2004-057-RES APPROVING A NEW SYSTEM OF PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND ASSOCIATED EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS FOR USE IN EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, AND MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE

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RESOLUTION NO. 2004-057 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING A NEW SYSTEM OF PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND ASSOCIATED EV ALUA TION INSTRUMENTS FOR USE IN EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, AND MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE; ESTABLISHING A POLICY OF PERIODIC PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, AND MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE; REPEALING ALL PRIOR RESOLUTIONS AND EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, finds and determines that the periodic evaluation of those employees reporting to the City Council, the same being the City Manager, the City Attorney, and the Municipal Court Judge, is important to allow said employees the opportunity for a fair and impartial assessment of their respective performances, highlighting both the strengths and weaknesses in their job performance; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that only through such evaluation process may said employees have the opportunity to improve their performance in those areas requiring improvement to assure said employees the opportunity to maximize their respective job performances; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that unless a fair and impartial policy of performance evaluation with accompanying evaluation instruments is utilized in the evaluation of the aforesaid employees, said employees do not have the opportunity to engage in effective dialogue with the City Council regarding the performance of their respective job responsibilities; and, WHEREAS, the City Council believes that maintaining a continuous dialogue between the Council as a body and the principal executive officers of the City administration is of primary importance in maintaining effective and efficient municipal government in the City of Paris, and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the institution of a performance evaluation process is critical to maintaining the aforesaid dialogue between the Council and the City's principal executive officers; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has created a system of evaluation including appropriate evaluation instruments to be used in the periodic evaluation of the City Manager, City Attorney, and Municipal Court Judge; and,