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File ID: 2025-01859 11/18/2025
Resolution Setting Salary and Terms and Conditions of Employment for the Acting Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability
File ID: 2025-01859
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution setting the salary and other terms and conditions of employment for Jody Johnson while serving as the Acting Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability.
Contact: Kevin McCarty, Mayor, (916) 808-5300, [email protected], Office of the Mayor Presenter: Kevin McCarty, Mayor, (916) 808-5300, [email protected], Office of the Mayor
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The position of Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability (OPSA) was vacated effective October 13, 2025. The City Council is beginning a recruitment process to hire a new OPSA Director. On October 21, 2025, the City Council appointed Jody Johnson as the Acting Director of OPSA and agreed to have the mayor enter negotiations on salary and other terms and conditions of employment for Mr. Johnson while the recruitment is conducted. The Mayor and Mr.
Johnson were able to agree on these issues.
Government Code section 54953 requires that prior to taking final action, the legislative body must orally report a summary of the recommendation for final action on salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of a local agency executive during the open meeting in which the final action is to be taken. Local agency executives are defined in Government Code section 3511.1 (d), and the Acting Director of OPSA meets the local agency executive definition. As part of the appointment process for the Acting Director of OPSA, the City Council will set a salary and define benefits and other terms and conditions of employment consistent with the OPSA Director classification as set out in the City of Sacramento’s Personnel Resolution Covering Unrepresented Officers and Employees.
File ID: 2025-01859 11/18/2025
Policy Considerations: The City Council alone is vested with the authority to appoint an Acting Director of OPSA.
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: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
Rationale for Recommendation: The OPSA Director resigned effective October 13, 2025, and the City and Jody Johnson have agreed to the salary and other terms and conditions of employment for Mr. Johnson to serve as the Acting Director of OPSA effective October 21, 2025. The Acting Director will have the authority to exercise all authority vested in the OPSA Director classification by the City Code as well as any applicable City resolutions, policies, or procedures. The appointment of an Acting Director of OPSA will ensure a smooth transition while recruiting for the new Director.
Financial Considerations: The salary for the Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability classification is already fully funded within the budget for the Office of Public Safety Accountability’s Office.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
RESOLUTION 2025-xxxx
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
November XX, 2025
Setting Compensation and Terms and Conditions of Employment for the Acting Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability (OPSA)
BACKGROUND
A. The City Council desires to appoint an Acting Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability as the position of Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability became vacant on October 13, 2025.
B. The City Council is charged with setting the level of compensation for City Council Appointive Officers , including the Acting Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability.
C. Jody Johnson was appointed to the position of Acting Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability on October 21, 2025.
BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
1. For the duration of the appointment as Acting Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability, Mr. Johnson will be vested with all authority provided to the Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability in the Sacramento City Code, as well as any City resolutions, policies, and procedures.
2. For the duration of the appointmen t as Acting Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability, Mr. Johnson's hourly rate of pay will be $84.919540.
3. At the conclusion of his service as Acting Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability, Mr. Johnson will have the option of maintaining his previous position as the Assistant Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability at the same salary and benefit levels he was earning at the time he was appointed as the Acting Director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability.