A performance appraisal system for individual employees may be adopted and instituted by the City in cooperation with Local 7. The system's use in rewarding exemplary performance, determining training needs, bringing corrective actions, evaluating promotional qualification, and taking related actions shall be initiated by mutual agreement with Local 7 by a committee consisting of up to six (6) members (3 City, 3 Local 7).
The committee shall meet within sixty (60) days of the signing of this agreement to develop a performance appraisal instrument. The committee shall select one division to pilot the performance appraisal system.
The performance appraisal system shall include a measurement instrument, mutually agreed to by the City and the union, including the establishment of performance goals to be agreed upon by the employee and the supervisor. The system shall include training in proper evaluation techniques for both employee and supervisor.
Following the development of the system and employee training, a trial period, not to exceed six (6) months, shall be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the performance evaluation system. Data from the trial period will be used to evaluate methods of improving the system.
After the trial period and the evaluation of the pilot Performance Appraisal System, the modified system may be replicated in other divisions by mutual agreement of the City and the Union.