HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/19/2002 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 176, 2002, AMENDING AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 18
DATE: November 19, 2002
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FROM:
John Fischbach
SUBJECT :
First Reading o Ordinance No. 176, 2002, Amending Section 2-575 of the City Code Relating to
Councilmembei Compensation.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommei ids adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Article 11,Section 3 of the City Charter provides that the compensation of Councilmembers shall be
adjusted annua ly for inflation in accordance with the Denver/Boulder Consumer Price Index. In
2002,Councilmembers were compensated$575 per month,and the Mayor received$860 per month.
This Ordinan amends Section 2-575 of the City Code to set the 2003 compensation of
Councilmemb rs at $585 and the compensation of the Mayor at $880.
BACKGROUND:
At the April 8, 1997 election, the electorate of the City of Fort Collins approved an amendment to
the City Charter setting the monthly compensation of Councilmembers and the Mayor at $500 and
$750, respectively. In addition, the Charter amendment added language requiring the amounts of
Council compensation to be adjusted annually for inflation in accordance with the Denver/Boulder
Consumer Price Index. The history of Council compensation since the first adjustment for inflation
was made is w follows:
Year Mayor Councilmember
1999 $770 $515
2000 $790 $525
2001 $825 $550
2002 $860 $575
The 2003 compensation amounts, adjusted for inflation in accordance with the Denver/Boulder
Consumer Price Index are$585 per month for Councilmembers and$880 per month for the Mayor.
ORDINANCE NO. 176, 2002
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-575
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO COUNCILMEMBER COMPENSATION
WHEREAS,on April 8, 1997,the electorate of the City approved certain amendments to the
City Charter; and
WHEREAS, one such amendment was an amendment to Article 11, Section 3 of the City
Charter, pertaining to the compensation of Councilmembers; and
WHEREAS,Article 11,Section 3 of the City Charter,as amended,provides that,commencing
in 1998,the amounts of compensation of the Mayor and Councilmembers shall be adjusted annually
for inflation in accordance with the Denver/Boulder Consumer Price Index; and
WHEREAS,the history of Council compensation since the first adjustment for inflation was
made is as follows:
Year Mayor Councilmember
1999 $770 $515
• 2000 $790 $525
2001 $825 $550
2002 $860 $575
and
WHEREAS, after applying the foregoing inflation factor for the year 2003, the amount of
compensation for the Mayor for 2003 should be eight hundred eighty dollars($880) per month,and
for other Councilmembers, five hundred eighty-five dollars ($585) per month.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 2-575 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be, and hereby is, amended to
read as follows:
Sec.2-575. Compensation of City Councilmembers.
Commencing January 1,2002J,the compensation for all Councilmembers except
the Mayor shall be five hundred seventy-five Jill=dollars($ — ) er month
and the compensation of the Mayor shall be eight hundred sixty dollars
($860M per month. These amounts shall be adjusted annually for inflation in
accordance with the Denver/Boulder Consumer Price Index.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 19th day of
November, A.D. 2002, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of December, A.D.
2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 17th day of December, A.D. 2002.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk