HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/16/1999 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 180, 1999, AMENDING AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 20
DATE: November 16, 1999
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: John Fischbach
SUBJECT :
First Reading of Ordinance No. 180,1999, Amending Section 2-575 of the City Code Relating to
Councilmember Compensation.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Article II,Section 3 of the City Charter provides that the compensation of Councilmembers shall be
adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with the Denver/Boulder Consumer Price Index. In
1999,Councilmembers were compensated$515 permonth,and the Mayor received$770 per month.
This Ordinance amends Section 2-575 of the City Code to set the 2000 compensation of
Councilmembers at $525 and the compensation of the Mayor at$790.
BACKGROUND:
At the April 8, 1997 election, the electorate of the City of Fort Collins approved an amendment to
the City Charter setting the monthly compensation of Councilmembers and the Mayor at $500 and
$750, respectively. In addition, the Charter amendment added language requiring the amounts of
Council compensation to be adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with the Denver/Boulder
Consumer Price Index. In December 1998, Council adopted Ordinance No. 231. 1998. adding a
provision to the City Code which set 1999 monthly compensation amounts at $515 for
Councilmembers and $770 for the Mayor.
The 2000 compensation amounts, adjusted for inflation in accordance with the Denver/Boulder
Consumer Price Index are$525 per month for Councilmembers and $790 per month for the Mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. 180, 1999
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-575
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO COUNCILMEMBER COMPENSATION
WHEREAS,on April 8, 1997,the electorate of the City approved certain amendments to the
City Charter; and
WHEREAS. one such amendment was an amendment to Article II, Section 3 of the City
Charter, pertaining to the compensation of Councilmembers; and
WHEREAS,Article II,Section 3 of the City Charter,as amended,provides that,commencing
in 1998, the compensation of Councilmembers, except the Mayor, shall be five hundred dollars
($500)per month and the compensation of the Mayor shall be seven hundred fifty dollars($750)per
month; and
WHEREAS, Article II, Section 3 of the City Charter also provides that the amounts of
compensation of the Mayor and Councilmembers shall be adjusted annually for inflation in
accordance with the Denver/Boulder Consumer Price Index: and
WHEREAS,in December 1998, Council adopted Ordinance No. 233, 1998 which added a
section to the City Code relating to Council compensation and which, after applying the foregoing
inflation factor, set the amount of compensation for the Mayor for 1999 at seven hundred seventy
dollars ($770) per month, and for other Councilmembers, five hundred,fifteen dollars ($515) per
month; and
WHEREAS,after again applying the foregoing inflation factor for the year 2000.the amount
of compensation for the Mayor for 2000 would be Seven Hundred Ninety dollars($790)per month,
and for other Councilmembers, Five Hundred Twenty-Five dollars ($525)per month.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 2-575 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be,and hereby is, amended to
read as follows:
See. 2-575. Compensation of City Council members.
Commencing January 1,+999;2000,the compensation for all Councilmembers
except the Mayor shall be five hundred fifteen twenty-five dollars ($1--l-.5525) per
month and the compensation of the Mayor shall be seven hundred severtt} ninety
dollars($-7%790)per month. These amounts shall be adjusted annually for inflation
in accordance with the Denver/Boulder Consumer Price Index.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 16th day of
November.A.D. 1999,and to be presented for final passage on the 7th day of December,A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 7th day of December, A.D. 1999.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk