ORDINANCE NO. 200189
Amending Chapter 2, Code of
Ordinances, “Administration,” by enacting Section 2-1120, for the purpose of
requiring timely annual performance appraisals by City supervisors and managers
and delaying salary increases for supervisors and managers until they have
issued required annual performance appraisals.
WHEREAS, the citizens
of the City of Kansas City, Missouri deserve a workforce
that is trained, evaluated and always improving; and
WHEREAS, job
performance appraisals are a recognized training and evaluation tool to improve
employee job performance; and
WHEREAS, the City has
a performance appraisal program to issue employees an evaluation of their job
performance on an annual basis; and
WHEREAS, employees
deserve to be informed and counseled on their job performance in a timely
manner; and
WHEREAS, employee
merit pay increases are issued if the employee is performing satisfactorily or
better; and
WHEREAS, as of
2020, one in five employees of the City of Kansas City Missouri are not issued
timely performance appraisals by supervisors and managers; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby
amended by enacting a new Section 2-1120, to read as follows:
Sec. 2-1120. Timely
performance appraisals.
(a)
Supervisors and managers required to issue annual performance
appraisals shall do so in a timely manner.
(b) Timely
issuance of annual performance appraisals to subordinates shall be a
performance objective listed in the annual performance appraisal of every
supervisor and manager required to issue performance appraisals.
(c)
No supervisor or manager required to issue annual performance appraisals
shall be issued a salary increase until all outstanding performance appraisals
for which the supervisor or manager is responsible have been issued.
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Approved
as to form and legality:
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Saskia
Jacobse
Assistant
City Attorney