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Home My WebLink About2024-06-14 Council Appointed Officer Committee Action Minutes Council Appointed Officers Committee ACTION MINUTES Page 1 of 2 Special Meeting June 14, 2024 Chair Lauing called the meeting to order in the Community Meeting Room and by virtual teleconference at 1:32 P.M. Present In Person: Lauing (Chair), Burt, Kou Present Remotely: Absent: ACTION ITEMS 1. Discussion Regarding Council Appointed Officers (CAO) Annual Performance Evaluation Process and Goal Setting Ed Lauing, Council Member Pat Burt, Council Member Lydia Kou, Council Member Ed Shikada, City Manager Dan Rich, MRG Sandra Blanch, HR Director MOTION: Council Member Burt, seconded by Council Member Kou, moved to recommend that the City Council move the questions for the CAO Evaluation Process, as revised below. QUESTIONS TO DRIVE THE PALO ALTO CAO EVALUATION PROCESS – Council would like the appointed oﬃcials to respond to some speciﬁc questions in the self- evaluation, which will help focus the Council interviews and ﬁnal evaluation: ACTION MINUTES Page 2 of 2 Sp. Council Appointed Officer’s Committee Meeting Action Minutes 06/14/2024 a. What is your overall assessment of the state of the Palo Alto organization? What are your, and the organization’s, areas of strength and key achievements in the last ﬁscal year, particularly as called out in Council-identiﬁed priorities? b. What do you see as areas of concern or vulnerability (to include risk assessment organization-wide and department-speciﬁc comments in the near and long term, but not personnel-speciﬁc). c. How are the City’s department(s) or functions under your authority performing? (for example: productivity, morale, collaboration, communication, recruitment, etc.). d. What are your observations on the organization’s ﬁscal health (strengths and risks)? e. Are there regional, state, or national issues/trends that the CAO believes important for the Council to be considering in the near and long term? f. What would enhance the eﬀectiveness of relationships between yourself and the Elected Oﬃcials and yourself and the other Council Appointed Oﬃcers (availability, responsiveness, communication, etc.)? g. What are your speciﬁc priorities for the coming year and beyond, including both internal and community-focused issues and priorities (beyond Council-identiﬁed priorities and values)? h. What do you need from the Council in the next ﬁscal year and beyond to be successful? i. What else would you like to share with the Council? MOTION PASSED: 3-0 Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 3:24 P.M.