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File ID: 2025-00509 2/18/2025 Consent Item 2.
Confirmation of Board and Commission Appointments
File ID: 2025-00509
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion confirming the following board and commission appointments: 1) Aggie Square Public Financing Authority: Yzabelle Dela Cruz - Seat A; 2) Animal Wellbeing Commission: Ava Abuchaei - Seat D; 3) Ann Land and Bertha Henschel Memorial Funds Commission: Joseph Jesse J. Contreraz, Sr. - Seat D; 4) Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Commission: L. Steven Winlock - Seat I; 5) Community Police Review Commission: Mervin Brookins - Seat J; 6) Disabilities Advisory Commission: Ashlee Marie Patel - Seat C; 7) Sacramento Children’s Fund Planning and Oversight Commission: Shannon Adair Williams - Seat D; 8) Utilities Rate Advisory Commission: Anthony Burdock - Seat D; and 9) Youth Commission: Bryce Merrill - Seat M.
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected]; Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected]; Office of the City Clerk Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: As required by City Charter section 230, board and commission appointments made by the Mayor with the concurrence of the City Council.
Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Aggie Square
Public Financing
Authority
Yzabelle
Dela Cruz
J 01/01/2025-
12/31/2026
02/18/2025-
12/31/2026
Full Mayor McCarty
Animal
Wellbeing
Commission
Ava
Abuchaei
D 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/18/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Ann Land and
Bertha Henschel
Memorial Funds
Commission
Joseph
Jesse J.
Contreraz,
Sr.
D 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
02/18/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Talamantes,
District 3
Arts, Culture,
and Creative
Economy
Commission
L. Steven
Winlock
I 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/18/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Mayor McCarty
Community
Police Review
Commission
Mervin
Brookins
J 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/18/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Mayor McCarty
Disabilities
Advisory
Commission
Ashlee
Marie Patel
C 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
02/18/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Talamantes,
District 3
Sacramento
Children’s Fund
Planning and
Oversight
Commission
Shannon
Adair
Williams
D 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/18/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Utilities Rate
Advisory
Commission
Anthony
Burdock
D 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/18/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Youth
Commission
Bryce Merrill M 01/01/2025-
12/31/2026
02/18/2025-
12/31/2026
Full Councilmember
Jennings, District 7
File ID: 2025-00509 2/18/2025 Consent Item 2.
Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Aggie Square
Public Financing
Authority
Yzabelle
Dela Cruz
J 01/01/2025-
12/31/2026
02/18/2025-
12/31/2026
Full Mayor McCarty
Animal
Wellbeing
Commission
Ava
Abuchaei
D 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/18/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Ann Land and
Bertha Henschel
Memorial Funds
Commission
Joseph
Jesse J.
Contreraz,
Sr.
D 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
02/18/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Talamantes,
District 3
Arts, Culture,
and Creative
Economy
Commission
L. Steven
Winlock
I 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/18/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Mayor McCarty
Community
Police Review
Commission
Mervin
Brookins
J 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/18/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Mayor McCarty
Disabilities
Advisory
Commission
Ashlee
Marie Patel
C 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
02/18/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Talamantes,
District 3
Sacramento
Children’s Fund
Planning and
Oversight
Commission
Shannon
Adair
Williams
D 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/18/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Utilities Rate
Advisory
Commission
Anthony
Burdock
D 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/18/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Youth
Commission
Bryce Merrill M 01/01/2025-
12/31/2026
02/18/2025-
12/31/2026
Full Councilmember
Jennings, District 7
Policy Considerations: None.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): This action is not a project that is subject to CEQA because it is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines §15378(b)(5)).
Sustainability: None.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
File ID: 2025-00509 2/18/2025 Consent Item 2.
Rationale for Recommendation: Confirmation of appointment by the City Council finalizes the process.
Financial Considerations: None.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.