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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 30
DATE: November 16, 1999
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Rick DeLaCastro
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 187, 1999, Amending Section 2-581 of the City Code and Setting
the Compensation of the City Attorney.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
City Council met in Executive Session on November 9, 1999 to conduct the performance appraisal
of City Attorney Steve Roy. This Ordinance establishes the 2000 salary and compensation of the
. City Attorney.
!I BACKGROUND:
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 1999, the total compensation paid to the City Attorney included the following:
SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
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Salary $101,133 Vacation(25 days per year)
Life Insurance 236 Holidays (11 days per year)
Medical Insurance 5,182
Dental Insurance 303
Long Term Disability ' 313
FICA Max. 4,501
FICA 1.45% 1,466
Pension- ICMA 401(a) and 457 (13%) 13,147
Total Monetary Compensation $ 126,281
ORDINANCE NO. 187, 1999
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 COMPENSATION 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 10, 2000, so that the total compensation paid to the City Attorney in 2000 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:
See. 2-581. Salary of the City Attorney.
The base salary to be paid the City Attorney shall be
($ ) 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 10, 2000.
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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