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Canby council selects evaluation form, asks consultant to help finalize city administrator review process

2671679 · March 5, 2025
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Summary

At a March 5 work session, Canby city council members agreed by consensus to use “Option 1” of proposed evaluation forms for the city administrator, engaged consultant Sally Joy to help finalize the process and scheduled further meetings to compile individual evaluations and set goals.

Canby city council members on March 5 agreed to use the first of several proposed evaluation forms to complete an overdue performance review of City Administrator Eileen Stein and asked consultant Sally Joy to help the council finalize the process.

Council members said the most important unresolved issue is how the council’s goals will be reflected in the evaluation. Councilor Jason Padden argued the goals document should drive the evaluation, saying, “the goals document is really what drives the evaluation form.” Padden presented a draft goals-based process he prepared as a possible template to use going forward.

The discussion focused on three practical questions: which form to use, how individual council ratings should be combined or discussed, and the timing for a city administrator self-evaluation. Several councilors said they preferred a concise, measurable…

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