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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: November 16, 2004
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Darin Atteberry
SUBJECT
Resolution 2004-137 Expanding the Duties and Functions of the Council Compensation and Benefits
Committee.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
After reviewing the final Gallagher report with Council and during meetings with City staff, the
Committee identified several additional issues and options that it believes should be presented to,
and addressed by, the City Council. The Committee has recommended that the Council extend the
life of the Committee's existence and expand the scope of its duties and functions in order to work
with City staff to address the identified additional issues and options for future Council review.
BACKGROUND
This Resolution would authorize the Committee to re-convene to address the following issues
regarding employee compensation and benefits and to submit recommendation regarding the same
to Council no later than March 31, 2005:
• whether and how to implement various cost savings options
• develop a unified strategy to address the rising cost of medical benefits and
the competitiveness of the City's pay plan relative to the Council's 70th
percentile pay philosophy
• whether and how to develop an "FIR Metrics" approach to employee
compensation and benefits
RESOLUTION 2004-137
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
EXPANDING THE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNCIL
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, on December 16, 2003, the City Council adopted Resolution 2003-147,
establishing an ad hoc Compensation and Benefits Committee (the "Committee"), consisting of
Councilmembers Kurt Kastein and Eric Hamrick, to participate in the process of selecting a
consultant to review and make recommendations to the Council regarding employee compensation
and benefits; and
WHEREAS, the duties and functions of the Committee also included working with the
consultant and City staff to generate a final report to the Council regarding employee compensation
and benefits, which report (the "Gallagher Report") was submitted to the Council on August 11,
2004; and
WHEREAS,during its meetings with City staff,the Committee identified several additional
issues that it believes should be addressed by the Council and, toward that end, the Committee has
recommended that the Council extend its existence and expand the scope of its work.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Committee is hereby directed to re-convene, as often as it deems necessary, to
address the following issues regarding employee compensation and benefits and to submit
recommendation regarding the same to the Council no later than March 31, 2005:
a. whether and how to implement the various cost savings options referenced
in the Gallagher Report;
b. to develop a unified strategy to address both the rising cost of medical
benefits and the competitiveness of the City's pay plan relative to the
Council's 70th percentile pay philosophy;
C. whether and how to develop an "HR Metrics" approach to employee
compensation and benefits, whereby the Council would establish certain
parameters based upon a desired ratio of personnel costs to overall operating
costs within which the City Manager would fix the compensation and
benefits of City employees; and
d. any other issues relating to employee compensation and benefits that the
Committee and the Interim City Manager agree to submit to the Committee
for its consideration.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this
16th day of November, A.D. 2004.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk