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C .ty Managerl s Report
TO:HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL 6
FROM:
DATE:"
SUBJECT:
CITY MANAGER
OCTOBER 6, 2008
DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE
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Council Appointed Officers (CAO) Committee Recommendation to Direct
the City Attorney to Set a Public Employee. Performance Evaluation Closed
Session With City Manager James Keene for the Purpose Of Performance
-Evaluation Goal Setting
RECOMMENDATION
The Council Appointed Officers (CAO) Committee recommer~ds .that. the City Council schedule
a special closed session with City Manager James Keene tO begirt the iperf0rmance evaluation
goal setting process,
BACKGROUND
On July 31, 2008, the CAO Committee met to discuss the determ..ination of goal !setting sessions
and evaluation schedule for the new City Manager: The Committee.suggested implementation of
a more frequent evaluation schedule that would allow for the Counci!’ and the City Manager to
review performance goals several times each year, TheCommittee..vgted 4,0 to establish a work
plan and performance goals in September 2008, to sehedulea foll0w-up sesslon in January 2009
and to conduct the formal performance review at. the end Of tl~e fiscal year ....
At the direction of the CAO Committee, the City Manager is bri~agiri~ this report forward in
order to facilitate the scheduling of a closed session" in. Octdber for the establishment of
performance evaluation goals for the City Manager, to serve as the basis for subsequent
performance evaluations. The closed session would be scheduled under the authority of the
Brown Act provision for Public Employee Performance Evaluation.
RESOURCE IMPACT
There is no resource impact associated with the recommendations in this report:
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
The recommendations in this report are consistent with current City Council policies.
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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Tiffs report is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
ATTACHMENT
Attaehment 1: Minutes from July 31, 2008 CAO Committee Meeting
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
City lgl~nager
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