...Title
Pay for Performance. (Mayor and Foley)
...Recommendations
1. Direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance which will require 5% of the Mayor’s and all Councilmembers’ salaries to be withheld on an annual basis, and subsequently disburse the 5% back to the Mayor and Councilmembers in a manner proportional to the achievement of predetermined objective performance metrics related to the City Council Focus Area Scorecards and Dashboards. The specific performance targets chosen for the coming fiscal year will be developed throughout the budget process-by modifying or replacing the current year’s Focus Area Scorecard performance metrics--and finalized by City Council through the adoption of the June Budget Message. Should the Mayor’s and Councilmembers’ collective performance fall below 100% of the Council-adopted targets, the withheld 5% of their salaries will be proportionately reduced based on the actual achievement of the prioritized targets. The Salary Setting Commission’s duties to set base compensation and CPI COLA under City Charter 407 (a) and (c) remain unimpacted by this ordinance and continue to be based on the full base salary for the Mayor and Councilmembers. Any one-time reductions related to actual performance, are not intended to be cumulative. The City Attorney is directed to return to Council with the ordinance by June 2025, concurrent with the June 2025 budget vote.
2. Direct the City Clerk to agendize one annual City Council Pay for Performance public hearing, starting in Fall 2026 and continuing every Fall thereafter, to assess performance on the previous year’s targets and determine the disbursement of the withheld 5%.
3. Given the new approach outlined in the two recommendations above, direct the City Attorney and the City Manager to disregard the previous Pay for Performance Direction provided in the FY2025-2026 March Budget Message related to amending the City Charter.