While the Council is encouraged to communicate with staff, the Council’s connection to the city’s daily operations, its achievements and conduct will be through the City Manager (except for those areas of responsibility that are the City Recorder’s, where it will be through the City Recorder).
(A) Systematic and rigorous monitoring of City Manager and City Recorder job performance will be against the expected progress and eventual results of the annual performance plan and in compliance with the boundaries specified in executive accountability policies. The Council will acquire monitoring data by one or more of three methods:
(1) By internal report, in which the City Manager or City Recorder discloses compliance information to the Council;
(2) By external report, in which an external, disinterested third party selected by the Council assesses compliance with city policy; and/or
(3) By direct Council member inspection, in which the member assesses compliance with the appropriate policy criteria.
(B) All policies that set boundaries for the City Manager and City Recorder will be monitored at a frequency and by a method recommended and approved by the Council. The Council can monitor any policy at any time by any method.
(Prior Code, § 30.47) (Ord. 1256a, passed 8-1-2011)