HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/19/2000 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 195, 2000, AMENDING AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 43
DATE: December 19, 2000
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM
• Rick DeLaCastro
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 195, 2000, Amending Section 2-596 of the City Code and Setting
the Salary of the City Manager.
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 Manager John Fischbach. This Ordinance establishes the salary of the City Manager.
KGROUND:
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 Manager 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 Manager included the following:
SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary $ 127,114 Vacation (25 days per year)
Life Insurance 300 Holidays (I I days per year)
Medical Insurance 5,808
Dental Insurance 336
Long Term Disability 543
FICA Max 4,501
FICA 1.45% 2,083
Pension - ICMA 401(a) and 457 (13%) 16,525
Total Monetary Compensation $ 157,209
• ORDINANCE NO. 195, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-596 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND
SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY MANAGER
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article III, Section I of the City Charter, the City Council (the
"Council") is responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Manager; 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-tern disability insurance; and
WHEREAS,the Council met with the City Manager to conduct a review and establish next
year's goals; and
WHEREAS,the Council believes,based upon the performance review of the City Manager,
that the base salary of the City Manager should be established at the amount of$ effective
January 8, 2001, so that the total compensation paid to the City Manager 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 2-596 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2-596. Salary of the City Manager.
The base salary to be paid the City Manager shall be one hundred twenty-seven
dollars
($+25-1+4 )per annum,payable in biweekly installments. Forty(40)percent
of such sum shall be charged to the city electric utility,twenty(20)percent to the city
water utility and forty (40) percent to general government expense.
Section 2. That the effective date of the salary adjustment referred to in Section 1 above shall
be January 8, 2001.
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