HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/07/2012 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 013, 2012, AMENDINGDATE: February 7, 2012
STAFF: Janet Miller
Amy Sharkey
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 19
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 013, 2012, 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 January 17, 2012 to conduct the performance review of City Attorney Steve
Roy. Ordinance No. 013, 2012, establishes the 2012 salary of the City Attorney.
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 2011, the total compensation paid to the City Attorney included the following:
2011 SALARY AND BENEFITS ANNUAL NON-MONETARY BENEFITS
Salary
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Life Insurance
Long Term Disability
ICMA (457)
ICMA (401)
$ 161,650
8,400
552
282
590
4,850
16,165
Vacation (32.5 days per year)
Holidays (11 days per year)
Total Monetary Compensation $ 192,489
Resolution 2006-124, 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 2012
salary.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
ORDINANCE NO. 013, 2012
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 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, in lieu of additional market adjustments or merit increases, the City is making
one-time performance awards to employees who meet or exceed performance expectations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the base salary of the City Attorney should be
established at the amount of $_________ effective January 9, 2012, so that the total compensation
paid to the City Attorney in 2012 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 sixty-one
thousand six hundred fifty dollars ______________($161,650.______) 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. The City Attorney shall receive a one-time performance incentive award for
2011 performance in the amount of $_________.
Section 3. That the effective date of the salary adjustment and one-time performance
incentive award shall be January 9, 2012.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of
February, A.D. 2012, and to be presented for final passage on the 21st day of February, A.D. 2012.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of February, A.D. 2012.
_________________________________
Mayor
ATTEST:
_____________________________
City Clerk