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III. GENERAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
Town Attorney
Evaluation will be conducted each year no later than
October.
Steps in the process will be:
The Council will determine the guidelines for evaluating the Town Manager and Town Attorney.
Town Manager
All relevant Town Council documents and actions should be considered as input to these Performance Objectives. (e.g., the Comprehensive Plan, Budget and Strategic Plan.) Performance Objectives should include specific, measurable action items (the “what”) as well as the values, knowledge and skills needed to deliver them (the “how”). Based on these documents and other input from the Council, the Manager will propose a set of objectives to be reviewed and modified by the Council in discussion with the Manager.
Focus:Evaluating performance against agreed upon Objectives and modifying Objectives as appropriate based on current conditions (e.g., Budget approval and allocation of resources)
At the end of each quarter, the Manager will provide a written update of progress against each Objective. This document should be the basis of discussion to assure that there is strategic alignment between the Town Manager and the Town Council. Town Council should assure that all Objectives remain relevant, add any new ones as appropriate and re-prioritize, if necessary. The Town Council must assure that any committed resources are still available. Any resetting of Objectives should also be closely tied into the Strategic Planning process.
Focus: Annual Performance Evaluation and Salary Consideration Feedback should be gathered formally from Council. Council should evaluate both the “what” and the “how” aspects of the Objectives. Feedback from Senior Management Team should also be gathered at this time for developmental purposes. Community feedback can also be considered. The Town Council should conduct its salary consideration in this meeting. Finally, the annual review should include some discussion of the Town Manager’s development plan for the next year, with Council giving guidance to Manager based on experience from the previous year.
It should be noted that this formal, annual review process, is not intended to displace the informal, ongoing discussions between the Town Manager and any individual Council member. Any Council member should feel free to provide feedback on a one-to-one basis, or to request more information on any specific action item, on an ongoing basis.