HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/03/2006 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 176, 2005, AMENDIN ITEM NUMBER: 12
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: January 3, 2006
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Rick DeLaCastro
SUBJECT
Second 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 Second 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, which was unanimously adopted on December 20,
2005, establishes the 2006 salary of the City Attorney at $137,000.
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 Attorneys 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$137,000 effective
January 2, 2006, so that the total compensation paid to the City Attorney in 2006 will be in the
amount of$164,879.
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 thirty-seven
thousand dollars($137,000)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, rdered published this 20th day of
December,A.D. 2005, and to be presented for final pas ge o the a "lanu . 2006.
Mayo '
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 3rd day of January, A.D. 2006.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ITEM NUMBER: 49
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December20, 2005
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Rick DeLaCastro
SUBJECT 1PV
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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. r0rAn()eb he h 0 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 1 P504 vacation (35 days per year)
Life Insurance Holidays (11 days per year)
Medical Insurance
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 Attorney's most recent salary increase took effect in January, 2002. An addendum to the
City Attorney's employment agreement approved by the Council in December of last year states that,
assuming satisfactory performance,the City Attorney's base salary will be increased to no less than
$137,000 as of the first pay pe ' Wn
The process established fore uating$ of th City Manager, City Attorney, and
Municipal Judge,adopted by the trt�ci000 3 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.
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