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Agenda Item 7.

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TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY
Memorandum
To: 

Board of Directors

From:

Rita Goel, Director of Finance & Administration

Meeting Date:

June 24, 2020

Subject:

Evaluation of Executive Director & Transition of Counsel


RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE evaluation form, procedure, and timeline for completing annual evaluation for Executive Director and RECEIVE report on transition of Counsel.
SUMMARY:
The Agency Bylaws require an annual evaluation of the Executive Director and Counsel. However, as current Counsel Kay Reimann will be retiring in December and a new Counsel will be appointed, the Executive Committee recommended not doing the Counsel evaluation this year.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
DISCUSSION:

Attached with this report is the evaluation form for the Agency’s Executive Director Debra L. Hale. The attached evaluation form was revised in 2016 in response to recommendations from Board Members. The form will be sent to Board Members via e-mail and upon completion, the Board Members are requested to return the evaluation to the chair via e-mail. The proposed procedure and timeline for completing the annual evaluation is:

1. June 26, 2020 – Staff e-mails to voting members of the Board of Directors the enclosed evaluation form for the Executive Director. The Executive Director  goals and accomplishments will also be included.

2. July 31, 2020 - All voting Board Members complete evaluation form and e-mail  to the Chair for his receipt no later than July 31, 2020.

3. August 1 – 21, 2020 – The Chair reviews completed evaluation form and prepares summary of results to present to Executive Committee on September 2, 2020.

4. September 2, 2020 - Executive Committee meets in Closed Session to review the evaluations, formulate a recommendation to the Board of Directors and confer with the Executive Director regarding the recommendations.

5. September 23, 2020 - Board Chair hands out completed evaluations to Board members for their review prior to discussion at the next Board meeting. (NOTE: These will be confidential documents to be handled by Board members appropriately.)

6. October 28, 2020 – Board of Directors meets in Closed Session to receive presentation from the Executive Committee, to review the evaluations and recommendations of the Executive Committee and take any appropriate actions.

 

7. Date to be determined by the Chair - The Chair will review the evaluations with the Executive Director.

 

Past Chair Huitt, has pointed out that the comments section of the evaluation is extremely useful. Therefore, Chair Alejo has requeted that the Board pay particular attention to completing this section of the evaluation.

 

Executive Director's employment contract expires June 30, 2021. As this will be the most recent evaluation done, the input of the Board will be invaluable in negotiating a new contract.

 

Current Agency counsel Kathryn Reimann will be retiring in December 2020. She works for the County of Monterey as a retired annuitant and the Agency contracts with the county to utilize her for legal services. Kay has identified Katherine Hansen of the County legal department to be her replacement for TAMC. Over the next six months, Kay will work with Katherine Hansen  to train and bring her up to speed on TAMC related projects and programs. Kay has provided a scope of work of typical TAMC activities as an attachment to this report. Katherine Hansen's resume is also attached.

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Executive Director Evaluation form
K Hansen resume
Legal Scope of work-transition memo