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1 Diver ..._ <br />Municipal Utilities <br />COMMISSION POLICY <br />Section: <br />Governance <br />Category: <br />Commission — Management Connection Policies <br />Policy Reference: <br />Policy Title: <br />G.3 <br />Commission — Management Roles <br />PURPOSE: <br />With this policy, the Commission describes the general nature of its working relationship with <br />the General Manager and distinguishes its role as the governing body from the role of the <br />General Manager, management and staff. <br />POLICY: <br />The Commission will work with the General Manager as a leadership team. <br />The Commission's principal role is to: <br />1. Hire a competent General Manager and support the General Manager by routinely engaging <br />in collaborative performance planning and evaluation. <br />2. Develop and adopt policies for the governance of ERMU that set forth the results ERMU is <br />to achieve and place limits on the authority of the General Manager to determine how those <br />results are achieved. <br />3. Review and approve major plans, programs and budgets proposed by the General Manager <br />(as required by the Commission's Delegation to Management policies). <br />4. Routinely monitor organizational performance and accept accountability for that <br />performance. <br />The General Manager's principal role, with the support of management and staff employees, is <br />to: <br />1. Support the Commission in its development of policies. <br />2. Carry out the Commission's policies. <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />37 <br />