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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/15/2014 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 105, 2014 AMENDINGAgenda Item 21 Item # 21 Page 1 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. - 1 - 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. - 2 - 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. __________________________________ Mayor Pro Tem ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 19th day of August, A.D. 2014. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ City Clerk