HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/19/2000 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 194, 2000, AMENDING AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 42
DATE: December 19, 2000
10 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM: Rick DeLaCastro
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 194, 2000, Amending Section 2-581 of the City Code and Setting
the Salary of the City Attorney.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
City Council met in Executive Session on November 14,2000 to conduct the performance appraisal
of City Attorney Steve Roy. This Ordinance establishes the 2001 salary of the City Attorney.
CKGROUND:
City Council is committed to compensating employees in a manner which is fair, competitive and
understandable. The goal as an employer is to attract and retain quality employees and to recognize
and reward quality performance.
In order to accomplish this goal the City Council and the City Attorney meet once a year to discuss
last year's performance and set goals for the coming year.
In 2000, the total compensation paid to the City Attorney included the following:
SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary $ 107,201 Vacation (25 days per year)
Life Insurance 253 Holidays (I I days per year)
Medical Insurance 5,808
Dental Insurance 336
Long Term Disability 458
FICA Max. 4,501
FICA 1.45% 1,757
Pension - ICMA 401(a) and 457 (13%) 13,936
Total Monetary Compensation $ 134,250
ORDINANCE NO. 194, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-581 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND
SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council (the
"Council") is responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins is committed to compensating its employees in a
manner which is fair, competitive and understandable; and
WHEREAS, the City's pay philosophy is based on total compensation, which includes not
only base salary but also deferred compensation payments,vacation and holiday leave,and amounts
paid by the City for medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance; and
WHEREAS,each year the Council conducts a review of the past year's performance and the
next year's goals of the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS,the Council believes,based upon the performance review of the City Attorney,
that the base salary of the City Attorney should be established at the amount of$ effective
January 8, 2001, so that the total compensation paid to the City Attorney in 2001 will be in the
amount of$
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 2-581 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2-581. Salary of the City Attorney.
The base salary to be paid the City Attorney shall be one hundred seven thousan
two nmdred one dollars ($- 07-,26F ) per
annum, payable in biweekly installments. Sixty (60) percent of such sum shall be
charged to general government expense, twenty(20)percent to the city water utility
and twenty (20) percent to the city electric utility.
Section 2. That the effective date of the salary adjustment referred to in Section 1 above
shall be January 8, 2001.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
December, A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the 2nd day of January, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 2nd day of January, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk