TheCambridge Record
Agenda ItemsCity Manager's Agenda

CMA 2023-64

The 2023 Goals and Metrics for the Annual City Manager Performance Review

How it started
Feb 27, 2023 · Submitted by Yi-An Huang, City Manager.
What happened
Feb 27, 2023 · Amendment carried Moved by Vice Mayor Alanna Mallon; carried 8–0.
the document by moving from “Culture” to “Management” the following and amending to add the word “complete” after the word and, and before the work annual on the first line, and deleting the words “across the city” and adding in the same place, “for all non-union City employees”
The clerk's words, from the minutes of Feb 27, 2023, p. 12.
View the roll call on the amendment

Voted yes (8)

  • Burhan Azeem
  • Dennis Carlone
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Quinton Zondervan
  • Sumbul Siddiqui

Absent (1)

  • Paul F. Toner
Feb 27, 2023 · ✅ Approved (unanimous)
View the roll call

Voted yes (9), unanimous

  • Burhan Azeem
  • Dennis Carlone
  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Paul F. Toner
  • Quinton Zondervan
  • Sumbul Siddiqui
Roll call of Feb 27, 2023 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge
The document Agenda item attachment · 4 pages

City Council

Relationship Implement CM performance review process with finalized details before March 2023 and review delivered in December 2023 Work with Council to establish and finalize process for Council-City goal setting to begin January 2024 in new term Management Hire key senior leadership positions (e.g., Chief of Staff, Chief of Strategy and Implementation, Chief of Equity and

Inclusion, Chief People Officer, Director of Emergency Management)

Create management and organizational structure that supports improved coordination and implementation of City priorities Community Engagement Hire Director of Community Engagement and update community engagement approach with greater consistency across departments and sharing of best practices Hold nine regular resident meet and greets across different locations and parts of our community Resident survey performance of >60% Excellent/Good on 2023 survey for overall performance of City government Culture Implement annual employee engagement and satisfaction survey Hold nine City staff meet and greets Begin implementation of goal setting and annual performance reviews for the senior management team in 2023 and establish plan for annual performance reviews across the City in 2024 ADEI Create an equity and inclusion framework and updated goals and workstreams that increase equity, access, and inclusion for City staff and community

City Operations

Hire new Department Heads at DPW, ISD, Water and TP&T

Review and update hybrid telework plan 2.0, including staff survey Fiscal Management Implement greater City Council input during the FY24 budget development process, including the following Finance Committee meetings prior to formal submission of the budget: 1) City Council budget priorities, 2) Capital budget, 3)

Operating budget, 4) Police budget

Maintain strong fiscal position and AAA bond rating

🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Feb 27, 2023