Sacramento council schedules closed-session appointment of interim city manager

The Sacramento City Council convened a special meeting Jan. 7, 2025, and adjourned into closed session to consider the appointment of an interim city manager and related negotiations. The council moved into closed session at 2:02 p.m.

The item was listed on the agenda under Government Code section 54957(b) as a personnel matter pertaining to the appointment of an interim city manager. The agenda also listed a separate closed-session item under Government Code section 54957.6 to confer with the city’s chief negotiator on matters pertaining to an unrepresented employee identified only as the interim city manager; Mayor Kevin McCarty was named in the agenda as the city’s chief negotiator for that item.

City staff provided no names of candidates or public details about terms. The agenda stated only the legal bases for holding the discussion in closed session; no public votes or decisions were recorded in the public portion of the meeting.

The council’s public remarks at the outset described the purpose of the closed session. The city clerk announced the personnel item and the related negotiation item before the meeting was adjourned into closed session.

The council has not disclosed any outcomes from the closed session. Any formal appointment or contract terms that result from the closed session would be expected to appear in a subsequent public meeting or in a public report if disclosure requirements apply under state law.