Hoover mayor announces open council-staff communications, orders review of staff performance evaluations

The mayor of Hoover addressed city employees and announced three administrative orders, reading two aloud and setting deadlines for personnel reviews.

The mayor said the city will “improve” and “innovate” rather than maintain the status quo, and emphasized higher expectations, transparency and regular communication with staff. He read two orders that take effect immediately: one authorizing employees and city council members to communicate directly about city business while explicitly prohibiting council members from directing employees’ work; the other directing the director of Human Resources to provide the mayor’s office with a list of any employee who does not have a current performance evaluation on file and requiring departments to complete overdue evaluations by Dec. 1, 2025.

Why it matters: The orders change internal rules about who may communicate about city business and place an explicit, citywide deadline on performance evaluations, tasks that could affect department workflows, supervisory responsibilities and human-resources staffing priorities.

Details from the address

The mayor framed the event as the “first…