Sacramento City Council adjourns to closed session to confer on labor negotiations

Sacramento City Council convened a special meeting in council chambers and adjourned into closed session to discuss collective bargaining negotiations with multiple recognized employee organizations, the clerk said; the transcript does not specify the meeting date.

The closed session was called pursuant to Government Code section 54,957.6 to “confer with the city’s chief negotiators,” according to the public transcript. The clerk named the chief negotiators as Shelly Banks Robinson, Aaron Donato and Tim Davis and listed recognized employee organizations that were the subject of the session: 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; and Auto, Marine and Specialty Painters Local 1176, among others.

“There is 1 item on the agenda pursuant to government code section 54,957.6 for a matter pertaining to negotiations with recognized employee organizations,” the clerk said during the meeting. The clerk also told the vice mayor, “So, vice mayor, you may adjourn to closed session. Thank you, Clerk.” Shortly after, the vice mayor said, “We are adjourned. Good job.”

The transcript records that a quorum of council members was present and that there were no public speakers on the agenda item. No public details of the discussion or any outcomes were included in the transcript.

Because the meeting moved into a closed session, the transcript contains only the limited public record required for such sessions: the statutory basis for the closed session, the subject matter (labor negotiations with listed employee organizations) and the names of the city’s chief negotiators. The transcript does not record any motions, votes, or further public deliberations on the matter.