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: Page 27 • motivate and develop employees to their fullest potential. • clarify roles and mutual expectations of Department Heads and employees. • ensure open and ongoing communication between employees at all levels, including feedback from subordinates to Department Heads. Performance appraisal forms will be maintained in the employee's personnel file. An employee's immediate Department Head or immediate supervisor will conduct a performance appraisal on an annual basis or more frequently if prescribed by the City Administrator or the employee's Department Head. The performance appraisal will be used for identifying problem areas in an employee's performance, identifying the need for further training and development, and as a factor in granting performance pay increases and promotions. The performance appraisal will be in writing. Signing of the performance review document by the employee acknowledges the review has been discussed with the supervisor and does not necessarily constitute agreement. Failure to sign the document by the employee will not delay processing. Copies of the performance appraisal will be available to the employee upon request. In addition to annual performance evaluations, employees will be evaluated at any time the employee's Department Head or City Administrator believes it is in the best interest of the employee and/or the City to conduct an evaluation. ARTICLE 8 EMPLOYEE EDUCATION and TRAINING The City promotes staff development as an essential, ongoing function needed to maintain and improve cost effective quality service to residents. The purposes for staff development are to ensure employees develop and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary for effective job performance and to provide employees with an opportunity for job enrichment and mobility. All training expenditures are to follow the Public Purpose Expenditure Guidelines (Appendix B). a. With Department Head approval, the City may provide in-service training time, and reimbursement for expenses, to employees taking short courses of instruction required for their work positions. These include instruction to maintain job required certificates and licenses, gain skills necessary for their work, and enhance productivity. b. The City Council may authorize reimbursement up to the full (100%) cost of tuition for non-graduate degree producing classes taken on the employee’s own time, including GED, CLEP and DANTES testing. To be eligible for reimbursement, approval for the course must be obtained in advance and the employee must satisfactorily complete the class with a grade of “C” (or its equivalent) or higher. This program will generally be limited to non-graduate degree programs related to the employee’s work with the City. c. As a condition of this program, the employee must agree to pay back 100% of the amount reimbursed for the 12-month period preceding the employee’s termination date if the employee voluntarily resigns with the City.