NEW from our partners at inewsource: For the first time since internal audits flagged poor SANDAG policies under his watch — and his own questionable spending — CEO Hasan Ikhrata’s job is under review.
Hasan Ikhrata, CEO of the San Diego Association of Governments, is seated during the agency's board meeting on Jan. 13, 2023, in downtown San Diego.board this week will evaluate CEO Hasan Ikhrata’s job performance, an action it hasn’t taken for nearly two years even as internal audits have flagged major agency problems under his watch.
Ikhrata has headed the $1 billion regional planning agency since December 2018. In that time, he’s only been formally reviewed twice, despite his contract stating the board would conduct an evaluation on an annual basis. His last review was in July 2021, when he was evaluated as exceeding expectations and he even declined a bonus. But despite a series of reports from SANDAG’s Office of the Independent Performance Auditor that found poor policies — and Ikhrata’s own questionable credit card spending — board leaders previouslyNow, the board will take up his evaluation as Ikhrata argues that he has “fulfilled the Board’s expectations” for his role.
Under his contract, the board has the discretion to award a pay raise or a performance bonus that amounts to as much as 7% of his roughly $414,000 base salary.has not made any recommendations on Ikhrata’s pay or performance goals, and instead voted to hold a closed session Friday with the full board. Members will determine whether his performance has been unsatisfactory, satisfactory or if it exceeded expectations.
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