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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY July 15, 2014
City Council
STAFF
Amy Sharkey, Benefits & HRIS Manager
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 105, 2014 Amending Section 2-581 of the City Code and Setting the
Compensation of the Interim City Attorney.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to establish the salary and compensation provided the interim City Attorney while
she serves in this capacity.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
City Council appointed Carrie Daggett as interim City Attorney, effective immediately, via Resolution 2014-057
on July 8, 2014. City Council appointed her to this position with the understanding that her compensation
would be adjusted and that the compensation increase would be made effective with the date of her
appointment as interim City Attorney. The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem have discussed compensation terms
with her, in consultation with Human Resources Department staff, and each recommend adoption of the
proposed compensation, as set forth in the Ordinance.
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ORDINANCE NO. 105, 2014
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 COMPENSATION OF THE INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article VI, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City 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, City Attorney, Stephen J. Roy passed away suddenly on July 3, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, through adoption of Resolution 2014-057, has appointed
Carrie Daggett as the interim City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, this interim appointment will continue in effect until such time as the City
Council officially appoints the new City Attorney or such earlier time as the Council may
subsequently determine to be in the best interest of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council agrees that at such time as the interim City Attorney is
relieved of her duties as interim City Attorney, she will be returned to the position of Deputy
City Attorney unless the City Council appoints her as the new City Attorney; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes, based upon the added responsibilities placed on
the Deputy City Attorney, that the base salary of the interim City Attorney should be established
at the amount of $145,367, per annum, effective July 8, 2014.
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 interim City Attorney shall be one hundred seventy-
nine thousand ninety-threeone hundred forty five thousand three hundred and sixty
seven dollars ($179,093145,367.) 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.
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Section 2. That the effective date of the salary adjustment referred to in Section 1
above shall be July 8, 2014.
Section 3. That the interim City Attorney shall be entitled to compensation at the end
of payroll year 2014 for accrued but unused vacation time in excess of the maximum rollover
limit of 340 hours, not to exceed a total of 120 hours, at a rate of sixty nine dollars and eighty
nine cents ($69.89) per hour, for a maximum payment of eight thousand three hundred eighty
seven dollars ($8,387.).
Section 4. That at such time as the interim City Attorney is relieved of her duties as
interim City Attorney, she will be returned to the position of Deputy City Attorney unless the
City Council appoints her as the new City Attorney.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 15th day of
July, A.D. 2014, and to be presented for final passage on the19th day of August, A.D. 2014.
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Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of August, A.D. 2014.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk