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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 10, 2009 Page 13 feedback on your performance; and serving a firm's business interest for rebid- ding or reference purposes. Councilmember Roe opined that it was appropriate for the City Manager to report to the City Council, based on the defined criteria (i.e., job description) and rela- tive performance, similar to that used for the City Manager position, with an op- portunity for questions from the City Council, a critique ahead of the process or a formal review to address issues during evaluation and follow-up with Council- members. Councilmember Roe questioned the need for that procedural language to be included in the policy itself. City Manager Malinen summarized revisions to include, based on tonight's dis- cussion: language on "Attachment D" that included reporting of results to the City Council; feedback that there is a desired opportunity to provide input; develop- ment of criteria for evaluation of performance and report the outcome of the evaluation to the City Council to allow the City Council to connect to that proc- ess; and development of such a form for consistency and reporting purposes. City Manager Malinen suggested that the evaluation procedure results to the City Council be incorporated into page 1, line 35. Councilmember Pust requested additional revisions from her initial review of "At- tachment A:" ^ Reformatting the policy to include numbering, not boxed bullet points for easier reading by the public; ^ Correct terminology for "best value" to "best overall value" based on con- sultations with City Attorney Anderson, to avoid confusion with the intent of this policy versus state statute and potentially constraining or construing that intent ^ In the "Purpose" statement; return language from her version in "Attach- ment C" (page 1, third bullet point) related to ensuring public confidence, integrity and transparency. Councilmember Pust indicated that this lan- guage was in response to Councilmember Ihlan's concerns related to eco- nomic market forces. Councilmember Roe concurred with the proposed language, and indicated that it was his intent to have a policy that addressed Councilmember concerns, while also being supported by City Manager Malinen and workable for staff to use. Councilmember Johnson expressed his support for those changes suggested; and opined that it was a good policy. No formal action taken. 14. City Manager Future Agenda Review City Manager Malinen provided projected agenda items for future meeting.