Individual Council evaluations: City attorney rated ‘standard’ or above in all performance categories
Overall Council rating an 'above standard' of 3.3 out of 4
Cape Coral’s city attorney’s overall “above standard” evaluation score of 3.3 on a scale of 1 to 4 from the Cape Coral City Council late last month included two overall “excellents” and a trio of “standard”-pluses from members of the eight-member board.
Mayor John Gunter and Councilmember Joe Kilraine evaluated City Attorney Aleksandr Boksner with the highest average scores of “4” among 10 categories with Councilmember Rachel Kaduk’s overall average coming in at 2.5, Councilmember Laurie Lehmann’s at 2.6 and CouncilmemberJennifer Nelson-Lastra at 2.7. Councilmember Derrick’s Donnell’s overall evaluation averaged to 3.8, Councilmember Keith Long’s, an attorney, at 3.5, and Councilmember Bill Steike at 3.
A 4 represents “excellent”; a 3 “above standard,” a 2 “standard” and a 1 “below standard.”
Boksner received no “below standard” scores.
The evaluation took place on Aug. 27 with council approving a new, longer contract with additional compensation and better benefits on Sept. 3.
The new contract, extended for three years until Aug. 13, 2029, includes a 7.25% raise, pushing his annual base salary to $320,609.69.
It also includes additional leave time and deferred compensation of $10,000, minimum, “within 14 days following his employment date anniversary of Aug. 13, 2025, and every anniversary employment date during the initial term.
Council’s individual City Attorney Review Employee Performance Evaluations are attached to this article as is council’s overall evaluation chart.
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