The City Council voted to renew employment contracts for the city manager and the city auditor at Tuesday night’s meeting. Both renewals passed, and the record notes that two councilors voted against the city manager's renewal, citing procedural concerns about the performance-evaluation process.

Councilors referenced a previously discussed oversight-subcommittee process that was expected to overhaul how evaluations are conducted. According to remarks in the meeting, that overhaul did not take place before the contract renewals were considered, and some councilors said the contracts were being renewed prematurely while the older evaluation process remained in place.

The council directed the oversight subcommittee to take a closer look at the evaluation process next month, according to the meeting discussion. The transcript does not identify the mover or seconder for the motions renewing the contracts, nor does it provide full vote tallies beyond noting the two dissenting votes on the manager renewal.

No contract amounts, lengths, or specific evaluation criteria were discussed in the portions of the transcript provided. Councilors noted the subcommittee’s scheduled follow-up; staff and the subcommittee will determine whether changes to the evaluation procedures are proposed before the next review cycle.

Provenance: discussion appears in the transcript immediately after the council's vote on a state housing bill and concludes before school facilities items were introduced.