Sacramento Civil Service Board Meeting - May 19, 2025
Discussion Breakdown
Summary
Sacramento Civil Service Board Meeting - May 19, 2025
The Sacramento Civil Service Board convened on Monday, May 19, 2025, at 1:00 PM at City Hall Complex. The meeting addressed routine personnel matters, classification updates, and an employment appeal case.
Opening and Introductions
- Meeting called to order at 1:00 PM by Chair Joy Gonzales-Cabatic
- All five board members present: Emmanuel Amanfor, Gwynnae L. Byrd, Kathryn Elizabeth Meola, Jules Stein, and Chair Gonzales-Cabatic
- Land acknowledgment honoring Sacramento's Indigenous peoples including Nisenan, Southern Maidu, Valley and Plains Miwok, Putwin-Wintun peoples, and Wilton Rancheria
- Pledge of Allegiance conducted
Consent Calendar
- Meeting Minutes Approval: March 17, 2025 Civil Service Board meeting minutes approved unanimously
- Traffic Worker Classification Updates: Revised Traffic Worker I, II, and III specifications to require Class A Commercial Driver's License (upgraded from Class B)
- New Classification: Adopted Senior Parking Enforcement Officer classification and specification as part of the City's Classification Plan
- All consent items passed by unanimous vote with no public comment
Discussion Items
- Nancy Romo Employment Appeal: Appeal of disqualification from Code Enforcement Officer recruitment
- Appellant Nancy Romo was not present at the hearing
- Board unanimously approved waiving formal hearing rules and adopted the Director's findings to uphold the disqualification
- No public speakers addressed this item
Closed Session
- Meeting adjourned to closed session at 1:05 PM for personnel discipline matter involving a police officer
- Reconvened to open session at 1:38 PM
- Board unanimously adopted arbitrator's proposed decision in police officer discipline case
Key Outcomes
- All agenda items approved unanimously with no dissenting votes
- Member Stein raised questions about meeting consolidation procedures and website updates
- No public comments were received on any agenda items
- Meeting adjourned at 1:40 PM
- Total meeting duration: approximately 40 minutes including 33-minute closed session
Meeting Transcript
Chair, staff is ready when you are. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the Monday, May 19, 2025 Civil Service Board meeting. The meeting is now called to order. Will the clerk please call the roll call to establish quorum? Thank you, Chair. Members, please unmute for a roll call. Member Manforth? Here. Member Byrd? Here. Member Miola? Present. Member Stein? Here. And Chair Gonzalez-Cabatic? Present. Thank you. We have quorum. I'd like to remind members of the public and chambers that if you would like to speak on an agenda item, please turn in the speaker slip when the item begins. You will have two minutes to speak once you are called on. After the first speaker, we will no longer accept speaker slips. We will now proceed with today's agenda. Please rise for the opening acknowledgments in honor of Sacramento's Indigenous people and tribal lands. To the original people of this land, Nisenan, the Southern Maidu, Valley and Plains Miwok, Putwin-Wintun peoples, and the people of the Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe, may we acknowledge and honor the Native people who came before us and still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather together today in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's Indigenous people's history, contributions, and lives. Thank you. And please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Our first business today is the approval of the consent calendar. Clerk, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on the consent calendar? Thank you, Chair. We do not have any speakers for this item. Thank you. Are there any members who wish to speak on this item? Is there a motion and a second for the consent calendar? Move approval of the consent calendar. Second. Okay, so I have a motion by Member Miola and a second by Member Amandfor. Will the clerk please call roll for the vote? Thank you, Chair. Members, please unmute for vote. Member Amandfor? Aye. Member Byrd? Aye. Member Miola? Aye. Member Stein? Aye. And Chair Gonzalez-Kabatic? Aye.