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RESOLUTION 2021-45
A RESOLUTION MEMORIALIZING PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS OF THE CITY
ADMINISTRATOR AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK FOR FY 2021 AND ESTABISHING
COMPENSATION AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR FY 2022
WHEREAS, The City of Riverdale, Iowa (“City”) is a Municipal Corporation, organized and
operating under the laws of the State of Iowa; and
WHEREAS, in July of 2020, the City Council engaged a City Administrator and Deputy
City Clerk as full-time employees; and
WHEREAS, those engagement agreements specified a range of duties, compensation
levels and benefits as well as a requirement that each employee’s performance be
reviewed by the Council at the end of the fiscal year to determine modifications to
salary, benefits and job duties for the coming fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, performance reviews of both the City Administrator and Deputy City Clerk
were conducted over August and September of 2021 including one-on-one interviews
with members of the City Council in closed session which identified some areas where
staff performance could be improved through better definition of duties and
responsibilities; and
WHEREAS, challenges outside the control of staff (e.g. the COVID-19 pandemic) were
taken into consideration when reviewing their performance over the past fiscal year;
and
WHEREAS, difficulties in the timely certification of the City’s FY22 budget with the County
has resulted in a projected income deficit for the City in FY22.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERDALE, IOWA,
Section 1. The City Council has completed the performance and compensation
review process for the City Administrator and Deputy City Clerk for FY 21 and
recommends that no changes be made to either employee’s compensation for the
coming fiscal year based on those evaluations;
Section 2. In an effort to improve the delegation of duties and responsibilities among
City Staff, members of Council and staff are expected to finalize a list of goals and
objectives (short-term and long-term) for review by the City Council at its meeting on
October 12th;
RESOLUTION 2021-45: A resolution memorializing performance evaluations of the City
Administrator and Deputy City Clerk for FY 2021 and establishing compensation and
performance criteria for FY 2022.
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Section 3. The City Council will conduct interim performance evaluations of both the
City Administrator and Deputy City Clerk based on the approved performance goals
(ref. Section 2, above) to determine progress or lack thereof no later than December
31, 2021;
Section 4. If warranted, the City Council may adjust compensation of the City
Administrator and Deputy City Clerk following their respective interim performance
evaluations and may make those adjustments effective January 1, 2022;
Section 5. The City Council will conduct the annual performance evaluation of both
the City Administrator and the Deputy City Clerk at the end of FY 22 and make
adjustments to compensation for FY 23 (effective July 1, 2022), if warranted.
Passed and approved this 14th day of September, 2021.
APPROVED ATTEST
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Michael Bawden, Mayor Katie Enloe, Deputy Clerk