CEO evaluation committee recommends 4% discretionary bonus for Dr. Webb, outlines timeline for contract decision

The Hospital Authority CEO performance evaluation committee voted to recommend a 4% discretionary bonus for Chief Executive Officer Dr. Webb for the evaluation period ending June 2024 and said it will present the recommendation to the full board at an upcoming meeting.

Committee chair Christy (committee chair) told members the review covered a delayed evaluation period and that the group had compiled scoring across five categories to reach the recommendation. "That puts him, in the category, of a b out of an a b c category, as defined by our last meeting," the chair said as the committee reviewed totals and the bonus band tied to the score.

The committee said the decision follows an averaging of scores from the three participating committee members across five categories — growth, financial, quality, customer service and board relations and communication — that produced a total of 17 out of 25 points and placed the CEO in the "B" band, which corresponds to a 3–4% bonus range under the board's scoring matrix. The committee recommended the higher end of that band, a 4% discretionary bonus, "given the tardiness of doing this evaluation and my overall sense that in…