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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December 2, 2008
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Janet Miller
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 158, 2008, Amending Section 2-581 of the City Code and Setting
the Salary of the City Attorney.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council met in Executive Session on November 18 and November 25, 2008 to conduct the
performance review of City Attorney Steve Roy. Ordinance No. 158, 2008, establishes the 2009
salary of the City Attorney.
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 twice a year to discuss
performance and set goals for the coming year.
In 2008,the total compensation paid to the City Attorney included the following:
December 2, 2008 -2- Item No. 37
2008 SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary $ 152,500 Vacation(35 days per year)
Medical Insurance 9,240 Holidays (I I days per year)
Dental Insurance 600
Life Insurance 441
Long Term Disability 1,205
ICMA (457) 4,575
ICMA (401) 15,250
Total Monetary Compensation $ 183,810
The resolution establishing the process for evaluating the performance of the City Manager, City
Attorney, and Municipal Judge states that any change in compensation for the City Manager, City
Attorney and Municipal Judge will be adopted by the Council by ordinance in sufficient time for the
change in compensation to take effect as of the first full pay period of the ensuing year.
Ordinance No. 158, 2008, establishes the 2009 salary of the City Attorney.
ORDINANCE NO. 158, 2008
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 SALARY OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS , pursuant to Article VI, Section I of the City Charter, the City Council (the
"Council") is responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Attorney; and
WHEREAS , the City 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 , the Council has determined that the base salary of the City Attorney
should be established at the amount of 11iff effective as of the first pay period in January 2009
which begins on January 12, 2009 , so that the total compensation paid to the City Attorney in 2009
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 :
Sec. 2-581 . Salary of the City Attorney.
The base salary to be paid the City Attorney shall be one hundred fifty-two
thousand five hundre dollars ($ 15-2,390 .) 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 I above
shall be January 12 , 2009 .
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 2nd day of
December, A.D . 2008 , and to be presented for final passage on the 16th day of December, A.D .
2008 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of December, A. D . 2008 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk