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Council discusses timeline and form for city administrator’s annual evaluation
Summary
The council debated whether to update the evaluation form to match the new strategic plan, how to collect and consolidate individual councilor evaluations, and whether to have the mayor or a small subset deliver the consolidated review; staff will update the form and circulate it ahead of March meetings with a two‑week deadline for submissions.
The council opened discussion on the city administrator’s annual performance evaluation, a process the council must complete by April 1. City counsel (Mister Wolf) presented options: update last year’s evaluation form to reflect the five priority areas of the council’s new strategic plan; have councilors fill out individual forms that the mayor and counsel would merge into a consolidated evaluation; and consider whether one or two councilors should deliver the evaluation rather than the full council.
Some councilors favored retaining the full‑body discussion with the administrator present so the administrator could respond directly to the evaluation; others supported the consolidated approach to improve organization and focus. Councilors and staff discussed using existing internal options (an ICMA 360 review already performed for some managers) or contracting outside HR assistance (LCOG or external consultants), noting outside assistance would carry a cost.
Council directed staff to incorporate the strategic plan priorities into the existing form, circulate the updated form before the March 9 work session, and set a two‑week deadline from approval for councilors to submit their individual evaluations so staff can prepare a consolidated document for review and subsequent discussion. No formal policy change or vote was taken during the work session.
