CLEVELAND, Tenn. — An Aug. 10 deadline has been set for the Cleveland City Council to give its first evaluation to Janice Casteel in her role as city manager, a post she has held since 2008.
Each member of the council will rate Casteel on a scale of 1 to 5 in areas such as fiscal management, supervision and policy execution, using a form they selected from a number of evaluation tools offered by the Municipal Technical Advisory Service.
“These will all be public, we’ll all sign our names,” Councilman Bill Estes said.
In a recent meeting, City Council members also stated their intent to meet individually with Casteel before submitting their evaluations of her performance to Sue Zius, assistant to Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland, for tabulation.
Before making that decision, the City Council discussed the evaluation process with Cleveland school board member Dawn Robinson, who described the current procedures for evaluating Dr. Martin Ringstaff, director of Cleveland City Schools.