Council agrees on single averaging method for manager evaluation; counts 28 criteria

Jul 30, 2026

After debate, councilors chose to compute an overall average across all evaluation criteria rather than apply per-section percentages; during the meeting they counted 28 line items and agreed staff will label the number of criteria on the form.

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Councilors debated multiple scoring approaches before settling on a simple, auditable method: total the score across all criteria and divide by the number of criteria to produce an average. Members discussed subtotals and whether to keep separate "goals" and "performance" scores but agreed a single overall average and a clear indicator of the number of criteria would be easiest to implement and explain.

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