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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL <br />EVALUATION OF CITY ADMINISTRATOR <br />Explanations and Directions Performance Evaluation as Team Building <br />Evaluation as Team Building <br />If evaluation is to be, in the truest sense a means of team building, certain conditions <br />must prevail. The two processes must be compatible and interrelated in the following <br />ways: <br />1. Evaluation is basically a means, not an end in itself. <br />2. The trust level between the evaluatee and evaluators must be high. <br />3. The roles of the Administrator and of Councilmember must be clearly <br />indicated and accepted. <br />4. Responsibilities are matched with pre - determined standards of <br />performance. <br />Definition of Roles <br />A. City Council <br />1. Conduct annual assessments of performance of the City <br />Administrator. <br />2. Respect the prerogatives of the City Administrator insofar as <br />operational management function of the organization is concerned <br />and the policy function of the Council. <br />3. Make assessments in general terms except in instances where <br />specific improvements are needed or when explicit commendations <br />are due. <br />B. City Administrator <br />1. Accepts the prospects of annual evaluations. <br />2. Understands the scope and thrust of the evaluations. <br />3. Expects the evaluations to adhere to the established procedures for <br />evaluating the performance of the City Administrator. <br />Pre - Determined Performance Standards <br />A performance standard is defined as the condition that will exist when a responsibility or <br />function is successfully performed. It is essential that a performance standard be <br />established, at the outset, for each of the eight major areas of responsibility of the City <br />Administrator. This is necessary in order to use the rating scale effectively. <br />2 <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />