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Council opens revision of city administrator evaluation form and process
Summary
Councilors agreed to update the city administrator evaluation form, consider ICMA scoring elements and narrative space, and potentially combine the manager's self-evaluation with goal-setting for the coming year.
Lathrup Village councilors opened a discussion to begin revising the city administrator evaluation used for performance reviews and compensation decisions.
The city administrator noted contractual evaluation requirements tied to bonuses and salary and suggested using a revised template. Council members said the current form is repetitive and would benefit from clearer scoring criteria, narrative space and a summary of accomplishments by the administrator for the period under review.
Members discussed incorporating an ICMA template’s scoring approach while tailoring the questions to reflect council priorities. Several councilors supported a process in which the administrator completes a self-evaluation using the same template the council uses, and then the group adopts goals for the following year based on the evaluation feedback.
A council member proposed the group jointly develop a template and review it at the next study session; staff agreed to circulate drafts and noted the evaluation could generate goals that would then be discussed in a separate strategic-planning-style session if needed.
No formal adoption occurred; council directed staff and council members to prepare draft language and suggested completing the template revision at an upcoming study session.
