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Council debates administrator performance-review process, votes to proceed and holds closed session under Minn. Stat. 13D.05

3309101 · January 22, 2025
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Summary

Councilors disagreed over who should participate in the city administrator's performance review and whether the review should be postponed; councilors ultimately voted to proceed, moved into a closed session under Minnesota Statute 13D.05 subdivision 3(a), and said they will publish a public summary at the next meeting.

Councilors debated the process used for the city administrator's performance review, particularly who should be asked to provide input and whether department heads, the city clerk or additional staff should be included alongside council and direct reports.

Several council members said they had not received the city administrator's accomplishments memorandum before the evaluation deadline and that the evaluation packet lacked transparency about who compiled and would receive responses. Others said department-head input is customary and was included at the request of the administrator because he has only been in the role for six months and…

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