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JUST shy of $10,000 will be spent on a performance review of Vincent city council’s new CEO Len Kosova as he comes up to one year at the helm.

Consulting company Portland Broome was chosen as preferred tenderer, despite its $9750 fee being well above competing quotes of $3860, $5000 and $4500.

Portland Broome’s previously conducted CEO reviews at Fremantle, Rockingham, Subiaco and Stirling.

While its cost is higher it promised a senior reviewer and provided a massively longer list of what it does for the money: along with a thorough review it’ll develop a personal development plan and performance objectives for the next year.

Mayor John Carey is pre-empting the review by lavishing praise on the new guy. “My personal view is that given all the challenges that our new CEO faced when he came here, including the prediction of an $8 million deficit, I’m personally extremely pleased at the reform that has already been undertaken and the future changes the CEO is mapping out for the organisation.

“I have no doubt that the council made the right choice in this new CEO.”

Since arriving at Vincent Mr Kosova has had to deal with a massive budget muck-up from the previous admin that looked like it’d leave the city in deficit, a bizarre handshake deal with the local Bendigo Bank branch that put the council $22,000 out of pocket, and a vague informal contract his predecessor made with Leederville Gardens.

by DAVID BELL