HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/07/2006 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 017, 2006, AMENDIN ITEM NUMBER: 16
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 7, 2006
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Rick DeLaCastro
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 017,2006,Amending Section 2-566 of the City Code Concerning
the Adoption of the Classified Employee Pay Plan.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of this Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Section 2-566 of the City Code currently provides that City Council shall fix the salaries of all
classified employees by ordinance. This Code change will clarify that the City Council instead
adopts a Pay Plan for employees and the City Manager administers the Pay Plan by determining the
salaries of individual classified employees within the pay ranges/skill levels established by the Pay
Plan.
BACKGROUND
Each year that City Council adopts an updated classified employee Pay Plan, the Pay Plan lists all
of the classified job titles, and the minimum and maximum of the pay range associated with each
job. These pay ranges provide the upper and lower limits of employee pay for each job.
During the year, supervisors assess employee performance and/or skill level attainment, and may
make employee pay adjustments based on this assessment, in accordance with established pay
policies and practice.
This Ordinance updates the phraseology of the City Code to be clear that classified employee pay
ranges are established by City Council's adoption of the Classified Employee Pay Plan that is
administered by the City Manager.
ORDINANCE NO , 017, 2006
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-566 OF THE CITY CODE
CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE PAY PLAN
WHEREAS , the City of Fort Collins is committed to compensating employees in a manner
which is fair, competitive and understandable; and
WHEREAS , the adoption of a pay plan for classified City employees establishes a range of
compensation within which individual employee salaries can be fixed by their respective managers,
based upon performance and/or skill level attainment; and
WHEREAS , Section 2-566 of the City Code should be amended to reflect the pay plan
phraseology so that it is clear that the compensation of classified employees is established via the
City Council ' s adoption of a pay plan that is administered by the City Manager.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 2-566 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as
follows :
Sec. 2 -566. Compensation of employees.
The salarics o€ pay plan for all classified employees of the city shall be fixed
established by ordinance of the City Council.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
February, A.D . 2006, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of February, A.D . 2006 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21 st day of February, A.D . 2006 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk