SAN BENITO — The city is preparing to evaluate City Manager Manuel De Rosa’s job performance.
In a meeting Tuesday, city commissioners planned steps to conduct De La Rosa’s bi-annual evaluation.
However, despite the agenda’s language, there was no evaluation.
City commissioners are expected to meet to set De La Rosa’s goals and objectives before conducting his evaluation, Commissioner Rene Villafranco said yesterday.
“I think he’s done an excellent job,” Villafranco said. “He’s hit the ground running.”
A good evaluation could come with a $5,000 raise.
Last December, commissioners approved De La Rosa’s new three-year contract extension along with his second $5,000 raise.
De La Rosa’s extended contract runs from Feb. 1, 2017, to Jan. 31, 2020, requiring six-month evaluations leading to $5,000 raises upon “above-satisfactory” job performance ratings.
The contract, which sets De La Rosa’s salary at $110,000, allows commissioners to terminate him for “good cause,” defined as “any willful, knowing, negligent or grossly negligent breach, disregard or neglect of any duty or obligation required to be performed by city manager …”
In December 2015, commissioners selected De La Rosa over then-Assistant City Manager Art Rodriguez after reviewing a field of 20 applicants.
• Hired in December 2015
• Contract was extended December 2016
• Current salary is $110,000
• “Above-satisfactory” job performance ratings come with $5,000 raises
