VINCENT’S ºnewish CEO Len Kosova has been dubbed “competent” and “effective” at his first annual performance review, but the process has revealed deep flaws in the way the council historically handled its CEO contract renewals.
Mayor John Carey says this time round the council deliberately pushed Mr Kosova’s contract renewal decision until well after the election. That’s because when CEO John Giorgi had his contract renewed back in 2009 it was done by councillors just four days before an election that would see two of them voted out and another retire.
Back then the Nick Catania-led council extended Mr Giorgi’s contract another five years. The timing raised eyebrows since he was only three years into his previous five-year contract, and it meant the new council would have no say in who their CEO was until then.
“I’m highly critical of how it was previously done, I just don’t believe it’s fair to a new council,” Mr Carey says.
“There’s no way on my watch I would suggest to council that we do that a week [before an election].”
Back in 2009 that council gave Mr Giorgi a “satisfactory” mark and awarded him a $15,000 performance bonus (only Dudley Maier opposed it)
There are no provisions in Mr Kosova’s contract for performance bonuses.
by DAVID BELL
Perth Voice Interactive 
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