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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990 07-19 CC MINBook 72/Page 117 07/19/90 MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA JULY 19, 1990 The special meeting of the City Council of the City of National City was called to order at 4:06 p.m. by Vice Mayor Van Deventer. ROLL CALL Council members present: Dalla, Inzunza, Pruitt, Van Deventer. Absent: Waters. Administrative officials present: Bolint, Eiser, McCabe, Peoples, Peterson. Mayor Waters arrived at 4:07 p.m. Vice Mayor Van Deventer then turned the meeting back over to the Mayor. EVALUATION PROCESS AND PROCEDURES 1. SUBJECT: Discussion of evaluation process and procedures. TESTIMONY: Councilman Inzunza gave a general discussion on the importance of Council and Staff being on the same wavelength. He suggested that each individual have a private discussion with all Council members and then have a retreat with all involved and a written evaluation. Vice Mayor Van Deventer asked the City Attorney, City Manager and CDC Director how their evaluations had been handled in other cities where they had worked. City Attorney Eiser responded that it had been a written form on an annual basis. City Manager McCabe responded his had been a written form on an annual basis, verbal communication both ways, documentation, goals and objectives established with a review the following year. The actual review was in a Closed Session with the City Council and the individual. Executive Director of the CDC, Peterson, responded that he had never had a formal review. Councilman Pruitt and Councilman Inzunza spoke about the responsibility of office. There should be two-way communication between the evaluator and the one being evaluated. There should be one-on-one evaluation first then come together as a City Council with the individual. Vice Mayor Van Deventer spoke regarding the performance of the individual being rewarded on a year to year basis. It was the consensus of the Council and Staff that goals and objectives, two way communication, both good and bad things needed to be discussed during a review process. Councilman Dalla spoke of the need to have a format for the process of evaluation. Mayor Waters suggested that first you meet with the individual one-on-one, second all Council members meet and discuss their individual evaluations and third you bring in the individual and discuss it with them after Council has reached a consensus. Councilman Dalla suggested the Council members be given a task to perform before the next meeting, to -wit: Write down their interpretation of the purpose of an evaluation, list the areas of performance that they feel are important to review and the structure they would like to see of an evaluation method. Staff was invited to respond to the same three items. The next meeting was tentatively set for August 23, 1990 at 4:00 p.m. to formalize the review procedure based on responses to the above task. Book 72/Page 118 07/19/90 ADJOURNMENT Motion by Inzunza, seconded by Pruitt, the meeting be adjourned to 7:00 p.m. July 24. 1990 - Council Chambers. Carried by unanimous vote. The meeting closed at 5:38 p.m. :-..-i-6,1....(_- av,,,.,, CITY CLERK The foregoing minutes were approved at the regular meeting of July 24, 1990. MAYOR CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CA ALL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE TAPE RECORDED. YOU MAY LISTEN TO THE TAPES IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. COPIES OF THE TAPES MAY BE PURCHASED FROM THE CITY CLERK.