All employees covered by this bylaw shall be subject to annual written evaluation. Each employee will be evaluated by his/her department head in May or June of each fiscal year.
The Town Administrator will be responsible for providing standardized evaluation forms for use by the various department heads. These forms will provide for analysis of employee performance in relevant performance categories as well as an overall performance category. The annual appraisal is the summary of the supervisor's observations of the employee during the past year and a summary of the employee's performance in terms of a variety of job-related factors. The appraisal will also include a plan to develop strengths and identify and improve weak areas.
During the applicable time frame for evaluation, the department head shall meet with the employee to review the written evaluation form that has previously been prepared by the department head. The department head and the employee will discuss areas in which the employee's performance could be improved, and will discuss any concerns with the evaluation that the employee may have. If both the department manager and employee have agreed to changes to the evaluation, the department manager will make the agreed-to changes and again meet with the employee to review the evaluation. Once finalized, the employee shall sign the evaluation form on the appropriate line signifying agreement or disagreement with the final evaluation. The employee may prepare a written rebuttal to any provisions of the evaluation with which the employee disagrees. The written rebuttal should be submitted to the Town Administrator, with a copy to the department head. The Town Administrator shall attach the written rebuttal to the evaluation form and the rebuttal, like the evaluation form, will become part of the employee's permanent personnel record.