MONROE - Alderman Mark Coplien calls the City of Monroe's employee evaluation system inconsistent.
The city's Salary and Personnel Committee could take action Tuesday night to make evaluations uniform.
"The mayor, myself and other aldermen are constantly looking at things," said Coplien, chairman of the committee. "Everything needs to be brought up to speed."
Coplien said some department heads have been "fantastic" with the consistency of their evaluations. Others have never done them.
Coplien wants department heads to conduct evaluations on a yearly basis. He also wants department heads to be evaluated every year by the City Council.
"We're not reinventing the wheel here," Mayor Ron Marsh said. "The wheel is already there. We just have to put it in play."
Marsh said he wants to see all department heads using the same forms and the same procedures for evaluations. That's not necessarily done now, Marsh said.
Coplien said in the past, some city employees got yearly 2 percent to 3 percent cost-of-living raises regardless of whether they had an evaluation. He also said "some people had issues and they were never written up."
Marsh declined to comment on whether employee evaluations were now being looked at as reaction to former City Administrator Mark Vahlsing being terminated May 13.
The council terminated Vahlsing's employment for a failure to perform some of his HR duties, which could have included evaluations.
Coplien said evaluations should have been done from the beginning when Vahlsing was hired.
"The new city administrator is going to have to have a fairly decent HR background," Coplien said. "We're looking for someone with marketing skills, with HR skills, it just doesn't quit."
Marsh said anything he and aldermen can do to make the city run better is necessary.
"The city needs to get more on a business practice entity," Marsh said. "We need to handle something once, handle it right and handle it properly."
The committee at its 6:55 p.m. meeting Tuesday at City Hall also will review an offer from The Swiss Colony to audit the city's human resources (HR) functions.
As part of its audit, Swiss Colony proposes to review forms being used, policies in force, or not in force, procedures for handling issues, job responsibilities and supervisory roles.
The city's Salary and Personnel Committee could take action Tuesday night to make evaluations uniform.
"The mayor, myself and other aldermen are constantly looking at things," said Coplien, chairman of the committee. "Everything needs to be brought up to speed."
Coplien said some department heads have been "fantastic" with the consistency of their evaluations. Others have never done them.
Coplien wants department heads to conduct evaluations on a yearly basis. He also wants department heads to be evaluated every year by the City Council.
"We're not reinventing the wheel here," Mayor Ron Marsh said. "The wheel is already there. We just have to put it in play."
Marsh said he wants to see all department heads using the same forms and the same procedures for evaluations. That's not necessarily done now, Marsh said.
Coplien said in the past, some city employees got yearly 2 percent to 3 percent cost-of-living raises regardless of whether they had an evaluation. He also said "some people had issues and they were never written up."
Marsh declined to comment on whether employee evaluations were now being looked at as reaction to former City Administrator Mark Vahlsing being terminated May 13.
The council terminated Vahlsing's employment for a failure to perform some of his HR duties, which could have included evaluations.
Coplien said evaluations should have been done from the beginning when Vahlsing was hired.
"The new city administrator is going to have to have a fairly decent HR background," Coplien said. "We're looking for someone with marketing skills, with HR skills, it just doesn't quit."
Marsh said anything he and aldermen can do to make the city run better is necessary.
"The city needs to get more on a business practice entity," Marsh said. "We need to handle something once, handle it right and handle it properly."
The committee at its 6:55 p.m. meeting Tuesday at City Hall also will review an offer from The Swiss Colony to audit the city's human resources (HR) functions.
As part of its audit, Swiss Colony proposes to review forms being used, policies in force, or not in force, procedures for handling issues, job responsibilities and supervisory roles.