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Approval of a resolution awarding President & CEO Dottie Watkins adjustment to pay equal to 4% of her annual salary and a one-time performance achievement bonus equal to 8% of base pay based on her Fiscal Year 2025 annual performance review. The adjustment to pay will be awarded retroactively to October 1, 2025, in accordance with the Employment Agreement.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this action is available in the FY2026 Operating Budget.
STRATEGIC PLAN:
Strategic Goal Alignment:
☐ 1. Customer ☐ 2. Community
☒ 3. Workforce ☒ 4. Organizational Effectiveness
EXPLANATION OF STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT: The performance goals established by the board for the President & CEO are aligned with the goals in the strategic plan. The board’s annual evaluation and specific action on the President & CEO’s performance also supports the Workforce and Organizational Effectiveness goals by rewarding performance that contributes to CapMetro’s overall success.
BUSINESS CASE: The evaluation by the CapMetro Board of Directors of the President & CEO’s performance meets the requirements of the President & CEO Total Compensation Policy and the Employment Agreement between Dottie Watkins and CapMetro.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Item will be presented to the full board on November 17, 2025.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: CapMetro’s Employment Agreement with Dottie Watkins states that the Board of Directors shall review her performance for the Performance Period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, based on performance standards established for that period. The process adopted by the board in the President & CEO Total Compensation Policy describes the process for linking President & CEO pay to performance.
SBE PARTICIPATION: Does not apply.
PROCUREMENT: Does not apply.
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: People & Culture
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RESOLUTION
OF THE
CAPITAL METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF TRAVIS
AI-2025-1635
WHEREAS, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors entered into an Employment Agreement with Dottie Watkins effective January 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors has evaluated Dottie Watkins’ performance in accordance with her Employment Agreement and the President & CEO Total Compensation Policy.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors that President & CEO Dottie Watkins is awarded an adjustment to base pay equal to 4% of her annual salary and a one-time performance achievement bonus equal to 8% of base pay based on her 2025 annual performance review. The increases are retroactive to October 1, 2025 in accordance with the Employment Agreement.
____________________ Date: ____________________
Secretary of the Board
Becki Ross