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Lowell subcommittee reviews draft evaluation tool for city manager, auditor and clerk
Summary
Consultant from the Collins Center presented a draft performance-evaluation framework emphasizing SMART goals, regular check-ins and a pilot for calendar year 2025; subcommittee members asked for council-wide input, training and attention to contractual language.
Lowell City’s personnel subcommittee on Feb. 18 reviewed a draft evaluation tool for the three employees under council oversight—the city manager, the city auditor and the city clerk—and agreed to continue refining the tool before reporting progress to the full council.
Mary Icardi, human resources practice leader with the Collins Center at UMass Boston, presented the draft and said the evaluation should be “a process” not a one-time form, stressing two-way communication and regular follow-up between the council and evaluated employees. The Collins Center was engaged after the subcommittee’s summer 2024 meeting to develop the tool.
The draft emphasizes aligning evaluations to organizational mission and strategic goals, using SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time‑bound) goals,…
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