Sacramento City Council adjourns to closed session to discuss city manager, labor talks and OPA evaluation

The City Council of Sacramento convened a special meeting on Aug. 19, 2025, at 9:09 a.m. and promptly adjourned to closed session in council chambers to consider public-employment matters, labor negotiations and a performance evaluation.

The City Clerk announced there were five items on the closed-session agenda and said, “We have no speakers on any of the items on the closed session agenda.” The clerk listed the items as: (1) public employment under California Government Code section 54957(b)(1) concerning the title “city manager”; (2) public employment concerning employee discipline, dismissal or release under Gov. Code §54957(b)(1); (3) conference with labor negotiators under Gov. Code §54957.6 with designated representatives listed as Shelley Bank Robinson, Aaron Donato and Tim Davis and multiple employee organizations named; (4) public employee performance evaluation under Gov. Code §54957(b)(1) for the director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability; and (5) a second conference with labor negotiators under Gov. Code §54957.6 with Shelly Banks Robinson listed for unrepresented employees, specifically the director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability.

The clerk read the employee organizations named on the agenda: Sacramento City Exempt Employees Association; Sacramento Police Officers Association; International Union of Operating Engineers, Stationary Engineers Local 39; Sacramento Area Firefighters Local 522; Sacramento Sierra Building and Construction Trades Council; Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 447; Auto, Marine and Specialty Painters Local 1176; Western Council of Engineers; and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The special meeting record shows the council adjourned to closed session at 9:10 a.m. and the transcript records no public votes or actions taken in open session.

By statute, the topics read by the clerk—personnel, discipline and collective-bargaining strategy—are matters the council may discuss in closed session. The transcript does not record deliberations or any public outcome from the closed session.

The agenda items listed are routine reasons a city council will meet behind closed doors: hiring or evaluating senior public officials, considering discipline, and negotiating with employee organizations. The transcript does not indicate whether any formal decisions or directives were made in closed session nor whether any items will return to a future public agenda for action.