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Earlier editions: 2026-09

Title 2 — ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL

Sacramento Municipal Code Ch. 2.08 City Officers and Employees Generally

Sacramento Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Sacramento

Cite as: Sacramento Municipal Code Chapter 2.08 · Text as of 2026-10-04

2.08.010 Employee fidelity bonds.

The following officers and employees of the city shall be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties in the amounts hereinafter specified with each position:

City manager $100,000.00
City treasurer 200,000.00
Finance director 100,000.00
Revenue officer 100,000.00
City clerk 100,000.00
Assistant city clerk 100,000.00
Public works director 100,000.00
City attorney 100,000.00
Support services division manager 100,000.00
Chief building inspector 100,000.00
Accounting officer 100,000.00
Assistant city treasurer (with $100,000.00 excess) 100,000.00
Investment officers 100,000.00

All other officers and employees of the city not specified above shall be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00). (Prior code § 2.02.100)

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2.08.020 Exercise of power by assistants and deputies.

Whenever a power is granted or a duty is imposed upon a city officer by this code or any other ordinance of the city, the power may be exercised or duty performed by an assistant or deputy of the officer or a person authorized pursuant to law by the officer, unless this code expressly provides otherwise. (Prior code § 2.03.200)

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2.08.030 Personnel matters.

A. The city shall not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability (physical or mental), genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, medical condition, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions) or sexual orientation, with respect to a city employee's salary, hours of work, benefits, or any other terms or conditions of employment.

B. The city council shall enact a resolution covering salary administration, hours of work, and other terms and conditions of employment, including longevity pay under City Charter Section 108, for all officers and employees not represented by a recognized employee organization.

C. Longevity pay provisions implementing City Charter Section 108 for employees represented by recognized employee organizations shall be placed into the respective agreements between the city and those organizations.

D. In order to properly administer sick leave privileges and benefits, the civil service board may adopt rules and regulations determining the eligibility for sick leave, the granting and use of sick leave, the amount and method of accumulating unused sick leave and the purpose for which such benefits may be used. Such definitions, interpretations, rules and regulations adopted by the board shall be conclusive and shall apply to all city employees.

E. All health plans offered by the city must comply with the Insurance Gender Nondiscrimination Act, codified in part at California Health and Safety Code Section 1365.5, as those provisions now exist or are hereafter amended or renumbered. Health plans offered by the city may not discriminate against individuals because of their gender, including gender identity and gender expression, and may not limit or exclude benefits or coverage on those, or any other unlawful bases.

F. The city manager shall prepare administrative policies and procedures sufficient to carry out the intent of this section. (Ord. 2013-0038 § 2; prior code § 2.03.210)

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2.08.040 Assistant, deputies and employees in office of city clerk.

The city clerk is authorized to appoint, subject to civil service provisions of the city charter, an assistant city clerk, and such deputies and employees as the council may by resolution prescribe. (Prior code § 2.04.300)

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