INTRODUCTION The report is compiled in terms of the Performance Management System of Kareeberg Municipality and the Local Government: Performance Regulations for Municipal Managers and Managers directly accountable to Municipal Managers, 2006 (Municipal Performance Regulations) or (MPR). In this regard, the various Senior Managers, except for the Municipal Manager undertook a process of self-assessment. The reason for the exclusion of the Municipal Manager from this process is primarily due to the fact that he joined the municipality when the targets were set and performance measurement in progress. It is however accepted that the outcomes of the Senior the Managers’ assessment will be average combined score of the Municipal Manager and as such the overall municipal assessment. In light of the above, the Municipal Managers score will be derived from the average combined scores of the Senior Managers. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK The following are conditions attached to the award of a bonus to an employee for outstanding performance as prescribed by legislation. 2.1 Affordability Section 38 of the Municipal Systems Act requires a municipality to establish a performance management system which is commensurate with its resources. The Municipal Performance Report, in section 8, makes affordability to the municipality a condition for bonuses to be paid to senior managers. 2.2 Period permissible to award a performance bonus
INTRODUCTION The report is compiled in terms of the Performance Management System of Kareeberg Municipality and the Local Government: Performance Regulations for Municipal Managers and Managers directly accountable to Municipal Managers, 2006 (Municipal Performance Regulations) or (MPR). In this regard, the various Senior Managers, except for the Municipal Manager undertook a process of self-assessment. The reason for the exclusion of the Municipal Manager from this process is primarily due to the fact that he joined the municipality when the targets were set and performance measurement in progress. It is however accepted that the outcomes of the Senior Managers’ assessment will be the average combined score of the Municipal Manager and as such the overall municipal assessment. In light of the above, the Municipal Managers score will be derived from the average combined scores of the Senior Managers. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK The following are conditions attached to the award of a bonus to an employee for outstanding performance as prescribed by legislation. 2.1 Affordability Section 38 of the Municipal Systems Act requires a municipality to establish a performance management system which is commensurate with its resources. The Municipal Performance Report, in section 8, makes affordability to the municipality a condition for bonuses to be paid to senior managers. 2.2 Period permissible to award a performance bonus