Personnel and Public Employees Committee 8/15/2023

The City of Sacramento Personnel and Public Employees Committee met on August 15, 2023, primarily to interview and appoint members to city boards and commissions. The committee appointed Julie Stein to the Civil Service Board, reappointed Melinda Bradberry to the Natomas Basin Conservancy Board, and deferred the other Conservancy seat pending a city attorney review of a potential conflict of interest involving Heather Fargo. It also reappointed Barry Boyd to the Retirement Hearing Commission and appointed Tammy Derby O’Brien to the Housing Code Advisory and Appeals Board. The committee received a Sacramento Youth Commission report and voted to forward it to the City Council.

Members discussed how to implement the previously approved youth advisory liaison position, including a proposal to pause implementation while the full Council considers an alternative that would expand youth representation across city boards and commissions. The discussion continued without a clear vote on the proposed pause, and the item was continued to a future committee meeting. No procurement activity, contract awards, or spending decisions were identified.