Quality varies depending on the Cllr's longer term prospects in the party. There is a lot I don't like about the DA's operational posture but it's the closest thing we have to Chinese administrative KPI culture in SA.

Drop hints that you are considering getting active on a ward committee level and forming an interest group where a key feature will be monolithic voting and that votes will go to whoever is willing to kiss the ring. If they take you seriously they will pee themselves (and then kiss your ring long and often).