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Personnel and Public Employees Committee Special Meeting - City Manager Recruitment and Charter Officer Compensation

Personnel and Public Employees CommitteeTuesday, May 13, 2025
BodySacramento, California
SessionPersonnel and Public Employees Committee
DateTuesday, May 13, 2025
StatusFILED
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How you doing?

0:14

Okay.

0:15

I'd like to welcome everyone to the personnel and public employee committee meeting.

0:23

And we will start with our roll call.

0:28

Thank you, Chair.

0:30

Member Kaplan?

0:32

Here.

0:33

Member Telemontes?

0:34

Here.

0:35

Member Vang?

0:36

Here.

0:37

And Chair Jennings?

0:38

Here.

0:39

Thank you.

0:39

We have quorum.

0:40

Thank you very much.

0:41

Member Kaplan, will you please do the Pledge of Allegiance and the land acknowledgement?

0:45

Yes, please rise if you are able.

0:50

In honor of Sacramento's indigenous people and tribal lands.

0:54

To the original people of this land, the Nisanan people, the Southern Maidu,

0:58

the Valley and Plains Miwok, the Putwin-Wintoon peoples, and the people of Wilton Rancheria,

1:04

Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe.

1:07

May we acknowledge and honor the native people who came before us and still walk beside us

1:12

today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather today in the active practice of acknowledgement

1:20

and appreciation of Sacramento's indigenous peoples' history, contributions, and lives.

1:25

Please remain standing.

1:28

Pledge.

1:29

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for

1:36

which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

1:46

All right.

1:47

We are here today to make our final recommendations to the full city council on the marketing for

1:54

the recruitment process for the next city manager of the city of Sacramento.

1:59

I am very thankful to my colleagues who have worked on this issue and for their commitment

2:04

in providing the staff and our consultant, Pam Derby from CPSHR, with the needed input to

2:11

arrive at this point in the process.

2:14

I want to express my sincere thanks to Pam, Shelley, Jennifer, Ebony, Mindy, Brett, and Lynette,

2:24

and my sincere appreciation for your hard work and flexibility during this process.

2:31

I know it has not been easy to figure out the logistics for many of the community meetings,

2:37

the surveys, and the other outreach efforts that we have asked of you, but it was all made

2:42

possible because of you.

2:45

And I want to thank you for that.

2:46

Today, we will hear from Pam Derby the findings of the community outreach to date, how it was

2:51

folded into the recruitment process and the recruitment materials, along with the input from the mayor

2:58

and the city council.

3:00

You will also hear a discussion on total compensation.

3:04

A particular import is the inclusion of direction to staff to develop a formal goal setting and

3:13

review process for the direct reports to the city council.

3:18

This process will align with our goal setting workshop scheduled for this fall and focus on

3:23

how we review our direct reports.

3:26

The proposed review process enables the council to clearly articulate what we want our reports,

3:34

our direct reports, to accomplish on behalf of our constituents.

3:38

I am requesting that my colleagues' direct staff to work with our direct reports to come back

3:43

with a proposed process and RFP with the goals to have this in place before the hiring of the next city manager.

3:51

At this time, I am pleased to bring up Jennifer Wilkinson from our HR department.

3:57

She will bring up Pam Derby to update us on the process to date, and then Shelly will come up to go over the proposed review process.

4:07

Welcome.

4:09

Good morning.

4:10

I'm Jennifer Wilkinson in the Human Resources Department.

4:13

And as you're aware, CPSHR Consulting was selected for the city manager recruitment.

4:18

As part of the recruitment process, they completed a salary survey, and they presented the salary survey results

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Personnel Matters█████████████████████████████████████████████55%
Community Engagement████████████████████25%
Performance Metrics██████████12%
Racial Equity████5%
Indigenous Acknowledgment██3%
Summary of Proceedings

Personnel and Public Employees Committee Special Meeting

The Sacramento Personnel and Public Employees Committee held a special meeting on May 13, 2025, from 11:01 AM to 11:36 AM to make final recommendations on the city manager recruitment process and establish a personnel resolution for council-appointed officers.

