes File ID: 2024-00321
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion approving the Personnel and Public Employees Committee meeting minutes dated October 8, 2024.
Contact: Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected]; Rosanna Montesinos, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-7171, [email protected]; Office of the City Clerk
Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-October 8, 2024, Personnel and Public Employees Committee DRAFT Meeting Minutes Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: It is the best practice for the legislative body to approve the minutes for each meeting.
Policy Considerations: As a best practice, the City Clerk keeps a permanent record of the Personnel and Public Employees Committee proceedings showing all action considered and taken, motions and records, the text of ordinances and resolutions introduced or adopted, and all amendments thereto proposed or adopted, and the vote of each member regarding any matter before the Personnel and Public Employees Committee.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: None.
Sustainability: None.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
File ID: 2024-00321 11/19/2024 Consent Item 1.
Rationale for Recommendation: After each Personnel and Public Employees Committee meeting, the Chief Assistant City Clerk composes the DRAFT Minutes noticing the action taken by the legislative body. Those DRAFT Minutes are presented to the Personnel and Public Employees Committee for its approval as a permanent record of the meetings’ actions.
Financial Considerations: None.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.
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PERSONNEL AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
COMMITTEE
Lisa Kaplan, Chair, District 1
Karina Talamantes, District 3
Katie Valenzuela, District 4
Caity Maple, Vice Chair, District 5
COMMITTEE STAFF
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst
Brett Witter, Assistant City Attorney
DRAFT Minutes
Personnel and Public Employees
Committee
City Hall Complex
915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Published by the Office of the City Clerk
(916) 808-7200
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
11:00 a.m.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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City of Sacramento
Personnel and Public Employees Committee
City Hall Complex, 915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Regular Meeting DRAFT Minutes
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
11:00 AM
All items listed are heard and acted upon by the Personnel and Public Employees Committee unless otherwise noted.
Open Session
Regular meeting called to order by Chair Kaplan at 11:01 a.m. Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at the Sacramento City Hall Council Chamber.
Members Present: Karina Talamantes, Katie Valenzuela and Chair Lisa Kaplan.
Members Absent: Caity Maple.
Land Acknowledgement – Led by Member Valenzuela.
Pledge of Allegiance – Led by Member Valenzuela.
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Consent Calendar
All items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered and acted upon by one Motion.
Anyone may request an item be removed for separate consideration.
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Valenzuela / Member Talamantes.
Yes: Members Karina Talamantes, Katie Valenzuela and Chair Lisa Kaplan.
Absent: Member Caity Maple.
A motion passed to adopt the Consent Calendar in one motion except as indicated at each item.
1. Approval of Personnel and Public Employees Committee Meeting Minutes File ID: 2024-00320
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed a Motion approving the Personnel and Public Employees Committee meeting minutes dated August 27, 2024 (Special Meeting) and September 10, 2024.
Contact: Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected]; Rosanna Montesinos, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-7171, [email protected]; Office of the City Clerk
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Discussion Calendar
2. Review of Applicants for the Compensation Commission File ID: 2024-01690
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Chair Kaplan / Member Valenzuela.
Yes: Members Karina Talamantes, Katie Valenzuela and Chair Lisa Kaplan.
Absent: Member Caity Maple.
1) Conducted interviews of applicants to Compensation Commission for Seats A and D: members appointed in the manner provided by the Charter of the City of Sacramento for the appointment of members of City boards, commissions, and agencies; 2) discussed candidates eligibility; and 3) recommended appointment of Arthur Scotland to Seat A and David Kawada to Seat D to Mayor and Council.
Contact: Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk
3. Review of Applicants for the Natomas Basin Conservancy Board of Directors File ID: 2024-01691
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Talamantes / Member Valenzuela.
Yes: Members Karina Talamantes, Katie Valenzuela and Chair Lisa Kaplan.
Absent: Member Caity Maple.
1) Conducted interviews of applicants to Natomas Basin Conservancy Board of Directors for Seat C: a member appointed in the manner provided by the Charter of the City of Sacramento for the appointment of members of City boards, commissions, and agencies; 2) discussed candidates eligibility; and 3) recommended appointment of Chandra Sekhar Chilmakuri to Seat C to Mayor and Council.
Contact: Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk
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4. Review of Applicants for the Sacramento Environmental Commission File ID: 2024-01689
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Valenzuela / Member Talamantes.
Yes: Members Karina Talamantes, Katie Valenzuela and Chair Lisa Kaplan.
Absent: Member Caity Maple.
1) Conducted interviews of applicants to the Sacramento Environmental Commission for Seat C: a member appointed in the manner provided by the Charter of the City of Sacramento for the appointment of members of City boards, commissions, and agencies; 2) discussed candidates eligibility; and 3) recommended appointment of Jacqueline Todak to Seat C to Mayor and Council.
Contact: Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk
5. Councilmember Proposal Request for Committee Consideration - Amend Council Rules of Procedure to Clarify Process for Commission Recommendations
File ID: 2024-01637
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Talamantes / Chair Kaplan.
Yes: Members Karina Talamantes, Katie Valenzuela and Chair Lisa Kaplan.
Absent: Member Caity Maple.
1) Reviewed and provided direction on the councilmember proposal regarding amending Council Rules of Procedure to Clarify Process for Commission Recommendations; and 2) passed a Motion directing the City Clerk to commence work on the proposal as discussed and bring it back to the committee for review and consideration.
Contact: Councilmember Valenzuela; Mikayla Taylor, Chief of Staff, (916) 808- 1917, [email protected], Office of Councilmember Valenzuela, District 4 City of Sacramento Page 6
Committee Comments-Ideas, Questions and Meeting Reports
None.
Public Comments-Matters Not on the Agenda
Members of the public provided public comments.
Adjourned – 11:42 a.m.