HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/07/2012 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 014, 2012, AMENDINGDATE: February 7, 2012
STAFF: Janet Miller
Amy Sharkey
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 20
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 014, 2012, Amending Section 2-596 of the City Code and Setting the Salary of the City
Manager.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council met in executive session on November 9, 2011, to conduct the performance review of City Manager Darin
Atteberry. Ordinance No. 014, 2012, establishes the salary of the City Manager.
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 Manager meet twice a year to discuss performance and
set goals for the coming year.
In 2011, the total compensation paid to the City Manager 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)
Car Allowance
$ 190,571
8,400
552
332
696
5,717
19,057
9,000
Vacation (30 days per year)
Holidays (11 days per year)
Total Monetary Compensation $ 234,325
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 Manager Darin
Atteberry’s 2012 salary.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Not applicable.
ORDINANCE NO. 014, 2012
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-596 OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND
SETTING THE SALARY OF THE CITY MANAGER
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article III, Section 1 of the City Charter, the City Council is
responsible for fixing the compensation of the City Manager; 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 Manager 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
Manager 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 Manager should be
established at the amount of $ effective January 9, 2012, so that the total
compensation paid to the City Manager 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 2-596 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-596. Salary of the City Manager.
The base salary to be paid the City Manager shall be one hundred ninety
thousand five hundred seventy-one dollars
($190,571 .) per annum, payable in biweekly installments. Forty
(40) percent of such sum shall be charged to the city electric utility, twenty (20)
percent to the city water utility and forty (40) percent to general government
expense.
Section 2. The City Manager 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:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21st day of February, A.D. 2012.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk