HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/16/2008 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 159, 2008, AMENDIN ITEM NUMBER: 25
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December 16, 2008
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Janet Miller
SUBJECT
Second Reading of Ordinance 159,2008,Amending Section 2-596 of the City Code and Setting the
Salary of the City Manager.
RECOMMENDATION
none.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council met in Executive Session on November 18 and November 25, 2008 to conduct the
performance appraisal of City Manager DarinAttebery. Ordinance No. 159,2008, adoptedonFirst
Reading on December 2, 2008 by a vote of 5-1 (Nays: Poppaw), establishes the salary of the City
Manager at$190,571.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Comparison of 2008 and 2009 Total Compensation.
2. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary- December 2, 2008.
(w/o original attachments)
City Manager
2008 2009 Projected- 8%
Monetary Monetary
Base Salary 176,455.00 Base Salary 190,571.40 OR 190,571
Medical Insurance 9,240.00 Medical Insurance 9,240.00 9,240
Dental Insurance 600.00 Dental Insurance 600.00 600
Life Insurance 509.76 Life Insurance 550.08 550
Long Term Disability 1,394.35 Long Term Disability 1,505.74 1,506
ICMA 457 5,293.65 ICMA 457 5,717.14 5,717
ICMA 401 17,645.50 ICMA 401 19,057.14 19,057
Car Allowance 9,000.00 Car Allowance 9,000.00 9,000
Non-Monetary Non-Monetary
Vacation 30 days Vacation 30 days
Holiday 11 days Holiday 11 days
Total Compensation 220,138.26 Total Compensation 236,241.50 236,241
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Prepared: 120406
ATTACHMENT 2
ITEM NUMBER: 38
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December 2, 2008
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
FF: Janet Miller
SUBJECT k,� U r y
Items Relating to the Contract and Compensation of the City Manager.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A. Resolution 2008-126 Approving a First Addendum to the City Manager's Employment
Agreement.
B. First Reading of OrdinCeI5 08, ectt -596 ofthe City Code and Setting
the Salary of the City
City Council met in executive session on November 18 and November 25, 2008 to conduct the
performance review of City Manager Darin Atteberry. Ordinance No. 159, 2008, establishes the
salary of the City Manager.
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 die i Co cil and the CityMa
na cr meet twice a year to discuss
performance and set goals forLiodr,
ear.
In 2008, the total compensatioCi ager incl ed the following:
December 2, 2008 -2- Item No. 38
2008 SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary $ 176,455 Vacation(30 days per year)
Medical Insurance lidays (I I days per year)
Dental Insurance 6
Life Insurance 510
Long Tenn DisabilityC 94
ICMA(457) 5,294
ICMA (401) 17,646
Car Allowance 9,000
Total Monetary Compensation $ 220,138
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. 159, 2008, will establish the 2009 salary of the City Manager. In addition, the
Council has agreed to consider amMadrpents Ig the City Mana er's employment contract that would:
• increase the amount ofkivac n lea be verted to cash in a particular year
from 80 hours to 120 hi o 'nc s4 the amoA t of annual vacation leave);
• state that the City Manager's rate of vacation accrual will be pro-rated on a bi-weekly basis in
accordance with the number of pay periods in each year;
• clarify that the City Manager's service as a member of the board of directors of community
organizations will be considered to be within the performance of his duties to the City; and
• clarify that, except as otherwise provided in the Employment Agreement, all benefits and
working conditions that apply to service area directors of the City shall apply to the City
Manager as well.
Resolution 2008-126 would approve these changes.
COPY
ORDINANCE NO. 159, 2008
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-596 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND
SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY MANAGER
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article III, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council (the
"Council") is responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Manager; 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,the Council met with the City Manager to conduct a review and establish next
year's goals; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that the base salary of the City Manager should be
established at the amount of$190,571 effective January 12,2009,so that the total compensation paid
to the City Manager in 2009 will be in the amount of$236,241.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That Section 2-596 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2-596. Salary of the City Manager.
The base salary to be paid the City Manager shall be one hundred ninety thousand
five hundred seventy-one dollars ($190,571.) per annum, payable in biweekly
installments. Forty (40) percent of such sum shall be charged to the city electric
utility,twenty (20) percent to the city water utility and forty (40) percent to general
government expense.
Section 2. That the effective date of the salary adjustment referred to in Section 1 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 on the 16th day of December, A.D. 2008.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk