BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Board's Annual Self-Assessment of its Performance for 2016.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Conduct a Board self-assessment based on 2016 performance results; and
B. Share 2016 Annual Board Performance Report broadly with stakeholders, such as, customers, Board Committees, community groups, and employees, among others.
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SUMMARY:
The Board's governance policies provide for fiduciary oversight, transparency, and accountability to further organizational stewardship, which contributes both to the effectiveness of the organization and to the trust that is placed in it by stakeholders and the public it serves.
The governance policies also provide for performance monitoring of both the Board's appointed officers and itself. Specifically, the expectation that the Board will monitor its performance against its own policies is defined by Governance Process Policy 2.8:
"The Board will monitor the Board's process and performance. Self-monitoring will include comparison of Board activity and discipline to policies in the Governance Process and Board-BAO Linkage categories."
This marks the third year that the Board has monitored and reported its performance as a governing body.
The Board's Governance Process and Board Appointed Officer (BAO) Linkage Policies provide the basis for the Board's performance framework. These policies have been designed as measures and indicators intended to monitor the Board's performance toward achieving its stated policies.
The annual Board performance process includes identifying, collecting, and analyzing performance data and reporting out by calendar year. This process also provides the Board an on-going opportunity to refine and improve its framework as it is implemented.
The 2016 Board Performance Report is included in Attachment 1 and the performance measure results detail that was used to prepare the report is included in Attachment 2
2016 Mid-Year Review
On September 13...
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