HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-21-04 Charter Officer EvaluationsRESOLUTION NO. R-21.04
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR CHARTER OFFICERS FOR
GOAL SETTING, EVALUATIONS, WAGE ADJUSTMENTS OR OTHER
INCREASES IN COMPENSATION, AND RE -NEGOTIATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENTS; REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. R-10-05, IN ITS ENTIRETY;
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
FOR SCRIVENER'S ERRORS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, City Council deems it appropriate to establish procedures for charter officers for
goal setting, evaluations, wage adjustments or other increases in compensation, and re -negotiations
of employment agreements.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. CHARTER OFFICER GOAL SETTING.
City Council shall annually set and review goals and objectives for the City Manager, City
Attorney, and City Clerk at a public City Council meeting in June.
SECTION 2. CHARTER OFFICER EVALUATION PROCEDURE.
The Human Resources Director (HRD) shall prepare and recommend blank forms to the City
Council before June 181 of each year for the evaluation of the Charter Officers. No later than July 1'of
each year, City Council members shall complete an annual evaluation for the City Manager, City
Attorney and City Clerk by using the forms provided by HRD or by using whatever other method each
individual CityCouncil member deems appropriate. Each City Council member may conduct a private
oral interviewwith one or all of the Charter Officers on an individual basis, if that City Council member
deems it necessary.
SECTION 3. WAGE ADJUSTMENT OR INCREASES IN COMPENSATION.
a. The City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk shall receive the current wage adjustment
percentage or other increases in compensation terms agreed upon by the Collective Bargaining
Units, which includes the Coastal Florida Public Employees Association (the "CFPEA") and the
Coastal Florida Police Benevolent Association (the "CFPBA"). Should the wage adjustment or other
increases be different for the two Collective Bargaining Units, the City Council shall vote on the one
to be applied to each Charter Officer.
b. At a Meeting in July of each year, the individual City Council members shall publicly
comment on the method they used to evaluate each Charter Officer and summarize the results of
their evaluation. Following those comments, the CityCouncil may vote to grant such merit increases
to the City Manager or City Attorney or City Clerk that the City Council deems appropriate, in addition
to the current wage adjustment percentage or other increases in compensation terms addressed in
the above paragraph of this Section.
SECTION 4. RE -NEGOTIATION OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS.
The Charter Officers' Employment Agreements are subject to re -negotiation every three (3)
years, if the Charter Officer request that it be re -negotiated one (1) month before the three (3) years
expires. Otherwise, the Employment Agreement will continue in force for three (3) additional years,
for purposes of re -negotiations. The re -negotiations, if any, shall be handled by the City Mayor, in
consultation and support by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Human Resource Director(HRD).
SECTION 5. REPEAL. This Resolution repeals Resolution R-10-05 in its entirety.
SECTION 6. CONFLICTS. All other resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. In the event a court of competent
jurisdiction shall hold or determine that any part of this Resolution is invalid or unconstitutional, the
remainder of the Resolution shall not be affected and it shall be presumed thatthe City Council of the
City of Sebastian did not intend to enact such invalid or unconstitutional provision. It shall further be
assumed that the City Council would have enacted the remainder of this Resolution without said
invalid or unconstitutional provision, thereby causing said remainder to remain in full force and effect.
SECTIONS. SCRIVENER'S ERRORS. Sections of this resolution maybe renumbered or re -
lettered and corrections of typographical errors which do not affect the intent may be authorized by
the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, without need of further action of the City Council
by filing a corrected copy of same with the City Clerk.
SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon
adoption. The foregoing Resolution was moved for adoption by Hi 11 . The motion was seconded
by Nunn and, upon being put into a vote, the vote was as follows:
Mayor Ed Dodd
aye
Vice Mayor Jim Hill
aye
Council Member Christopher Nunn
aye
Council Member Fred Jones
aye
Council Member Bob McPartlan
aye
The Mayor thereupon declared this Resolution, as modified upon reconsideration, duly
passed, and adopted this 1 obh day of February , 2021.
ATTEST:
MIMIC
anetteWilliams, MMC
City Clerk
CITY OF SEBASTIAN
Ed Dodd, Mayor
Approved as to form and legality for
reliance by a City asti only:
M n , Jr., Esq r
C ty Atto ey