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Sacramento City Council recesses to closed session on litigation, labor talks and interim manager review
Summary
The Sacramento City Council convened a special meeting at 1:01 p.m. and recessed to closed session to discuss a pending lawsuit, negotiations with multiple employee organizations, and the performance evaluation of the interim city manager; no public speakers were recorded on the closed-session items.
The Sacramento City Council convened a special meeting at 1:01 p.m. and recessed to closed session to discuss three agenda items: a pending lawsuit, labor negotiations with several employee organizations, and the performance evaluation of the interim city manager.
The closed-session agenda listed a pending litigation matter titled Kiara Campbell v. City of Sacramento, Sacramento County Superior Court case number 34-2023-00335583, cited under California Government Code section 54956.9(d). It also listed labor negotiations under California Government Code section 54957.6 with multiple recognized employee organizations, and a personnel matter — the performance evaluation of the interim city manager — under California Government Code section 54957(b).
The labor organizations named on the agenda included the 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; and the Western Council of Engineers, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The agenda said the council would confer with the city’s chief negotiators, Shelley Banks Robinson, Aaron Donato and Tim Davis, on those negotiations.
A staff member told the council, "We have no speakers on any of the items on the closed session agenda." The meeting record then shows the vice mayor was authorized to adjourn the public meeting into closed session.
The transcript does not record any discussion, votes or decisions from the closed session itself. The public portion of the meeting ended with the council recessed to closed session; no additional public comments on those items were recorded.
