O’Brien’s grade at ‘good’ level
Source: Worcester Telegram (Original Article)
O’Brien’s grade at ‘good’ level
Overall mark lower than before
By Nick Kotsopoulos TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
nkotsopoulos@telegram.com
By Nick Kotsopoulos TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
nkotsopoulos@telegram.com
WORCESTER—
The grades are in and City Manager Michael V. O’Brien has received another favorable overall evaluation from his bosses, the members of the City Council.
But his overall grade is a tad lower than previous years. Nevertheless, most city councilors feel Mr. O’Brien’s job performance of the past year consistently met expectations and often exceeded them.
Under the city charter, the City Council is required to evaluate the city manager annually through a two-step process. The first step is written reviews, in which each councilor grades his job performance in four categories: finance, economic development, management efficiencies and delivery of public services.
The grading scale is: 1 — unsatisfactory; 2 — needs improvement; 3 — satisfactory; 4 — good; 5 — superior.
The second phase of the process is the public evaluation, which takes place at tomorrow night’s council meeting. During the public evaluation, which is held each year on the last Tuesday in June, councilors have the opportunity to elaborate on their evaluations.
Mr. O’Brien’s average grade from the 11 members of the council was 4.03, compared to 4.2 a year ago.
According to evaluation grades filed with the city clerk’s office last week, six of the 11 members gave the manager an overall grade of 4 or better. That is down from a year ago when nine of the 11 gave him such a grade.
Mr. O’Brien received his highest overall scores from District 4 Councilor Barbara G. Haller (4.65), District 2 Councilor Philip St George Credit Cards P. Palmieri (4.56), District 3 Councilor …continue reading