(A) The County Judge/Executive and department heads are responsible for evaluating the performance of personnel under their supervision. All department heads will be evaluated by the County Judge/Executive. Evaluations shall be conducted as follows: An interim employee evaluation shall be conducted between June 1 and August 30 of each year, with the annual employee evaluation completed between February 1 and March 31 of the year following the interim employee evaluation. All department heads, the County HR Director, the County Judge/Executive and the Deputy Judge/Executive shall receive performance evaluation training to be scheduled by Franklin County government once every two years to remain current on practices, protocols and procedures. Should a new department head, County HR Director, County Judge/Executive or Deputy Judge/Executive take office after performance evaluation training has been held, a new performance evaluation training session will be scheduled to make those staff current with practices, protocols and procedures. The County Judge/Executive shall provide the Franklin County Fiscal Court with a report of the overall performance of each department and each department head. The report shall be included with the annual budget presentation to the Fiscal Court no later than May 1.
(B) The following job characteristics shall be considered for each performance evaluation.
(1) Job knowledge/skills.
(2) Communication skills.
(3) Customer service.
(4) Teamwork.
(5) Problem solving skills.
(6) Adaptability.
(7) Time management.
(8) Productivity.
(9) Accountability.
(10) Initiative.
(11) Conduct.
(12) Other duties as assigned.
(C) The department heads and County Judge/Executive shall meet with each employee under their direct supervisor to review and discuss each employee's performance evaluation. The employee has five working days after receipt of the performance evaluation to sign the performance evaluation and return it to the supervisor or request a meeting with the County Judge/Executive or his or her designee to discuss the decision to dispute the performance evaluation. The meeting with the County Judge/Executive or his or her designee shall occur not later than five working days after having been requested in writing by the employee. Each employee may submit a written rebuttal to the evaluation for consideration by the County Judge/Executive or his or her designee. The County Judge/Executive or his or her designee will review the department head's performance evaluation or may prepare a new performance evaluation for the employee.
(D) Each employee performance evaluation shall be placed in the employee's personnel file after being signed by the employee and the final evaluator. The HR Director shall review all evaluations for correctness and completeness prior to placement in the employee's personnel file.
(Ord. 4-2014, passed 7-31-2014, § 3.62; Ord. 16-2023, passed 11-21-2023)