City of Sacramento
Personnel and Public Employees Committee Report
915 I Street Sacramento, CA 95814
www.cityofsacramento.org
File ID: 2025-00178 8/12/2025
Approval of Personnel and Public Employees Committee Meeting Minutes File ID: 2025-00178
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion approving the Personnel and Public Employees Committee meeting minutes dated July 22, 2025.
Contact: Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-July 22, 2025, 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.
Rationale for Recommendation: After each Personnel and Public Employees Committee meeting,
File ID: 2025-00178 8/12/2025
the 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
Rick Jennings, Chair, District 7
Lisa Kaplan, Vice Chair, District 1
Karina Talamantes, District 3
Mai Vang, District 8
COMMITTEE STAFF
Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk
Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst
Brett Witter, Assistant City Attorney
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
11:00 a.m.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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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
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City of Sacramento
Personnel and Public Employees Committee
City Hall Complex, 915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Council Chamber, 1st Floor
Regular Meeting DRAFT Minutes
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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 Jennings at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 22, 2025, the Sacramento City Hall Council Chamber.
Members Present: Lisa Kaplan, Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang (at 11:01 a.m.), and Chair Rick Jennings.
Land Acknowledgement – Led by Member Talamantes.
Pledge of Allegiance – Led by Member Talamantes.
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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 Vang / Member Kaplan.
Yes: Members Lisa Kaplan, Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, and Chair Rick Jennings.
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: 2025-00177
Location: Citywide
Action: Passed a Motion approving the Personnel and Public Employees Committee meeting minutes dated June 17, 2025.
Contact: Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected]; Rosanna Montesinos, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-7171, [email protected]; Office of the City Clerk
Discussion Calendar
2. Annual Report and Performance Evaluation for City Council Appointive Officer - City Attorney
File ID: 2025-01081
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Jennings / Member Talamantes.
Yes: Members Lisa Kaplan, Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, and Chair Rick Jennings.
Received annual report and passed a Motion forwarding to the City Council for review.
Contact: Susana Alcala Wood, City Attorney, (916) 808-5346, [email protected], Office of the City Attorney
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3. Annual Report and Performance Evaluation for City Council Appointive Officer - City Auditor
File ID: 2025-01080
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Kaplan / Member Talamantes.
Yes: Members Lisa Kaplan, Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, and Chair Rick Jennings.
Members of the public provided public comments.
Received annual report and passed a Motion forwarding to the City Council for review.
Contact: Farishta Ahrary, City Auditor, (916) 808-7266, [email protected], Office of the City Auditor
4. Annual Report and Performance Evaluation for City Council Appointive Officer - City Clerk
File ID: 2025-01082
Location: Citywide
Action: Continued to the August 12, 2025, meeting.
Contact: Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected], Office of the City Clerk
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5. Annual Report and Performance Evaluation for City Council Appointive Officer - Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability File ID: 2025-01085
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Vang / Member Jennings.
Yes: Members Lisa Kaplan, Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, and Chair Rick Jennings.
Received annual report and passed a Motion forwarding to the City Council for review.
Contact: Dr. LaTesha Watson, Director, (916) 808-7525,
[email protected], Office of Public Safety Accountability
6. Authorization to Issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Performance Review Facilitation and Attorney-Investigator Services for Council-Appointed Officers File ID: 2025-01364
Location: Citywide
Action: Moved/Seconded: Member Kaplan / Member Talamantes.
Yes: Members Lisa Kaplan, Karina Talamantes, Mai Vang, and Chair Rick Jennings.
Passed a Motion authorizing Human Resources to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit qualified vendors or law firms to provide: 1) facilitation of performance review and goal-setting processes for City Council-appointed officers; and 2) independent attorney-investigator services for Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), performance, and other personnel-related matters.
Contact: Jennifer Wilkinson, Administrative Officer, (916) 808-5295, [email protected], Human Resources
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Information Items
7. Annual Report and Performance Evaluation for City Council Appointive Officer - Executive Director of Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency File ID: 2025-01086
Location: Citywide
Action: Informational.
Contact: La Shelle Dozier, Director, (916) 440-1390, [email protected], Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
Committee Comments-Ideas, Questions and Meeting Reports
None.
Public Comments-Matters Not on the Agenda
Members of the public provided public comments.
Adjourned – 12:55 p.m.