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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/20/2005 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 176, 2005, AMENDING ITEM NUMBER: 49 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December20, 2005 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Rick DeLaCastro SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 176, 2005, Amending Section 2-581 of the City Code and Setting the Salary of the City Attorney. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY City Council met in Executive Session on December 13,2005 to conduct the performance appraisal of City Attorney Steve Roy. This Ordinance establishes the 2006 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 once a year to discuss last year's performance and set goals for the coming year. In 2005, the total compensation paid to the City Attorney included the following: SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS Salary $ 121,590 Vacation(35 days per year) Life Insurance 425 Holidays (11 days per year) Medical Insurance 8,904 Dental Insurance 540 Long Term Disability 1,204 ICMA(457) 3,648 ICMA (401) 12,159 Total Monetary Compensation $ 148,470 December 20, 2005 -2- Item No. 49 The City Attorneys most recent salary increase took effect in January, 2002. An addendum to the City Attorneys employment agreement approved by the Council in December of last year states that, assuming satisfactory performance,the City Attorneys base salary will be increased to no less than $137,000 as of the first pay period in January, 2006. The process established for evaluating the performance of the City Manager, City Attorney, and Municipal Judge,adopted by the Council via Resolution 2000-123 on October 17,2000 and further amended by the adoption of Resolution 2001-018 on February 6,2001,provides 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. 176, 2005 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 1 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 City Attorney is employed by the City under the provisions of Article VI of the City Charter and pursuant to the terms and conditions of an employment agreement, which agreement was last amended by the City Council on December 7, 2004, by approval of a Fifth Addendum to the agreement; and WHEREAS, said Fifth Addendum states that, if the City Attorney's performance remains satisfactory to the Council, his base salary will be increased to no less than $ 137,000, as of the first full pay period of 2006 ; 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 2, 2006, so that the total compensation paid to the City Attorney in 2006 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 hundredtwenty-one thousand five hundred dollars ($ 121 ,590 ) 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 2, 2006 . Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of December, A . D . 2005 , and to be presented for final passage on the 3rd day of January, A.D . 2006 . Mayor ATTEST : City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of January, A. D . 2006 . Mayor ATTEST : City Clerk FIFTH ADDENDUM TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT THIS FIFTH ADDENDUM is made and entered into this I 1� day of December,2004,by and between the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, a municipal corporation(hereinafter referred to as the "City") and Stephen J. Roy (hereinafter referred to as the "Employee"). WITNESSETH : WHEREAS,the City and the Employee have previously entered into that certain agreement dated December 17, 1991 (hereinafter referred to as the "Employment Agreement"), and have also entered into four previous addenda to the Employment Agreement dated January 19, 1995; March 8, 1996; January 9, 2001; and December 11, 2003, respectively; and WHEREAS, the City Council and the Employee have agreed upon certain additional modifications to the Employment Agreement which they wish to set forth in this Fifth Addendum to the Employment Agreement. NOW,THEREFORE,in consideration ofthemutual promises and benefits contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to amend the terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement as follows: Section 1. That Section 3 of the Agreement, pertaining to Salary, is hereby amended so as to read in its entirety as follows: SECTION 3. SALARY A. The annual base salary of the Employee shall be payable in equal biweekly installments at the same time and in the same manner as other employees of the City are paid. In 2005,the City agrees to pay the Employee his current base salary of One Hundred Twenty One Thousand, Five Hundred Ninety Dollars ($121,590)plus, on a percentage basis,the same level of one-time or ongoing increase,if any,that is paid to other unclassified management employees of the City. If the performance of the Employee remains satisfactory to the majority of the City Council from the date of this Addendum through the date of the Employee's 2005 performance review, then the City agrees to increase the Employee's base salary to no less than One Hundred Thirty Seven Thousand Dollars(($137,000)with said rate ofpay to become effective as of the first pay period in January 2006. If the performance of the Employee remains satisfactory to the majority of the City Council through the date of the Employee's 2006 