POLICY TYPE: Board-GM Linkage
POLICY TITLE: M. 4 Monitoring General Manager Performance
ADOPTED: April 12, 1999
revisions: 10/15/01; 1/21/02; 3/18/02; 12/16/02; 6/16/03; 7/19/04; 11/15/05; 12/14/05; 12/31/05; 4/10/08; 12/17/08; 12/15/09

Systematic and vigorous monitoring of General Manager job performance will be conducted using solely the expected General Manager job outputs: organizational accomplishment of Board policies on Ends and organizational operation within the boundaries of Board policies on Executive Limitations.

M.4.1

Monitoring is done solely to determine the degree to which Board policies are being met. Data that do not serve this purpose will not be considered monitoring data.

M.4.2

The Board will acquire monitoring data through three methods:

1. internal report in which the GM supplies compliance information to the Board
2. external report in which a disinterested third party selected by the Board assesses compliance with Board policies
3. direct Board inspection in which a designated Board member or members assess compliance with Board Policy

M.4.3

In every case the standard for compliance shall be any reasonable GM interpretation of the Board policy being monitored.

M.4.4

All policies that instruct the General Manager will be monitored at a frequency and by a method chosen by the Board. The Board can monitor any policy at any time by any method but will ordinarily follow a routine schedule.