Opening and Introductions

Chair Rick Jennings called the meeting to order with full attendance: Vice Chair Lisa Kaplan, Members Karina Talamantes and Mai Vang. The meeting began with a land acknowledgment honoring Sacramento's indigenous peoples and the Pledge of Allegiance.

City Manager Executive Recruitment Process

Key Developments:

  • CPS HR Consulting presented comprehensive community outreach results, including over 300 survey responses in multiple languages (English, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Cantonese)
  • Community engagement included 12-13 organizational teleconferences, 4 in-person meetings across different neighborhoods (Oak Park, Meadowview, North Natomas, North Sacramento), and 2 virtual evening sessions
  • Updated salary range approved: $273,211 to $420,684 annually, representing 23.4% higher maximum salary than Assistant City Manager
  • Recruitment timeline: Launch week of May 26, 2025, with selection activities in mid-July and final steps between August 4-18

Total Compensation Package Considerations:

  • Base salary and $500 monthly car allowance
  • Potential additional items: deferred compensation up to $24,000, executive health packages, 6-12 month severance clauses, relocation assistance
  • Committee emphasized need for formal goal-setting and annual performance evaluation process

Personnel Resolution for Council-Appointed Officers

Purpose: Create separate personnel resolution for charter officers and director of public safety and accountability, distinct from general unrepresented employee resolution

Key Amendment: Modified section 4.1 to specify that all salary modifications for charter officers must come individually to council for approval, not as group increases

Benefits: Maintains current wage and working conditions while providing greater transparency and clarity in the process

Key Outcomes

  • Unanimous approval of city manager recruitment process recommendations (4-0 vote)
  • Unanimous approval of personnel resolution establishment with amendment (4-0 vote)
  • Direction to staff to develop formal goal-setting and review process for all direct reports to City Council
  • Items scheduled for full City Council consideration on May 20, 2025 (budget permitting)
  • Community survey remains open until May 16, 2025

Public Participation: No public comments received on either agenda item. Committee noted that 300+ survey responses from a city of 560,000+ residents represents engaged but limited community input.

Meeting Transcript

How you doing? Okay. I'd like to welcome everyone to the personnel and public employee committee meeting. And we will start with our roll call. Thank you, Chair. Member Kaplan? Here. Member Telemontes? Here. Member Vang? Here. And Chair Jennings? Here. Thank you. We have quorum. Thank you very much. Member Kaplan, will you please do the Pledge of Allegiance and the land acknowledgement? Yes, please rise if you are able. In honor of Sacramento's indigenous people and tribal lands. To the original people of this land, the Nisanan people, the Southern Maidu, the Valley and Plains Miwok, the Putwin-Wintoon peoples, and the people of 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 today in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation of Sacramento's indigenous peoples' history, contributions, and lives. Please remain standing. 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. All right. We are here today to make our final recommendations to the full city council on the marketing for the recruitment process for the next city manager of the city of Sacramento. I am very thankful to my colleagues who have worked on this issue and for their commitment in providing the staff and our consultant, Pam Derby from CPSHR, with the needed input to arrive at this point in the process. I want to express my sincere thanks to Pam, Shelley, Jennifer, Ebony, Mindy, Brett, and Lynette, and my sincere appreciation for your hard work and flexibility during this process. I know it has not been easy to figure out the logistics for many of the community meetings, the surveys, and the other outreach efforts that we have asked of you, but it was all made possible because of you. And I want to thank you for that. Today, we will hear from Pam Derby the findings of the community outreach to date, how it was folded into the recruitment process and the recruitment materials, along with the input from the mayor and the city council. You will also hear a discussion on total compensation. A particular import is the inclusion of direction to staff to develop a formal goal setting and review process for the direct reports to the city council. This process will align with our goal setting workshop scheduled for this fall and focus on how we review our direct reports. The proposed review process enables the council to clearly articulate what we want our reports,

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