perfonnance review, then the City agrees to increase Employee's base salary to no less than One Hundred Fifty Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($152,500), effective as of the first pay period in January, 2007. B. The Employee shall be reimbursed for his City-related personal vehicle use at the prevailing City rate. C. A salary review shall take place in November or December of each year, with any subsequent modification of the Employee's salary to be approved by the Council by ordinance and thereafter incorporated herein by reference without the necessity of further modification of this Agreement by addendum. Section 2. That Section 6 of the Agreement is hereby amended so as to read in its entirety as follows: SECTION 6. VACATION AND SICK LEAVE A. The Employee shall be granted thirty-five(35)days of annual vacation leave, commencing as of the first pay period in January, 2005 Five (5) days of such vacation leave shall be credited to the Employee as of the first full a period of each pay year. The remaining balance of thirty(30)days of annual vacation leave shall accrue throughout the remainder of each such calendar year at the bi-weekly accrual rate of 9.23 hours. Notwithstanding any City policy to the contrary, vacation leave accrued and unused by the Employee shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: (1) At any time during the term of this Agreement, but no more than twice annually, the Employee may elect to receive the cash equivalent of a portion of his accrued, unused vacation, based upon his then current rate of pay; provided, however, that no more than one hundred twenty (120) hours of accrued, unused vacation leave may be converted to a cash payment in any given calendar year. The amount of said payment shall be based upon the Employee's current rate of pay at the time of conversion. (2) At the end of each calendar year, the balance of the Employee's accrued,unused vacation leave remaining after any such cash conversion shall be carried over to subsequent years, up to a maximum accrual of 780 hoursAny balance in excess of 780 hours that exists as of the last day of the final pay period of the calendar year shall be forfeited by the Employee. For the purposes of this provision, the "final pay period of the calendar year" shall mean the last pay period that begins in such year. (3) Upon the cessation of the Employee's employment with the City,whether by termination,death,disability,resignation or otherwise,the Employee shall be compensated by cash payment for the total amount of his accrued, unused vacation leave balance. The amount of said payment shall be based upon the Employee's then current rate of pay. Any payment made to the Employee under this provision shall be in addition to any amounts previously paid for accrued, unused vacation leave under subparagraph (2) above and any other amounts payable under this Agreement. B. The Employee shall be credited for and be entitled to receive those sick leave benefits provided to all full-time classified City employees. The Employee shall not be entitled to be paid for any earned but unused sick leave upon resignation or termination from employment under this Agreement. Section 3. That Section 9B of the Agreement,pertaining to Additional Benefits,is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: B. In addition to providing coverage to the Employee and his dependents under the City's medical health plan, the City shall pay, up to a maximum of Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars (5850) per calendar year, the cost of one or more medical examinations per year by a licensed physician or physicians of the Employee's choice. These examination(s)may include any tests or consultations recommended by the examining physician(s). This provision shall be applied retroactively, commencing January 1, 2003. The foregoing maximum amount of Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars (5850) shall be increased annually,commencing January 1,2005,to reflect any inflation in medical costs, as indicated by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Indexes for Medical Care. The City's obligation to pay the cost of any test or consultation which exceeds the foregoing maximum amount, or the cost of treating any medical condition discovered during the course of such physical examination(s) shall be limited to the benefits available under the City's then current medical health plan. In order to determine which medical expenses of the Employee are to be paid under this provision, the Employee shall first submit all such expenses to the third party administrator of the City's medical health plan, and any expenses for medical examinations, tests or consultations that are properly determined by such benefits administrator to be ineligible for payment under the City's then current medical health plan shall be paid by the City under this provision,up to the foregoing maximum dollar amount. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fifth Addendum to the City Attorneys Employment Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written. THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO A Municipal Corporation By: Mayor AT;kEST: City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: -L A LL - Richard P. Brady, Special Counsel for e City EMPLOYEE: Stephe/J. Roy