Sacramento City Council adjourns to closed session for performance evaluation of public-safety oversight director

The Sacramento City Council convened a special meeting July 1 at 1:04 p.m. and adjourned to closed session under California Government Code section 54957 to conduct a personnel performance evaluation of the director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability, the presiding official said.

The evaluation was the sole agenda item. “I call to order a special meeting, we have a quorum of council members and chambers,” the presiding official said during the public opening. The presiding official informed the chamber that the item was scheduled “pursuant to Government Code section 54957 for a matter pertaining to personnel performance evaluation of the director of the Office of Public Safety Accountability.”

There were no public speakers on the agenda item. At the start of the closed-session transfer, the presiding official addressed the vice mayor: “Vice Mayor you may adjourn to closed session,” after which the public portion of the meeting ended. The public transcript records no votes or further public discussion on the matter and does not record any public decision or outcome.

California Government Code section 54957 authorizes local legislative bodies to meet in closed session for certain public-employee performance evaluations; the council cited that statute as the basis for the closed session.

Because the discussion occurred in closed session, no additional details about the evaluation, any staff direction given in closed session, or subsequent actions were recorded in the public transcript.