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Chief Executive Officer Performance Evaluations: Tips for the Governing Body and CEO

Lori Cooper From our Fall 2022 e-newsletter Evaluating your entity’s chief executive officer’s (CEO) performance is one of the governing body’s most important tasks. While there is not a “one size fits all” evaluation process, there are several key elements which your entity should include in the process. The overall goal for a performance evaluation […]

Have You Checked Your CPI? The Portland CPI index has been discontinued

Diana Moffat From our February 2018 e-newsletter Many local government agencies rely on the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) to determine wage increases and other forms of compensation for their employees. The CPI is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for […]

2021 Legislation – Action Items

Carrie Connelly From our Summer 2021 e-newsletter Homelessness: 1. Pursuant to ORS 203.077, all cities and counties are required to enact policies recognizing the problem of homeless individuals camping on public property, and ensuring humane treatment in the event of removal from those sites. If your city does not yet have such a policy on […]

2021 Oregon Legislation Police Reform

Diana Moffat From our Summer 2021 e-newsletter The following bills, amongst others, came out of Oregon’s 2021 recent legislative session. The following bills could be of interest to you as you navigate your relationships with your unionized public-sector employees. The bills outlined below contain just a summary of the newly enacted statutory requirements. You should […]