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Element B: Mayor and Council Support OverallRating 2 Satisfied 1 2 3 4 5 Indicators ! _ _ X _ 1. Does the Manager develop an adequate range of ii ~1 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? ..... 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 I _ _ 7. Does the Manager choose appropriate and timely ~ items when setting Council agendas? i i [ X ] 8. Are the Manager's oral and written I 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 This area has not improved and even gotten worse over the past year. All my comments from last year still stand. A few additional specifics from this year: (1)Routinely, I hear nothing about most of the items I raise in my 1-on-1 meetings unless I bring them up again in a 2nd and even 3rd monthly meeting. (2)The manager announced the ICMA/PERF review contract as a done deal and then went to Council to ask for the $100K+ to do it. This was backward and marginalizing. Since the request involved substantial unbudgetedfunds, the manager put Council in an almost impossible situation by announcing the contract to the press before consulting with Council. (3)Good news: I'm not getting as many surprises when I open the newspaper as the previous year. However, there have still been instances of this. For example, last fall when problems came 3