Sacramento Personnel and Public Employees Committee Meeting - September 10, 2024
Sacramento Personnel and Public Employees Committee Meeting
Introduction
The Personnel and Public Employees Committee held a comprehensive meeting addressing board appointments, city code amendments, and policy discussions with a focus on streamlining city commissions and reviewing ethics recommendations.
Opening and Introductions
- Committee members present: Caity Maple, Katie Valenzuela, Chair Lisa Kaplan
- Conducted land acknowledgement and Pledge of Allegiance
Consent Calendar
- Approved Personnel and Public Employees Committee meeting minutes from July 30, 2024
Board and Commission Appointments
- Appointed Emily Baime to Capitol Area Development Authority Governing Board
- Appointed Mian Ali Ahmad Zia to Housing Code Advisory and Appeals Board
- Appointed Darlene Nordstrom to Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission
City Code Amendments
- Reviewed comprehensive ordinance updates for city boards and commissions
- Deferred changes to purpose and powers sections for further review
- Key changes include:
- Adding youth seats to most commissions
- Clarifying administrative procedures
- Standardizing commission nomenclature
Ethics Commission Recommendations
- Declined 2018 ethics commission recommendations
- Requested ethics commission review and revise recommendations
- Discussed potential challenges with commission independence and subpoena power
Key Outcomes
- Continued commitment to improving city commission effectiveness
- Emphasis on transparency and youth participation
- Collaborative approach to refining city governance procedures
Meeting Transcript
Good morning everyone. I would like to call the PMP meeting to order. Will the clerk please call the roll call to establish a court? Thank you chair. Remember Telen Montes is absence. Remember Valenzuela here vice chair Maples here and chair Kaplan here we have a quorum and Mayor Pro Tem Telen Montes sends her apologies with a conflict, but I'd now like to have our vice mayor do the pledge and Land acknowledgment certainly please stand if you're able Please rise for the opening knowledgements in honor of Sacramento's indigenous people and tribal lands to the original people of this land the Nisanan people the southern my do Valle and planes me walk put to win two peoples and the people of the Wilton Ranch area 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 today in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous people's history contributions and lives never-maint standing Soley and pledge 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 As always if you wish to speak on an item please fill out the speaker form and Hand it up front we are now moving on to our business of the day First item is consent calendar do you have any members of the public who wish to speak on consent? Thank you chair. I have no speaker slips for the consent calendar. Hey questions motion Move by vice chair second by councilmember valance whale all in favor. I Am I Motion passes we will now move on to item two which is review of the applicants for the capital area development authority Governing board and I know Jacob. We have one applicant for one seat Yes, thank you chair the seat needing recommendation today is seat a the requirements for seat a are as follows a member appointed in the manner Provided by the charter of the city of Sacramento for appointment of members of city boards commissions and agencies We have one applicant for review today Emily by May They notified our office prior to this meeting that they would be absence as they had a previously scheduled conference that they were speaking at So members I Am really being michael's as we all know midtown association that sends her regards for absence of she is in Seattle's at a speaking engagement Right now, but had expressed that she wished to continue in serving in this so I am happily to move so that she continues her service and then Councilmember valance wheyla. Yeah, really please with the work that it does in my district and Emily Specifically so happy to second that motion awesome. Thank you so much vice-chair maple Just want to make a quick comment. I know Emily's not here But just really want to thank her for her service so far on on the cater board. It does really important work in district four councilmember valance wheyla and Just really want to appreciate that we have longevity and people who want to continue on and serve so thank you Awesome, there is a motion and a second all in favor Hi, hi Emily is back on board and so now we're moving to item three Which is review the applicants for the housing code advisory and appeals board Thank you chair the seat needing recommendation for today is seat E The requirements for seat E are as follows member who's not an employee of the city of Sacramento We have one applicant for review today Mr. Mion Ali Ahmad Zia I'm sorry Jacob in mine. I have two names Removed okay, yes, there was a supplemental they the other applicants Notified our office that they wish to withdraw their application from consideration on a supplemental was posted yesterday morning I missed it. Thank you So yes, our applicants is Mion Ali Ahmad Zia who I do not see in the audience today Well, you know housing code and read advisory and appeals board. I did read The applications from both of them and you know, I might be biased as he's a D1 Resident but also being a civil engineer and working in this area as somebody who is
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