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Cookeville council accepts city manager's evaluation and approves 3% pay increase
Summary
Council accepted the compiled annual evaluation for City Manager James Mills (4.96/5.00 average) and approved a 3% salary increase as an amendment when voting to accept the evaluation report.
Cookeville, Tenn. — The Cookeville City Council accepted the annual performance evaluation of City Manager James Mills on July 16 and approved a 3% pay increase as an amendment to the acceptance motion.
The compiled evaluation results, presented to the council, showed an average score of 4.96 out of 5.00. Speaker 16 summarized the scores across categories including community and council relationships, staff and personnel, leadership, business and finance, and strategic planning.
During discussion, council members offered praise and personal remarks acknowledging the city manager's work to advance capital projects and manage the city budget. One council member moved to amend the motion to include a 3% increase to the city manager's pay, citing that the raise is consistent with increases given to other employees and is merited by the evaluation results. The council seconded the amendment and then voted to accept the evaluation with the pay increase.
The clerk recorded the motion and subsequent vote as carried. Council described the evaluation results as evidence of strong leadership and credited the manager and staff for recent project progress in city infrastructure and approvals.
Next steps: The city will process the approved 3% pay increase in accordance with personnel and payroll procedures and continue the routine annual evaluation cycle.
