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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 10, 2009 Page 11 visions for the City Manager having hiring approval subject to City Council ap- proval. Councilmember Roe spoke in support of this provision, as originally provided in his proposed policy draft, dated April 1, 2009, and identified as "Attachment D" to the Request for Council Action dated August 10, 2009. Councilmember Roe's rationale in including the language was based on the Civil Attorney dealing al- most exclusively with staff on a daily basis, but also based on a relationship with the City Council, whether providing advice corporately at formal meetings, or providing advice to individual members outside the meeting format. However, Councilmember Roe noted that his original language was "should" not "shall." Councilmember Pust expressed confusion in attempting to track terminology changes in the new "Attachment A," and those items included in her proposed policy identified as "Attachment C" and that of Councilmember Roe, previously identified as "Attachment D." City Manager Malinen advised that he had taken excerpts of both Councilmember Pust's and Roe's language and created "Attachment A" as a hybrid document, in- cluding the good concepts and language in both of their drafts, as well as subse- quent City Council discussions. City Manager Malinen clarified that there was no need for Council action at tonight's meeting, allowing for further refinement and review. Councilmember Roe asked that "Attachment A," page 1, line 34, include lan- guage for specificity of when performance reviews may happen to clarify the City's intent, not that a review happen at the end of a contract period, with lan- guage similar to that proposed in his draft (Attachment D), line 42. Councilmember Pust noted that her original version (Attachment C) suggested mid-term reviews for a three year contract, (page 1, under "Policy" section); and that the language was substantially different than either Councilmember Roe's version or the City Manager's hybrid version. Councilmember Roe suggested mid-term or annual reviews, at a minimum. Councilmembers Roe, Johnson and Pust spoke in support of annual reviews. City Manager Malinen indicated that he would change page 1, line 34 of "At- tachment A" to read "Multi-year contracts shall include a [an annual) perform- ance review..." Further discussion included defining what a performance review should consist of.