REPORT TO COUNCIL AND AUTHORITIES
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Authorize the City Manager to Execute Agreement with Management Partners for Executive Performance Evaluation Facilitation
Report
BACKGROUND
A performance evaluation provides an opportunity to review the City's progress and address any goals or objectives for the upcoming year for the City Manager. Conducting annual evaluations is an important component of a high-performing organization. It increases communication between the Council and the City Manager about performance expectations and organizational outcomes.
In 2018, the City Council conducted their first annual performance evaluation for the City Manager and, given other priorities, both parties did not have the time to put in place a professional facilitator. The City Manager recommends that the Council consider enlisting the assistance of a professional facilitator to mediate the process and provide a comprehensive summary of the results, as included in Section 4 of the City Manager's employment agreement with the City:
Section 4. The City Council shall formally review and evaluate Employee's performance by December of each year. Such review and evaluation shall be in accordance with the specific criteria developed by the City Council in consultation with a professional facilitator to be selected by mutual collaboration between City Council and Employee which collaboration shall also establish a mutually agreed upon evaluation process.
DISCUSSION
Jan Perkins, Vice President of Management Partners, is recommended to facilitate the process. Jan has worked with this Council before and is familiar with their style of discussion. She also has 30 years of local government management experience. She has held major leadership positions in professional organizations, authored numerous articles, and frequently speaks at workshops and conferences. She joined Management Partners in 2005 after working in Santa Ana, Morgan Hill, and Fremont in executive ...
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