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Home My WebLink AboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/17/2013 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 177, 2013, AMENDINAgenda Item 10 Item # 10 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 17, 2013 City Council STAFF Janet Miller, Human Resources Director Tamara Vega, Compensation Manager SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 177, 2013, Amending Section 2-581 of the City Code and Setting the Salary of the City Attorney. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY City Council met in Executive Session on November 12, 2013 to conduct the performance review of City Attorney Steve Roy. This Ordinance establishes the 2014 salary of the City Attorney at $179,093. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, December 3, 2013 (PDF) 2. 2013-2014 Comparison Chart (PDF) Agenda Item 23 Item # 23 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY December 3, 2013 City Council STAFF Janet Miller, Human Resources Director Tamara Vega, Compensation Manager SUBJECT SReading of Ordinance No. 177, 2013, Amending Section 2-581 of the City Code and Setting the Salary of the City Attorney. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY City Council met in Executive Session on November 12, 2013 to conduct the performance review of City Attorney Steve Roy. This Ordinance establishes the 2014 salary of the City Attorney. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Not applicable. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION 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 twice a year to discuss performance and set goals for the coming year. In 2013, the total compensation paid to the City Attorney included the following: 2013 SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS Salary $ 170,662 Vacation (32.5 days per year) Medical Insurance 7,800 Holidays (11 days per year) Dental Insurance 492 Life Insurance 298 Long Term Disability 789 ICMA (457) 5,120 ICMA (401) 17,066 Total Monetary Compensation $ 202,226 ATTACHMENT 1 Agenda Item 23 Item # 23 Page 2 Resolution 2012-091, which establishes the process for evaluating the performance of the City Manager, City Attorney, and Municipal Judge, states 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. The Ordinance will amend the City Code to reflect City Attorney Roy’s 2014 salary. Prepared by Human Resources December 3, 2013 City Attorney Monetary Monetary % Increase 4.94% Base Salary $170,662 Base Salary $179,093 Medical Insurance 7,800 Medical Insurance 8,316 Dental Insurance 492 Dental Insurance 516 Life Insurance 298 Life Insurance 313 Long Term Disability 789 Long Term Disability 827 ICMA 457 5,120 ICMA 457 5,373 ICMA 401 17,066 ICMA 401 17,909 Non-Monetary Non-Monetary Vacation 32.5 days Vacation 32.5 days Holiday 11 days Holiday 11 days Total Compensation $202,226 Total Compensation $212,347 % Difference - Total Comp 5.0% $ Difference - Total Comp $10,121 2013 Projected 2014 ATTACHMENT 2 - 1 - ORDINANCE NO. 177, 2013 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 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 Council met with the City Attorney to conduct a review and establish next year’s goals; and WHEREAS, the City Council supports a compensation philosophy of paying employees a competitive salary based on established market data, and is adjusting the salary of the City Attorney to bring that salary more in line with the appropriate market data; and WHEREAS, the City’s philosophy is to reward performance that meets or exceeds expectations; and WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the base salary of the City Attorney should be established at the amount of $179,093 effective January 6, 2014, so that the total compensation paid to the City Attorney in 2013 will be in the amount of $212,347. 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 Seventy Nine Thousand Ninety three dollars ($179,093.) 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 shall be January 6, 2014. - 2 - Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of December, A.D. 2013, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of December, A.D. 2013. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 17th day of December, A.D. 2013. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk