HomeMy WebLinkAbout42. 18-63 JANUARY 23, 2018 18-63 RESOLUTION
(CARRIED 7-0 LOST LAID OVER WITHDRAWN )
PURPOSE: APPROVE CITY MANAGER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
FOR 2017 & 2018 COMPENSATION
INITIATED BY: CITY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the Common Council previously approved an Employment
Agreement for the City Manager which provided that the Council together with the
City Manager would develop a Performance Evaluation Process for yearly evaluations
of the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, the Council approved a Handbook for Evaluating the City Manager;
and
WHEREAS, the Council has completed its evaluation of the City Manager in
accordance with the Contract and Handbook and met with the City Manager to review
his performance for 2017.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that based upon the Council's review
and consideration of compensation provided in the marketplace for this position, the
annual salary of the City Manager shall be adjusted by 2.5% to $148,625 effective for the
pay period encompassing January 1, 2018.
City Manager
Council Feedback
For the Year 2017
The City Manager continues to work hard for the city and its citizens; he continues to remain
focused on both details and the strategic plan for the city. 2017 was a challenging year for the
City Manager and staff. The year started out with the Arena project followed up by the
Oshkosh Corp project, the Trans load facility, he demonstrated the ability to continue to move
forward with the work on these projects yet keeping the strategic priorities and the vision of
the City, while making sure that he and staff provide the needed services to the city and its
citizens.
The Council understands 2017 saw significant challenges with the budget and levy restraints
imposed on the city from the state budget, yet with diligent work by Mr. Rohloff, Finance
Director Larsen and staff, the City was able to approve a balanced budget, add a police officer a
fire Lieutenant and a fire fighter, along with a human resource generalist to its staff. The city
continues to improve its street and storm sewer issues plus we have added several significant
TIF's this past year to help improve the City of Oshkosh infrastructure. The Council understands
there will be many challenges ahead, but we are confident in the City Manager's ability to
continue to deal with these issues, working with staff to make some minor adjustments in
policy and procedural areas. The Council has confidence in Mr. Rohloff to continue to move the
City of Oshkosh forward and will continue to make Oshkosh competitive in Northeast Wisconsin
and continue to make Oshkosh a great place to live, work and play.
The Oshkosh City Council has approved a 2.5% pay raise retroactive to the first of the year for
2018 bringing his salary to $148.625. There will be no changes in the City Managers benefit
package. The City Managers contract will be in retroactive to January 1, 2018.
2018 CITY MANAGER GOALS
1. Council wants a comprehensive look at City owned facilities for the long term. Will our
current facilities meet the cities needs 5-10-15 years from now. If not, what process or
plans will need to be implemented for the future building needs of the city.
2. Work with the Chiefs of the Fire Department and the Police Department to put a plan in
place for the next 5 budget cycles to add personal to their departments as their needs
arise to be implemented in future budgets to assist the Council in decision making on
staff needs. *It may make sense to look at staffing levels throughout the organization to
see if there are areas that could be cut or areas that may need to expand due to the lack
of personal.
3. Work with staff to do a current inventory of the city owned Industrial Development and
Business Park land, What is the status of the land is it shovels ready? How many total
sites do we have? Then work with staff. GO EDC, Realtors, and Chamber to develop an
aggressive marketing plan to bring in more companies and to work on business
expansion.
4. Work with staff to update our current housing stock and the assessment of that stock.
Identify areas of the city for neighborhood revitalization. Meaning are there blocks we
should be buying, rehabbing the block or if need be completely tear down what needs
to be done to develop the area. Then work with staff to put a RFP together to complete
this project. As a whole Council wants to see a aggressive package to improve single
family housing in Oshkosh.