HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/04/2007 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 148, 2007, AMENDING ITEM NUMBER: 25
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December4, 2007
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Janet Miller
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 148, 2007, Amending Section 2-581 of the City Code and Setting
the Salary of the City Attorney.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
None.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council met in Executive Session on November 13 and November 27, 2007 to conduct the
performance review of City Attorney Steve Roy. Ordinance No. 148, 2007, establishes the 2008
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 2007, the total compensation paid to the City Attorney included the following:
December 4, 2007 -2- Item No. 25
SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary $ 144,750 Vacation (35 days per year)
Medical Insurance 8,628 Holidays (I I days per year)
Dental Insurance 540
Life insurance 418
Long Term Disability 1,144
ICMA (457) 4,343
ICMA (401) 14,475
Total Monetary Compensation $ 174,297
The Sixth Addendum to the City Attomey's employment agreement, approved by the Council in
December 2006,set the City Attomey's 2007 salary at$144,750,and provided for an increase(based
on satisfactory performance during 2007)to no less than$152,500 effective as of the first pay period
in January 2008.
The process established for evaluating the performance of the City Manager, City Attorney, and
Municipal Judge, adopted by the Council via Resolution 2000-123 on October 17, 2000, amended
by the adoption of Resolution 2001-018 on February 6, 2001, and further amended by the adoption
of Resolution 2006-124 on December 5,2006,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.
ORDINANCE NO. 1489 2007
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 5 , 2006, by approval of a Sixth
Addendum to the agreement; and
WHEREAS , the Sixth Addendum states that, if the City Attorney' s performance remains
satisfactory to the Council, his base salary will be increased to no less than $ 152, 500, as of the first
full pay period of 2008 ; and
WHEREAS , the Council has determined that the base salary of the City Attorney should be
established at the amount of $ effective as of the first pay period in January 2008 which
begins on January 14, 2008 , so that the total compensation paid to the City Attorney in 2008 will
be in the amount of $
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 fiDrty-four
thousand seven hundred fifty dollars ($ 144,750) one hundred thousand
dollars ($ ) 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 14, 2008 .
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of
December, A.D . 2007, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of December, A . D .
2007 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of December, A . D . 2007 .
Mayor
ATTEST :
City Clerk