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61-320 Selectmen's Meeting - February 22, 1999 Budget Award - Government Finance Officers Association Mr. White reported that the Town had once again received the GFOA award for the FY1999 budget submission. Mr. White acknowledged the hard work of the staff in helping to achieve the award. Mr. Fenn saluted the Manager in achieving the award saying it is the tendency of the manager to credit the staff. Town Manager Evaluation Mr. Enrich reported that the Board members had individually evaluated the Town Manager's performance under the leadership of Mrs. Krieger who has compiled the ratings. Mrs. Krieger reviewed the performance evaluation. The last time a performance review for the Town Manager was conducted was in 1996, 2 1/2 years ago. A review is due. In light of the substantial turnover in the Board next month, we focused this year's process on the experiences of Board members. This information should be supplemented by input from Town staff, but such input is best handled confidentially and anonymously. Mr. White advocates such a "360" process, has made use of one in the past and plans to implement such a program again this year. In future assessment processes, the Board should also consider appropriate ways to solicit input from other representatives of the various constituencies with whom the manager works. We used a format that had been developed for the past two reviews which evaluated Mr. White's performance in 6 areas. Management of Town Finances Negotiation of Contracts Community Relations Communications with Selectmen Communications with Other Boards, and Personnel Each of these topics was characterized by multiple statements which permitted numerical evaluation on a scale of 1 Unsatisfactory to 5 Outstanding. I will outline our salient observations under each topic and then summarize our comments: Management of Town Finances: We all gave him high marks and noted continuous improvement over the past few years in the process. Each year he has brought the budgets forward earlier. He has been resourceful in finding solutions to budgetary challenges both in the preparation and implementation of the budget. He has creatively opened up the process and offered innovations, which enable us to contribute in an ever-more useful way. We especially appreciate his definition and identification of our long-range fiscal issues and his assistance in our development of strategies to deal with them. Specifically, we commend him on his proposal