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Council to review Medford manager The Medford City Council reviews the performance of the city�s chief executive officer in a closed session today. City Manager Michael Dyal, 56, heads a staff of about 400 employees with a budget approaching $94 million this fiscal year. Dyal is the sole public employee who answers directly to the eight-member council and mayor. The council hired Dyal in May 1998. He received a 5.7 percent pay raise after his review last year, boosting his annual salary to $111,000. Sal Esquivel, council president, said any pay increases would be determined after the group reviews Dyal�s performance. The council review will begin at 6 p.m. in a session closed to the public. The council will meet in open sessions at noon and 7 p.m. Those meetings will be held in the council chambers on the third floor of City Hall, 411 W. Eighth St. At its noon session, the council will discuss how to provide a clearer explanation for a 1998 decision to deny the Rogue Valley Manor�s plans to build a commercial complex. The state Land Use Board of Appeals in June ruled that the city failed to provide sufficient information regarding the denial. The city may hold a new public hearing on the Manor�s three-phase expansion plan or it may rely on existing records to clarify its position, City Attorney Ron Doyle has said. The council�s rejection of the Manor�s project was rooted in a city transportation guideline that prohibited developers from adding traffic to the south Medford freeway interchange during peak hours. The council scaled back that policy to allow developments that create no more than 25 peak-hour vehicle trips. Manor representatives have said they could build the commercial center in stages to accommodate the council�s concerns. The council at noon also will discuss adding a youth representative to the Parks and Recreation Commission, an appointed city committee. The youth appointment would be made by Sept. 1. Obituaries | Sports | Business | Classifieds | Tempo | Prime Times | So Oregon Sites | Outdoor Journal | Subscribe | Contact | Movies | Advertise | Real Estate Showcase | Archive | Editorials | Letters to the editor | Religion | Wake-up Call | NIE | Cyber Chef | Job Network | So Oregon Weather | WSJ Northwest | Forums | AP Wire | AP Money | F.A.Q. | Awards Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. The Community Newspaper Subsidiary of Dow Jones & Co, Inc Copyright �The Mail Tribune 2000, Medford, Oregon USA