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 Modesto
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER
 Article VII. THE COUNCIL

  § 725. STATEMENT OF POLICY FOR CHARTER OFFICERS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS; COUNCIL REVIEW OF ANNUAL EVALUATIONS.

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  • The Council shall adopt a written Statement of Policy for each Charter Officer and for each City department which is under the administration of the City Manager. Said Statement of Policy shall set forth the broad goals, objectives and aspirations to be accomplished by that department.

    For Charter Officers, each Charter Officer shall provide to the Council a draft written Statement of Policy for his or her office for consideration, and, if deemed necessary by the Council, revision and amendment, prior to adoption by the Council. For each City department which is under the administration of the City Manager, the City Manager shall designate one or more persons in each such department to provide to the City Manager, for transmittal to the Council, a draft written Statement of Policy for each department for consideration, and, if deemed necessary by the Council, revision and amendment, prior to adoption by the Council.

    Such Statements of Policy shall be reviewed and, if necessary, amended, in the first quarter of every even-numbered calendar year and when the position of a Charter Officer or the head of a City department which is under the administration of the City Manager becomes vacant.

    When such review and amendment is conducted due to a vacancy in position, the Mayor and Councilmembers shall adopt a set of questions which are intended to elicit responses from each prospective appointee concerning the goals, objectives and aspirations in the Statement of Policy.

    Prior to appointing any head of a City department, the City Manager shall submit to the Mayor and Councilmembers, for their review, the responses to the Mayor and Councilmembers' questions submitted by the finalists for appointment to the vacant position. This section shall not apply to the appointment of any "acting" department head to serve in an interim capacity.

    The City Manager shall share and review with the Council the annual independent, written performance evaluations of each head of a city department which is under the administration of the City Manager.

    Nothing in this section shall be construed in any way as an infringement or limitation on the powers and duties of the City Manager as chief administrative officer and head of the administrative branch of the City government as prescribed in other sections of this Charter.

(Added February 5, 2008)