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Cambridge committee reviews 2025 City Manager goals and evaluation process
Summary
The Government Operations, Rules and Claims Committee discussed the proposed 2025 City Manager performance-review process and draft goals, focusing on timelines, how to measure leadership work, and next steps for refining the goals and bringing a revised draft to the full City Council.
The Government Operations, Rules and Claims Committee of the Cambridge City Council held a public hearing to review the proposed 2025 City Manager annual goals and the city’s performance-review process. Committee members and the City Manager discussed the evaluation timeline, goal categories and how to measure leadership responsibilities.
The City Manager presented a largely unchanged process from prior years: council feedback on the goals and template; a midyear check-in in summer; submission of materials (including a self-review tied to goals, resident survey results and senior-leadership feedback) to a chair designated by the mayor by mid-November; and a consolidated review returned to the council in a special meeting, typically in mid-December. “These goals are a little more tied to the role of the City Manager,” the City Manager said, describing the categories as leadership, management (operations), community engagement,…
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