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time as one had just been done. The others were asked to do the appraisals in January and they were done between then and July. Mayor Hardin suggested the reviews should be done more often than annually. We have discussed that off and on over the last six years. Councilmember Beyer inquired if the Mayor would like to have each person acted on then, or should they be left as a group. Mayor Hardin stated he would like to see supervisors do reviews and sit with the City Administrator to make recommendations based on the performance and where the person is on the scale. Councilmember Beyer stated she would tend to go along with what the Mayor is saying. She expressed disagreement with some of the reviews. Some of them were bordering on superior and she did not feel that was accurate because of the phone calls she is getting. She stated she favored talking to each one individually and that she has a problem acting on this for the entire group. Mayor Hardin stated that if the Exempt are not acted on as a group, we need to have the City Administrator come back with a recommendation. Councilmember Beahen agreed. We need more background if we are doing it that way. Mr. Schroeder pointed out that with a performance evaluation, there will always be a level of discomfort. With regard to coming back with more information, he questioned what the Committee's expectations were as to what the increase should be based on. Mayor Hardin has said the increases should be based on evaluation and market comparison. Mayor Hardin concurred. The primary focus should be on performance and then if the market is different, that could be figured in too. Mr. Schroeder stated that he cannot imagine that any recommendations he will come back with will be significantly different from what he is recommending right now. The performance evaluation says everyone is basically doing their job. Mayor Hardin stated there are certain aspects to each job. We can weigh certain aspects to the job - how they interact with department members may weigh higher. We could look at that and base it on what's most important to that position. Discussion ensued pertaining to how these evaluations will be handled. Motion by Councilmember Beahen and seconded by Mayor Hardin to table the exempt wages until the September Personnel Committee meeting. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Hardin, Councilmembers Beahen and Beyer. Voting No: None. Case #2: Revised Draft Policy on Commission Appointments Administrative Services Manager Waite Smith reminded the Personnel Committee that, in July, they reviewed a draft policy for appointing members of the City's advisory boards and commissions and directed some revisions. She clarified the definition of vacancy, eliminated the section on term limits, and clarified the section on Charter Commission appointments. She also Personnel Committee/August 13, 1996 Page 2 of 4 I I I I I I I I: I I I I I I I I I I