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Element B: Mayor and Council Support Overall Rating 1 2 3 4 5 Indicators _ _ x_ _ _ 1. Does the Manager develop an adequate range of clear options and recommendations for Council consideration? _ X _ _ _ 2. Does the Manager seek advice and direction on key issues from Mayor and Council? _ X .... 3. Does the Manager build positive working relationships with individual Councilors? _ X .... 4. Do Councilors have equal influence with the Manager? _ X .... 5. Is Council kept informed of critical issues in a timely manner? _ _ X_ _ _ 6. Does the Manager's staff provide timely and effective support to Council? _ _ _ X_ _ 7. Does the Manager choose appropriate and timely items when setting Council agendas? _ X_ _ _ _ 8. Are the Manager's oral and written communications comprehensive and understandable? X ..... 9. Is the Manager receptive to constructive criticism? X ..... 10. Are Council information-requests followed-up in a timely manner? Comments including examples of past performance to support your appraisal 1. He provides a range but only develops and supports the staff recommendation. 2. I don't know the experience of other councilors, but this is not true for me. Unfortunately, since it never happens, I don't even have an expectation that it should. 3. The manager is friendly and seems genuinely interested in familiarizing himself with my personal life and family. But in terms of a working relationship and helping to achieve goals important to constituents, there is no support from the manager; and in some cases he can be a formidable obstacle to finding realistic solutions for problems faced by city residents. Policing in Urban parks is one recent example. 4. The manager is not receptive to my analysis, strategy or ideas unless it is already part of his agenda. On a number of occasions, where he has strenuously disagreed with me, he has been publicly disrespectful and unprofessional. One example was my initiation of a 4