Memorandum
Date: September 14, 2021
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Carol J Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
Subject: (a) Consideration of Amendment to Personnel Amended Policy Rule 1100 "Performance Reports", creating Rule 1102.3 For Evaluation of the Performance of the County Administrative Officer, Appointed Department Heads, and the Public Health Officer; and (b) Consideration of special meeting dates to added to the Board of Supervisors annual calendar for 2021, at 1:00 p.m. on September 30, 2021, October 7, 2021, October 21, 2021 and November 4, 2021
Executive Summary:
HR Director Pam Samac and I would first like to express our gratitude to Supervisor Scott and Supervisor Crandell who served on an ad hoc committee of your Board to develop the attached draft. In addition, we are very grateful to all of the department heads for their valuable input and for their participation in the pilot testing aspects of this draft over the past year.
(a) We submit for your Board's consideration a new policy for Evaluation of the Performance of the County Administrative Officer (CAO), Board Appointed Department Heads and the Public Health Officer, hereinafter referred to as "appointees".
Under the proposed policy, annual evaluations will be calendared for all appointees during your Board's closed session, in four half day sessions, to align with the start of the recommended budget process. Prior to the annual evaluations, appointees will complete Self-Evaluation forms.
In an effort to support new appointees in their positions for less than one year, evaluations will be calendared quarterly in closed session during the first year of employment. Additional evaluations for appointees can also be calendared for closed session as needed.
Discussion will be used to identify and agree upon strategic priorities, leading to completion of the Goals Worksheet, by the appointee and the CAO, following the evaluation.
Historically, evaluat...
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